QUALIA 006 Owner's Thread - Page 6

(It appears that Dish is buying Voom.)

I also received my 006 today. The delivery guys were very careful in bringing in my set. So far I've only been able to try the 006 with my upconverting Denon 3910. I'm very impressed so far. Directv is being hooked up later. You can see actually see the pixels in my old 70 XBR, but you can hardly see them on the 006 and the blacks are definitely blacker on this set. The 006 also appears to be deeper than the 70 XBR. I'm probably gonna keep the stock speakers off to give it a more streamline look, but I am gonna need a toslink switcher for the audio. I am soooo glad I opted to return the 70 XBR, and waited to get this baby. Totally no regrets on the money that was spent. I thought I was first one in my area to get the 006, but I learned through the delivery guy that another 006 was delivered earlier just 6 miles away.

I thought Blu-Ray players were already available because theres two for sale on eBay.

Congratulations to the new owners today including mauricef!!!!!!!

Bernster2001,
Sorry to hear that you're having trouble with you 006. Hope you resolve it soon.

bernster and kaduka - Welcome to the club !

This Qualia bug is becoming contagious !

I hope you guys are as happy as the rest of us lads!

Not exactly.

Echostar who owns Dish is buying Rainbow 1, Voom's satellite, and certain other related equipment.

My guess is that Dish will wind up with the customers, but we'll see how that goes.

Got my set today. Great picture quality. Watched Fifth element superbit - incredible. Still setting everything up.


ONE QUESTION: The manual for the stand on page 3 says it can't be moved to the left or right once the TV is placed on it. But the very next paragraph says that if you want to move it to the left or right you need to move the left or right end towards you, then the other end towards you etc. However, that doesn't seem to move the stand left or right. I need to move it to the left about 1 foot. Has anyone succeeded in moving it left or right once the TV is seated on it??????

I thought this stand had built-in casters. No???

david - Yes it does! Who did you buy your unit from ?

nhey-
Congradulations -
I really didn't read the manual about moving the stand but, it won't go directly from side to side.

You have to kind of move it forward or backward one end at a time and sort of manuever it into place and you will easily get it one foot or more to the right or left.

I had to get mine to go at least 2 feet to the left from where the delivery guys placed it and probably more after doing all the hook-ups...all it takes is a little back and forth elbow grease.

Penton - you ARE THE MAN!!

Thanks!!

3deye,

Check your email!

nhey,

Congrats!!!! Isn't it a great tv. I guess there was alot of deliveries today.

I bought a DVHS cleaning tape when I got the machine but haven't used it yet. I thought all HD cable boxes were REQUIRED to have Firewire ports. Obviously, the word didn't get to Moxi. 80 gigs? Comcast told me that's what their previous DVR had so maybe they were Moxi before. So far I'm loving the Motorola 6412 and the TV Guide interface.

Wow, this was Good Friday for a lot of us! Congrats guys, I know you are enjoying the experience.

One thought about upconverting DVD players such as the Sony NS975V and the Panny S97 ... since the scaler in the Qualia 006 is SO GOOD, should we not let the TV do the upscaling job on SD DVD's rather than having our DVD players do the math? My logic may be flawed, but I tested the theory last night with my Sony 975 DVD player which was set to HDMI "Auto" by default. During a brief test, the video looked better to me on the DVD player's "Auto" setting than when I forced it to upconvert to 1920x1080. But it was really late and I didn't have time to test further with DVE. Any ideas?

(a) Your logic is not flawed. People have an irrational love for upconverting DVD players when the key is >>digital output<< not internal scaling.

(b) Most of the upconverting DVD players out today are considered dreadful by videophiles. Check out the DVD Players section to learn all the bugaboos.

For everyone's information: Through a contact at Sony (Engineer for the Q004), there are no plans for an XBR version of the Q006. That doesn't mean that they'll change their mind sometime this year, but the plan was to bolster the Qualia line, set up Q Dealers with the Q006 as the lead in, and wait for more competitive products to hit the market before XBR XSRD.
There seems to be enough Q006 to go around at this time.
Elbert

Thanks rogo. We're lucky to have your sage advice! I'll let the Qualia do the scaling and set the DVD player accordingly.

