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post #361 of 591
10/19/05 at 8:33am
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Originally Posted by mallu2u View Post

Costco now has GB5U models for the same price. Under 2K. Grab them before they run out.

Doesn't the GB5U have much worse response time?
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post #362 of 591
10/19/05 at 9:19am
Specs appear the same.
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post #363 of 591
10/19/05 at 9:20am
nope. both are around 16 ms
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post #364 of 591
10/19/05 at 10:21am
does this Sharp get hot? my Sceptre from Costco gets somewhat hot and I have no need for a heater anymore
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post #365 of 591
10/19/05 at 10:29am
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Originally Posted by klas View Post

does this Sharp get hot? my Sceptre from Costco gets somewhat hot and I have no need for a heater anymore

It gets pretty warm, but it does not get so hot that you can't touch the outter chassis anymore. I don't think it would double as a heater.

While it is off, and you have TVGOS enabled, it stays warm too, not nearly as warm as when it's on. Apparently the TVGOS downloads use a significant amount of wattage. (~35-40W).
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post #366 of 591
10/19/05 at 11:27am
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Originally Posted by jayhui339 View Post

Hi

does anyone have the Dimensions of the 37 inch lcd box? As I am ready to buy one but not sure if it can fit into the back of my Honda accord door 04. As I perfer to leave it in the box.

I know the box should be less then 48 inch length so it definely is long enough, but don't know the height of the lcd box. Planning to slide it in the back seat.

I would be greatly appreciated.

My empty box is 16x30x48 and it says 68 pounds on it.

I couldn't quite fit it into a Toyota Corolla sedan because it's too high. It barely goes into the back seat of a Subaru Outback, but it's a little to wide at the top to close the doors.

It will be close!
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post #367 of 591
10/19/05 at 11:38am
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Originally Posted by divtune View Post

My empty box is 16x30x48 and it says 68 pounds on it.

I couldn't quite fit it into a Toyota Corolla sedan because it's too high. It barely goes into the back seat of a Subaru Outback, but it's a little to wide at the top to close the doors.

It will be close!


thanks a lot.. I appreciate the info. Just check my Accord. Is going to be close.

I think i will cut a wallboard to see if it fit in with your measurement.

By the way which Sharp did you get, I hope all the box are the same
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post #368 of 591
10/19/05 at 12:01pm
jayhui:

i think the key is whether you can get the 30x16 through your door. within the back seat, you should have no problem fitting the screen.

i bought the 32" which fit with plenty of space in our 4 door 2003 Accord, BUT i recall i had to put it through the door at a particular angle to get it in. it is this oepening that will be your limiting factor.
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post #369 of 591
10/19/05 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by mallu2u View Post

To get TV Guide for OTA channels you guys had would already have split the OTA antenna feed, right? Did you guys not loose some signal strength or even some channels due to the loss of DB with an addition of splitter. This stupid design of Sharp TV with PSIP data being only delivered via analog air input is absurd.
Is there anyone out there who got the TV guide working with OTA channels..not cable/QAM users

My TV Guide works fine with just OTA no cable. I split the line going into both analog and digital. I get all my locals OTA no problem
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post #370 of 591
10/19/05 at 12:45pm
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Originally Posted by Derek87 View Post

jayhui:

i think the key is whether you can get the 30x16 through your door. within the back seat, you should have no problem fitting the screen.

i bought the 32" which fit with plenty of space in our 4 door 2003 Accord, BUT i recall i had to put it through the door at a particular angle to get it in. it is this oepening that will be your limiting factor.

I don't understand why people can't just borrow a truck from a friend or rent one for $20 bucks at Home Depot. All my friends own an SUV or a pick up of some sort.
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post #371 of 591
10/19/05 at 12:53pm
Derek , yes the screen will fit, I understand that it will have to be a angle, but just wanted to see about size before I can worry about the angle.

Sdchrgrboy, I have ask about Homedepot rental and lowes but I must show a reciept of purchase (don't know amount though) from them to rent a truck. I cannot just rent and not purchase.

Unfortunely I don't even have any friends, hell with SUV. ^_^
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post #372 of 591
10/19/05 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by tqpham123 View Post

a question....since yesterday i haven't been able to flip thru the cable analog channels using the channel up/down button. Could only get to them by keying the channel number or from TVGOS. Using the channel up/down i could only go through the cable digital channels. I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure what's going on. Could it have anything to do with the fact that i got my TVGOS for cable analog channels to download just recently (2-3 days ago) and so now need to access TVGOS to flip thru the channels? Thannks

I hope by now you have your up/down button working, but one cause of this problem is if the remote is in a non-TV mode, ie, VCR, cable/sat or DVD mode. Use the "function" button to select "TV".

Dave
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post #373 of 591
10/19/05 at 1:10pm
jayhui - i just wanted to be clear...beyond the angling issue: the OPENING of your door is smaller than your actual back seat. you should have no problem fitting the TV if you could remove the door from the car, but without modifying your vehicle, your door opening will be the limiting factor. (ie, you can't put the box in parallel to the seat since the Accord's rear door (or any passenger car for that matter) doesn't open "full wide.")

i hope this makes sense. i am guessing it will work (the 37" isn't that much bigger than the 32", but it might be slightly taller so that it makes life a bit more difficult. good luck!
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post #374 of 591
10/19/05 at 4:26pm
Sorry if this is a dup.

