OWNERS Thread for the Panasonic PT-AE7000U 3D Projector - Page 119

Originally Posted by CombatChuk

If anyone is still wondering about the March Mail-in-rebate special, just wanted to let you guys know that I got my rebate check last Friday. I sent it in mid-March So about 8 weeks

Originally Posted by curtishd

Does the AE7000 have that smooth feature? Also does anyone know if this projector has any type of polarization within the projector? (I am thinking about doing passive with circular polarization and want to know if it will work).

Originally Posted by Cgill24

Is anyone interested in selling their 7000? I see I can get a brand new one for $2500 from B & H. They had one for under $2000, but somebody snagged it before I could. Just looking to save some extra dough.

Originally Posted by CombatChuk

If anyone is still wondering about the March Mail-in-rebate special, just wanted to let you guys know that I got my rebate check last Friday. I sent it in mid-March So about 8 weeks

Originally Posted by kthejoker20

400 hours on mine. Make me an offer I can't refuse.

Originally Posted by Hyper_Eye

Well this ongoing support case with Panasonic is getting silly. This is related to the frame dropping issue I have been trying to get resolved. I finally had time to call Panasonic back today. When the support representative looked over my case they said there was a note that I needed to change the settings on my Xbox 360 and my DirecTV receiver. I asked what changes were recommended. The response was, "It is recommended that you change your settings." Uh... great... what settings? I asked a little more specifically if the note mentioned which settings needed to be changed to resolve the issue. She said it did not. Well that isn't helpful to me at all. Do they think I haven't tried changing the settings on the device? This is ridiculous. She went further to say they tried to reproduce the problem with a PS3 and it could not be reproduced. I told her that I had already stated to them numerous times that, of the devices I have connected, the PS3 is the only one that doesn't trigger this problem. You will never see this issue using a PS3! She said that the fact that the PS3 works shows that the problem is not related to the projector. I strongly disagreed and stated that the 360 works fine and that the only variable that changed to introduce the problem is the Panasonic. All of this gear works just fine with other projectors. I asked to speak directly to the person that is attempting to reproduce the issue. He isn't there today. I guess he is going to try and call when he is there. The problem is that when he is there I'm also at work. What a concept... we both have jobs! I kind of need it to pay for my $3k projector that I can't even watch movies on. I'm trying to remain patient but this is becoming very frustrating.

Originally Posted by Hyper_Eye

My 360 is connected with Monoprice high-speed 24AWG HDMI cables. There is a Yamaha receiver in the middle but bypassing it made no difference. The 360 is set to output at 1080p. Changing to 1080i did not make a difference. The issue is only visible when I am watching movies. I see it with both HD-DVD and regular DVD. The issue presents randomly as a momentary drop in framerate. It can last for a second or two and then it returns to normal. It is not predictable. There is no particular scene where it is guaranteed to happen. It does happen without fail within a few minutes of watching a movie. After some time of watching a movie the glitch seems to happen more frequently. Audio is unaffected and it does not desync. This happens with both my Xbox 360 and with my DirecTV box. It does not happen with the PS3. These same devices with the same audio receiver and cables worked fine at the same resolution when hooked to both an Epson 8700UB and a BenQ W6000. Also, it doesn't make a difference whether I have 3D support enabled in the 360 settings or not.

Originally Posted by Gaming Master2k

Just double checked and high altitude mode is definitely set off.

I'm starting to think the ghosting may have always been there and I ignored it at first (though I do find it hard to believe I could have ignored that). I am going to try some other 3D devices soon to see if it's something that's not related to my projector causing issues.

Originally Posted by ejhuzy

Hyper,

As you know I have similar issues with my 7000. I have an older Xbox 360 connected via component through a pioneer vsx01 receiver then hdmi to the projector. I haven't watched a DVD on the Xbox, but I've been watching HBOGO. I see the problem there too, although not as bad as on the directv box.

Your experience with Panasonic isn't giving me a lot of confidence in a fix being found.

Originally Posted by mankhan

so have you been able to get rid of crosstalk or not yet. Or may be its result of too much of watching 3Ds.

Originally Posted by RocknRolla

The bottom portion of my Panasonic's projected image seems less in focus/clear than the top portion. I notice it with text, especially. The projector is ceiling mounted and projecting onto a 120" screen.

Any ideas why this is?

Originally Posted by Matt01

If you're angling the projector and using keystone correction, you would see this. Also, if you have quite a lot of lens shift. Focus uniformity should be best with zero lens shift. If you still see a large top/bottom difference with zero shift, then something is out of alignment in the projector optics, which seems unlikely.

Originally Posted by RocknRolla

Is there anyway I can reset the lens shift to what it was orignally/undo it? I'd like to try aligning it without any lens shift to see if it make a difference, but I'm not sure where the lens was originally.

Originally Posted by Bear7616

Can anyone tell me if a 120" screen will be to big for this projector, and can you stretch the screen to fit a 2:35:1 screen in 3D mode? I was wanting a few opinions on this cause I was told different that 120" inch screen would be pushing this projector to its Max at this size.

Originally Posted by Bear7616

Would u recommend this projector then primarily it will be for movies until football season comes around. Then the occasional 3D.

Originally Posted by durack

Upgraded from AX200U which gave me 3.5 years of trouble free enjoyment but felt like it is a good time to upgrade.

Just got my AE7000 and love the picture quality, definitely better blacks, difference in resolution is not huge but certainly noticeable with blu ray material and 3D is a nice plus (although not a big deal for me since Netflix does not rent a lot of 3D material and I don't usually buy movies).

One question - my AX200U was ceiling mounted using a generic universal mount which gave me no problems at all, although in case I needed to adjust things the ball joint is not the easiest to work with.

Issue with AE 7000 - it is twice the weight of my old projector (20 lbs vs 10 lbs), the ceiling mount that I use has four prongs and AE7000 has five screw holes on the bottom (three in the metal plate in the middle of the bottom and two to the sides). Right now I attached it using my old mount - three prongs to the center metal plate and one prong to one of the side holes. I did spend a fair bit of time adjusting the mount so that the projector is balanced to the best of my ability.

Any idea how crucial is to use all 5 holes to attach a mount to the projector? I checked the prices for official Panasonic mount (ET-PKA110H) and it is $500 (!!!) - they must be kidding me.

Plenty of sites which will sell a mount with 5 prongs for a reasonable price, I have no problems buying a new mount however I am really not looking forward to attaching it to the ceiling.

If you have yours ceiling mounted, what mount do you use and do you use all 5 holes to attach your mount?

Originally Posted by nirvy111

I can recommend it for 2D, just not for 3D occasional or not. At it's price point with straight up 2D it's a good projector. If you won't a projector that has good 2D and can do pretty good 3D aswell look at the Epson 5010, it has a similar price but it doesn't have motorised zoom and has poor gaming lag.

Originally Posted by ttusqrl

I have a Chief universal mount that only has 4 arms on my 7000 and it works fine. The key is to space the arms out correctly and use some common sense when picking which 4 of the 5 holes you want to hook into. As long as you can make it spread the weight evenly and balance, then I don't think you have any problems.