No doubt there are far better and more expensive DVD players out there than my new Sony 975V, but I want to minimize my investment in standard def DVD. The only reason I bought this new player was to get HDMI connectivity. I've been telling my friends for years not to spend a lot of money on huge collections of standard def DVD titles because high def DVD's were on the horizon. In due time, the studios will be thrilled to sell high def DVD's to those collectors to replace their fuzzy old SD DVD's. For now, I'm strictly a DVD renter - or better yet, try to see as much HD content as possible.

That makes a lot of sense. The poor Qualia salesmen have had almost no PRACTICAL items to sell. Just very pricey stuff that is beautifully designed, but can be bought in less snazzy wrapping with equal or superior quality for far less money. Giving the Qualia stores this TV was a smart move by Sony. Despite the price, the SXRD TV is an item with no peers (for now) that will surely bring recognition to the Qualia name.

I was shopping for cables a new a/v receiver today at The Good Guys and stopped to take a look at every plasma, direct view LCD, and RPTV on display. After having spent a few days with my Qualia 006 and becoming familiar with the look of SXRD video, I was reminded that nothing out there can match this TV. You fellow owners give that a try after spending time with your 006's - nothing else looks as good in comparison.

JB007-

Does your Harmony remote allow you to switch to the "TV" input directly? That's the input between Video 7 and Video 1. In other words, does it have a discrete code for the TV input?

Penton-man - is your set on a carpeted floor or wood floor?

So if you buy a Qualia you can record all HD channels to D-VHS?
Does it work with a Panasonic D-VHS VCR too? Do some channels not
work?

I was told that Sony is enforcing that it's full MSRP and was quoted $13,999 as MSRP by Tweeter here in Atlanta.

I only have comcast analog channels right now. Directv with HD is being installed in a few days. The 006 was still able to get more channels than my other tvs, including some digital ones. The standard channels are alot better than the ones on the 70 XBR. The set is also alot heavier than the XBR. Did I mention that I was happy camper.

Pls help me on this!!!!! I plan to hook up the XBOX with Halo 2, along with the high definition av adapter. Will I have any isssues on this? Colortv, you seem very knowledgeable, any input on this?

Kaduku,
No issues with xbox with component adapter with 006. I purchased mx unleashed which is a 1080i xbox game and it looks very good. Just to make sure, I went into the xbox setup console and disabled everything except 1080i.

Thanks jp2,

My son's birthday is coming up and he wanted to play Halo 2 with his friends on the 006 on that day. I will do the XBOX setup. Thanks again for the info.

I JUST LOVE THIS FORUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello All,

I am planning to pull the trigger on the Qualia 006, perhaps today.
I was planning on also getting a Denon3910 DVD player based on
comparisons I did with other players at the store. The Denon clearly
had a better picture (edge detail was smooth and free of jagged lines).

Is the Denon a good choice or am I throwing away money if it is better
to have the Qualia do the scaling and whatever else?

I did not by DLP or LCD because, among other things, I did not like
the way these TVs handled subtle color changes. For example, ocean
water changing its color with distance. The DLP made the ocean look
flat. Plasma did a better job but was not a technology that I wanted.
Does the Qualia 006 do a good job with this sort of thing?

There also does not seem to be many good choices for stands to put this TV on. The stand has to be strong and also the correct height. Are people happy with the Sony stand? My concern with that stand is with a cheap look and lack of room for components. I only know of the stand "Colortv" used - are there other options?

Thanks

jb007,
How do you like the hd-tivo with the 006? Do you have it connected via the hdmi port? There have been a lot of reports on hdmi issues with the hd-tivo and I'm also considering any cable options.
thanks,
jp

Dilbert1,
I have the sony stand and it doesn't look cheap in person. Also it has a lot of space for a large center channel speaker and several components. I think the main issue is that it is wide open and may look cluttered if you stack components on top of each other. My toshiba lcos tv has given me an idea with how to "clean up" the look of this stand though. I was thinking of having a custom made door/cover for the front of the stand. This would use acoustically transparent cloth like the toshiba had. It would also lift up from the bottom. I might even have "Qualia" etched in the cloth to make me feel better!

Dilbert1,

I have the Denon 3910 and I am very happy with it. It does a great job in scaling, though I am very interested in Colortv's approach on having the 006 do it itself. Colortv also has a great stand, probably best so far I've seen. Another option for you is the Salamander triple. I have one of these and it is not bad all.

http://www.salamanderdesigns.com/

Here's a link to the other popular thread and check out my pic of the stand with my old 70" XBR.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...pagenumber=100