New DVDO EDGE !! - Page 126

Originally Posted by Franin

How many of you guys have your DVDO EDGE contolled by Pronto or other Universal remotes that have Wifi and extenders? The reason being I find that at times going though the extender and the back of the Dvdo Edge IR jack the unit becomes unresponsive.

Originally Posted by djos

G'day Frank, Im running mine thru the rear 3.5mm IR jack from my old URC MRF-250 RF-IR BaseStation and it is pretty reliable most of the time (remote is URC MX-810).

Any issues I do have are due to the 250 being the old "BroadBand" RF and my remote being the newer "NarrowBand" RF - I plan to replace the 25 with the newer and more capable MRF-350 at some point.

Originally Posted by Gary J

BTW, it has a dash (-). HD DVD includes both HD-DVD and Blu-ray.

Originally Posted by jedi.master.dre

I was quite sure it was "HD DVD" and "Blu-ray", not HD-DVD. Hence the AvsForum section titled:

Blu-ray & HD DVD Area

Originally Posted by Franin

I think were all at a stage now we know what were talking about and not really worry about how it's written.

Originally Posted by Franin

Thanks djos. I find it annoying at times it works and then it just doesn't and have to rip out the old remote to get into the menu system. I copied the IR codes that were downloadable through PDF.

Originally Posted by JoshA

And I have never heard that 1080i is the native resolution for HD DVDs, actually sspears (Stacey Spears from Microsoft) is the one that told me that they were mostly 1080p-24.

Originally Posted by djos

try learning the codes from your edge remote instead? If there is no difference i'd blame your rf part of the system as they can be a bit flaky depending on the location of the antenna and general rf interferance.

Originally Posted by cpcat

Probably the best setting would be to force 1080p output on the Edge to your pj, send native signals to the Edge whenever possible, and turn 1:1 framelock on (I'm assuming the RS1 accepts 1080p50, p60 and 1080p24).

1080p24 conversion of DVD by the HD DVD player is suspect. I know that on my XA2 it didn't work well and was jerky. You are better off sending 480i/p for DVD to the Edge and allowing it to do the conversion.

With framelock on, Edge will output the same frame/field rate as the input. For 480i60, it will output 1080p60. For 1080p24 input, it will output 1080p24. To force the Edge to convert 480i60 from DVD to 1080p24, you'll need to set Edge to 1080p24 output and toggle 1:1 framerate OFF.

Originally Posted by djos

there is nothing annoying about the animations when changing aspect ratios!!!

The animation shows you exactly what the edge is doing to your picture when you press each aspect ratio button!

Originally Posted by jedi.master.dre

Yeah I had always thought that both HD DVD and Blu-ray were 1080p/24fps as well.

Aren't SD DVD encoded at 24fps as well, hence the need for 3:2 pulldown features on players? I assume 480i/24fps if that is possible.

Originally Posted by juancmjr

It is strange. When you do reinstall V1.1 post your findings. I'd be curious if it was a poorly done installation on my part, or a buggy update.

Originally Posted by tke743

Question. Beta firmware 1.20 has been mentioned, does anyone know what this will change/address? Increase the 1080p24 abilities? 1080p60 --> 1080p24, please!!

Originally Posted by GKevinK

I tried reinstalling two different ways...

1) repeating the same procedure using the *.abt file. I'm actually using a Macbook Pro running Windows in a VMware virtual machine, but deleting the existing file and copying the new one to the Edge attached usb 'drive' seems to work fine. One thing that I did find curious (not sure if this has been covered elsewhere) is that the 1.1 file I put on the machine is reportedly 383K, but the 1.1 file that I delete from edge is showing up as 462K. Interesting.

2) to eliminate the possibility that the VM was somehow introducing a subtle glitch I also tried the Macintosh updater executable version of the 1.1 upgrade.

Both of these attempts yielded the same end result - settings in 1.1 for me do not survive any power bounce (either pulling the plug or just using the buttons on the remote.) I've also had the unit just lock up and stop responding at all to the remote. Sometimes this happens when I'm trying to select a different input, but it also locks up on its own when I'm not trying to do anything but watch a program.

The possibility that I have a hardware issue is increasing... somehow the 1.0 firmware just didn't reveal it - although I haven't tried reverting to 1.0 yet to see if there is now some problem for me even with that version. I can't believe that the behavior that I'm observing was somehow overlooked by all the beta testers before 1.1 was released.

Kevin

Originally Posted by juancmjr

Maybe we should have been beta testers . Could be that we both have units from the same manufacturing batch that have some bad components in them, if that is the case. I have a Windows Vista laptop that I used to install the update.

Originally Posted by GKevinK

Larry from DVDO sent me the 1.20 beta to see if it helped any... and it wouldn't complete the install. This one's gonna have to go back to the mothership for service.

Kevin

Originally Posted by Tom899

Kevin, I thought the same thing, it needs a few more minutes to install while the green LED is flashing, unlike the previous firmwares.

Originally Posted by GKevinK

Mine flashes back and forth from green to red for a minute or two, and then just sticks on red. I've left it sit like that for >15 minutes. From that point it behaves mostly like a brick.

Originally Posted by Tom899

Ok, doesn't sound good than....

Originally Posted by GKevinK

From that point it behaves mostly like a brick.

Originally Posted by tdamocles

It doesn't respond?


The manual states:

What does the color of the Status LED on EDGE mean?

EDGE power LED color table:
LED Description
Off Standby Mode
Red No Signal Received
Green Unknown/Unsupported Signal Received
Blue EDGE is processing the input

If you do a full blown reset(hold reset button for 10 seconds) it will blink like crazy for a while.

I also tried the v1.2 and after disconnecting the pc from the Edge it does blink like crazy for a while.....You got to wait it out.

Originally Posted by tdamocles

It doesn't respond?


The manual states:

What does the color of the Status LED on EDGE mean?

EDGE power LED color table:
LED Description
Off Standby Mode
Red No Signal Received
Green Unknown/Unsupported Signal Received
Blue EDGE is processing the input

If you do a full blown reset(hold reset button for 10 seconds) it will blink like crazy for a while.

I also tried the v1.2 and after disconnecting the pc from the Edge it does blink like crazy for a while.....You got to wait it out.

Originally Posted by GKevinK

Do you really think that there is something useful going on after 15 minutes of solid red?

Originally Posted by GKevinK

Do you really think that there is something useful going on after 15 minutes of solid red?

Originally Posted by tdamocles

Mine also stopped at solid red. I just powered down the unit with the remote. Were you able to power it down after the solid red?

Originally Posted by tdamocles

Okay, I see that you have a problem with losing settings....Mine updated the same way as you but with no problems......

Originally Posted by GKevinK

Mine flashes back and forth from green to red for a minute or two, and then just sticks on red. I've left it sit like that for >15 minutes. From that point it behaves mostly like a brick.