Posted from Insight Media's Display Watch.

Sharp showed a 37-inch, 500-nit, HD (1920 x 1080) "mega-contrast" LCD with a contrast ratio of a million to one! (That is not a typo.) In a darkened room, the blacks were so black they were indistinguishable from the matte black surround, and an image of five candle flames emerged dramatically from a completely black background (see photo). As you look at the photo, please remember that the contrast ratio you see can be no better than the contrast ratio of the monitor you are using - probably a few hundred to one. No product plans as yet, but Sharp identified professional TV and cinema production monitors as possible applications
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post #375 of 591
10/19/05 at 7:55pm
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Originally Posted by jayhui339 View Post

thanks a lot.. I appreciate the info. Just check my Accord. Is going to be close.

I think i will cut a wallboard to see if it fit in with your measurement.

By the way which Sharp did you get, I hope all the box are the same

I have the 37D5U, and I assume the box sizes are the same.

To get it in the back seat of the Subaru, I had to move the seats forward to angle it in past the door.

The new Accord is supposed of have rear head room of 38.5 inches and rear hip room of 53.5 inches. You should have enough room for the tv in the back seat if you can get it through the rear door. If the lowest part of the rear door is over 30 inches above the seat, you're probably OK.
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post #376 of 591
10/20/05 at 3:20pm
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Originally Posted by mastahkaz View Post

What version of drivers would you recommend? I just downloaded and installed whatever the newest version is last night. The laptop does infact have an ATI card, but im not sure what version drivers its using. Probably one that's about a year old.

Where would I find the setting to enable the DVI port? How would I go about doing this if i cannot see what im doing on the screen? Is there any way to assign a keyboard shortcut to do it automatically?


I have this exact same problem with my ATI Radeon 9550. My "workaround" is to have the PC powersave the monitor after 5 minutes. When it awakes the monitor it will resend the signal through the DVI port. It's not ideal, but it's better than rebooting.

As for the green tint problem, make sure your TV is set to receive PC Digital in the menu
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post #377 of 591
10/20/05 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by sdchrgrboy View Post

So no one else is experiencing this problem? I find that hard to believe as I know of at least 3 already.


I had the same problem with Input box coming up randomly. I did a reset and a system reset and the problem hasn't appeared since (knock on wood)
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post #378 of 591
10/20/05 at 7:37pm
Ok, I've read all the posts that I could find regarding cablecard/TVGOS for the Aquos LC-37D5U, and I'm having problems. I just got a new D5U after returning one with bad pixels (thank you Costco!). Anyway, the first set did download the TVGOS and everything worked fine. Every morning I'd wake up to the red light that indicated the tv was downloading. A few days before I returned it, however, the TVGOS information disappeared. It has never downloaded with the new tv. I have a SA cablecard (the same from the old set) and the cable is split into Digital Cable and Analog inputs. I do notice that the few channels that I used to receive as 'Analog' now show as 'Digital' (PBS, Spanish channels, etc). Is it possible that my cable company is now broadcasting everything in digital, and that the TVGOS cannot download from anything but Analog (as documented)? Is there anything I can do about this? I live in Manhattan, and have Time Warner. Any thoughts? I do notice that the tv will be tuned to a different channel each time I turn it on, as if it's 'searching' for the PBS channel and the TVGOS info. Thanks.
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post #379 of 591
10/22/05 at 2:49pm
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Originally Posted by ccyr View Post

Ok, I've read all the posts that I could find regarding cablecard/TVGOS for the Aquos LC-37D5U, and I'm having problems. I just got a new D5U after returning one with bad pixels (thank you Costco!). Anyway, the first set did download the TVGOS and everything worked fine. Every morning I'd wake up to the red light that indicated the tv was downloading. A few days before I returned it, however, the TVGOS information disappeared. It has never downloaded with the new tv. I have a SA cablecard (the same from the old set) and the cable is split into Digital Cable and Analog inputs. I do notice that the few channels that I used to receive as 'Analog' now show as 'Digital' (PBS, Spanish channels, etc). Is it possible that my cable company is now broadcasting everything in digital, and that the TVGOS cannot download from anything but Analog (as documented)? Is there anything I can do about this? I live in Manhattan, and have Time Warner. Any thoughts? I do notice that the tv will be tuned to a different channel each time I turn it on, as if it's 'searching' for the PBS channel and the TVGOS info. Thanks.

Have you checked the TVGOS thread -

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=1#post6401443

It contains some interesting information. I'm on Comcast with a Motorola CC and Comcast hides and analog version of PBS on ch. 97. Downloading the info seems very erratic - I never seem to have more than three days of info at a time. I'm still working with Comcast and Sharp.

