Philips 42" Plasma (42PF7320A) - Page 4

You are welcome!
I haven't upgraded mine, b/c it has the latest FW installed already.

Regarding the mute, I think the TV does not store the mute status. I set it to mute.
Turn it off. When I turn it back on, the mute is gone.

Report whatever you think is not right to Philips, otherwise nothing will be done.


I have done so via online support already. Haven't got any response yet.

I have a 3/4'' black bar on the right side of the screen when watching 4:3 DVD

(480P, component inputs and 16:9 output ) even with format set to automatic mode.

I think it might have something to do with DVD player. I will try to borrow another
DVD player from a friend to see if that is the case.

I wonder how this tv would compare to a DLP marked around the same price?

I connected an old DVD player and the black bar was gone.

Then, I tested my newer DVD player (CyberHome DVD 300) and found the problem:
P-scan .

When I turned off the progressive scan on my DVD player, the black bar disappeared
regardless other factors: 4:3 or 16:9, composit video or component video.

It seems that it's the problem of DVD player, but the TV has not been totally ruled out.

I have comcast HD. Never watched so many nature shows in my life :P

Using the wheel on the remote control you should be able to adjust(move) the picture , left, right up or down. Wouldnt that eliminate the bar?

Newbie here.

I have been hanging around here for a few days reading a lot. In the past few months, I have gone from deciding on a Panasonic, to a Dell, back to Panasonic, and now to this Philips Plasma. The main reason I am considering this one is for price. i went to CC yesterday and compared it to several other brands. I have to say, that it looked as good as anything thing else they had set up in the store (in a near comparable price). I know that the stores can make sets look bad (in order to sell other ones) but the picture on the Philips was very sharp and the colors were very good. I am curious about a few things:

1. I have read the specs that say the contrast ratio is 10,000:1. But in CC, it was listed as 3,000:1. What's the deal?

2. I have Time Warner cable with a DVR (and will need to upgrade to the HD DVR), but is there ANY reason I would want or need a cablecard?

3. I am unfamiliar with HDMI. Is that the best input to use? Does the sending component (cable box, DVD player, etc) have to have this output to send? I assume it does.

4. I am also concerned about the black bar around the screen that some are describing. It seems to me that you would be able to stretch the screen dimensions as you can on a computer monitor to get rid of it. Is this possible? i guess if it is always there for every thing you view, it would be ok since burn-in would not be noticed. I would like to hear more on this issue.

1.)10,000:1 From Phiilips web site

B.) Ya know i dont understand the point to a cable card besides not have the cable box hanging out.

III.) Id go HDMI for HDtv, As i understand it DVD wount take advantage fromt he extra Bandwidth

Four.) Man dont worry about them black bars. The diplay you looked at would of hab em too. We are talking a 1/4 of an inch here. Its where the glass ends. I havent seen a TV with out one yet. Any questions hit me up on aim SPK8000LG I just got done the 100hr break in and gonna log some halo time

3horns: Following up on your post. I too have Time Warner and I upgraded to the HD DVR, it has HDMI output and it works great. I also have an upconverting DVD player connected to the other HDMI port, no complaints. I agree with SPK8000LG, the black trim around the screen is negligible. For the price you just cant beat the picture quality. HD telecasts are awesome. SD is so-so (but expected). There are some negatives that have been previously posted, PIP, Menu, Speakers, OSD, but I think on whole this is well worth the purchase price.

With all that said though, I'm actually encountering a problem that I need to consult with a local service rep to fix. Anyone else here occasionally have their TV go "black" but the green power light is still on? And then in about 5-7 seconds the video and audio resume. I've seen 2 others report the same problem on the 32" model. It doesnt happen to often, but seems to be increasing in frequency. Waiting for the service rep to get back to me, he's checking with Philips.

Hmm i had the same problem but it was my cable box. I cant comment on the sound i use my own set up for audio. The TV is really really sharp and the sale i got for black friday made it really nice. On a side note my DVI to HDMi cable just showed up...Im gonna try to get my pc to play nice with the TV

Just Played around with powerstrip for 3 hrs. Still cant get it 100% anyone wanna recommend me the setting to get it to look right?

I got my new Oppo DVD player, and it has taken care of the "black crush" problem that I was having with the Samsung HD841 player. The dark areas are now visible. The Oppo player also has brightness and contrast settings to further refine the picture. It also upconverts to 720p and the picture is great over DVI-HDMI! (The Oppo doesn't play SACDs though, so I'll keep the Samsung around for these.)

That's good to hear about the improvements with the Oppo player. It might be worth considering getting one. Any recommendations for other up-conversion players aside from the Oppo?

Thank you, Casey Jones !

Those arrows on the wheel worked.

Any help what would be a good rez to run with a pc? and how to work powerstripe?

I have what may sound like a silly question, but... Has anyone watched this with a VCR? The last Viore plasma I got from Sam's would drop the signal to a blue screen and then take a second or two to recover the signal whenever I fast-forwarded or rewound the tape. I'm not talking about stopping the tape, either, but instead just a quick zip through commercials. Sounds minor, but very irritating when you're watching a tape.

I saw a post on a Vizio 37" LCD that described the same thing... Is this a common occurrence among new TVs?

Just wondering, as that Viore died on me a couple of weeks after I got it, and I haven't replaced it yet. I was thinking of picking up this Philips from Sams in the next day or so.

Ok, finally last night I tuned in my rabbit ears the best I could and finally went through the Autoprogram function so the TV would locate all the local HD channels. All I can say is "Holy S**t!" The picture is just awesome. I had no idea that the local stations in here the 'burgh were putting this out. For instance, I can barely tune in our standard local CBS station but I get a crystal clear CBS-HD broadcast. I've never seen Letterman look so good. I even suffered through some of the PBS Doom and gloom environmental programming just because the picture was so sweet.

I just bought a medium range directional antenna from Lowes that I'm going to run into my attic tonight, that should improve the picture even more.

I started working on my wall mount to put the plasma above the fireplace. I'm putting in an Omni U3Tilt Mount. I drilled the holes throught he brick with a 1/2" masonary bit per the instructions and I noticed that they give you plastic wall anchors for inside the holes. Are these going to be adequate or should I go out and buy metal ones? I guess all the force is running parallel to the wall so maybe they'll be fine. Thoughts?

Also speaking of wall mountsm- Sanus has a recall out. Check it out.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/...75/detail.html

Dave

My Costco has this Philips plasma both online and in store (as of a few days ago). The model number ends in 7220A. It looked good compared to the Panasonic EDTV, quite a few more features and not much more $$$. I would guess, as in the past, Costco has different model numbers than CC. I could not find any reviews of the Philips model carried at Costco.

I think 7220A and 7320A are pretty close (if not identical), because they
share the same user's guide, which is available on Philips web site.

Do a search for 42PF7220A and 42PF7320A on philips.com (US English).

I have read some discussions about 7220A on this forum. Just do a search here.

Off topic ...
The Panasonic EDTV available at my local Costco is only a HD monitor (42PM50U).
It does not have tuners available on 42PD50U. A tuner box may cost $200.
So, Costco Panasonic EDTV deal is not that sweet.

I bought the 7220A from Costco and believe this is essentially the same model as the 7320A. Even the manual that came with mine is for the 7320A.

Plastic anchors are usually fine as the expand to fill the holes when you put the screws in. One easy way to test the anchors is to mount the bracket to the wall and tug on it a few times to see if you can pull it off- if you don't feel happy with the way it feels when you do this, then I would get something stronger...

There is a masonary screw that I like to use that goes directly into the brick/masonary. All you do is drill a 1/8" or 3/16" hole (depending on the size of the screw) and then the screw goes directly into the brick. These are called tapcon or tapcrete or somethign like that- I remember they are blue and Home Depot sells them- and they hold damn good!

I've had this tv for a week now and last night when i turned it on all of the channels have a greenish-yellowish tint, it looks really bad. i haven't changed any of the settings or touched the cables, so i don't know what could cause this. maybe the adelphia hd dvr?

Mine didn't display red color once. It turned out the red cable of component video
was loose.

Did you use component video inputs? Can you try other inputs?

only my 2 cents.

I've got the exact same problem. It was happening with my cable, then my cable card and now I switched to HD Sat it seems to happen more often. I've gone through two sets now and both have had the problem. As you state, it's not that often but often enough to be annoying. I'd be very interested in hearing what you find out about this problem.

I finally go my Philips mounted over the weekend. Here's a pic. Sorry for the poor quality but my digital camera has about had it. Still very happy with the TV. On friday I watched a Eric Clapton concert on PBS -HD and it was awesome. Sunday we had people over and they loved watching the Steeler game. Everyone commented how great the picture was - unfortunately the Steelers lost. Anyway enjoy.

is the philips in here the same as the 42PF7220A? or is there a difference since the numbers are slightly different?

I could be wrong but I believe they are the same model.

What mount did you use? I just bought my 7320 and need to do the same install you did. Thanks.

Yes. I compared their specs. Only color is different.

http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/4/4...37_pss_aen.pdf

http://www.p4c.philips.com/na4/4/42p...37_pss_aen.pdf

Unlike 7320a, 7220a does not have a production front page on philips web site.
It has only a support page.

is this worth the extra $300 over the maxent xm11?