Dave
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post #380 of 591
10/23/05 at 4:43pm
I have the 37" Aquos GB5U, hooked up to my PC via DVI (Radeon 9600) with a DVI-I cable. I set my Aquos to Power Management Mode 2. Whenever my PC Sleeps/Standby - the LCD correctly enters "Power Management Off" mode. But, the LCD doesn't automatically turn on when the PC comes back from standby. I have to manually hit the LCD Power button. Anyone experience the same?
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post #381 of 591
10/24/05 at 8:11am
and got the LC-37GB5U instead. My LC-37D5U turned off and on a few times while I was watching it...and the last time it happened, I noticed some dead pixels on it when it came back on. I guess it had a bad amp/power supply etc.

btw, the 37GB5U is a sweet TV although I think "white" colors are a little too white so far. I didn't care for the TVGOS.

did anyone eles have similar problems?
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post #382 of 591
10/24/05 at 12:44pm
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Originally Posted by aquosdude View Post

I have the 37" Aquos GB5U, hooked up to my PC via DVI (Radeon 9600) with a DVI-I cable. I set my Aquos to Power Management Mode 2. Whenever my PC Sleeps/Standby - the LCD correctly enters "Power Management Off" mode. But, the LCD doesn't automatically turn on when the PC comes back from standby. I have to manually hit the LCD Power button. Anyone experience the same?

The note on page 49 of the manual says:

When using a digital PC and setting "Mode2" in Power management, the power many not turn back on automatically even if the signal inputs again.

I guess you're out of luck. It sounds like it would work correctly if you use the analog PC input instead digital.
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post #383 of 591
10/24/05 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by cadence View Post

well the upcoming new models explain why Costco discontinued the D5U. I ran around to 6 different Costcos trying to track one down and ended up with a display model for 10% off. They just put the display out last weekend so I figured it was well worth the discount.

Does anyone have a problem with the input display? Very randomly, my input display pops onto the screen and then disappears on its own. It's annoying as all hell, but I have no idea how to stop it from randomly appearing.


Anyone else have a problem with the Input Display popping-up for no reason?

Would appreciate your response, and if possible, how to stop it!

Gary
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post #384 of 591
10/24/05 at 6:18pm
Owell. Not that big of deal but would be nice. Haven't tried with VGA (analog) but analog though DVI (DVI-I) doesn't work either.

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Originally Posted by divtune View Post

The note on page 49 of the manual says:

When using a digital PC and setting "Mode2" in Power management, the power many not turn back on automatically even if the signal inputs again.

I guess you're out of luck. It sounds like it would work correctly if you use the analog PC input instead digital.
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post #385 of 591
10/24/05 at 6:40pm
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Originally Posted by Gary Press View Post

Anyone else have a problem with the Input Display popping-up for no reason?

Would appreciate your response, and if possible, how to stop it!

Gary

I think somebody here said it stopped when he hit both reset buttons on the back.

I'm not sure why it happens. I suppose bad connections might cause it. You can try unplugging and replugging the cable connection, and make sure the connectors are good.
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post #386 of 591
10/24/05 at 7:57pm
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Originally Posted by Gary Press View Post

Anyone else have a problem with the Input Display popping-up for no reason?

Would appreciate your response, and if possible, how to stop it!

Gary

What I think it has to do with is that your tv is reacting to different signals . Like if the tv thinks its in surround and then goes to stereo the display will pop up. Look at the display box when its doing it and see if its changing in the blue box. It could be one of your pieces of equipment might be changing and your tv is reacting to it. I've only seen it a few times before on mine. Just a hunch I don't think its the tv causing the problem its just seeing the changes.
Also do a search on "Sharp lc 37d5u problems" and on page two theres lots of comments on this problem.
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post #387 of 591
10/24/05 at 8:59pm
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Originally Posted by pdp76 View Post

It gets pretty warm, but it does not get so hot that you can't touch the outter chassis anymore. I don't think it would double as a heater.

While it is off, and you have TVGOS enabled, it stays warm too, not nearly as warm as when it's on. Apparently the TVGOS downloads use a significant amount of wattage. (~35-40W).

How does one disable the TVGOS? I cannot find an option in TVGOS and the manual has lots of info -- except that nugget... and since the guide is redundant with my cable guide, and eats up so much energy, I'd like to kill it.
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post #388 of 591
10/24/05 at 10:24pm
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Originally Posted by nathan_h View Post

How does one disable the TVGOS? I cannot find an option in TVGOS and the manual has lots of info -- except that nugget... and since the guide is redundant with my cable guide, and eats up so much energy, I'd like to kill it.

When your on tv guide select
set-up
general default options
general defaults
scroll down turn off auto guide
your done
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post #389 of 591
10/25/05 at 7:28am
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Originally Posted by oldcband View Post

When your on tv guide select
set-up
general default options
general defaults
scroll down turn off auto guide
your done

I don't believe that will save any power - all it does is prevent the Guide from being on-screen when you power on the set. Other than that, the TVGOS should work the same.

You might try telling the TVGOS setup you have no antenna and no cable - this is an incomplete setup so it won't do any searching, but I have no idea if it will save power or not.

Dave
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post #390 of 591
10/25/05 at 7:58am
On my set the TVGOS works very erratically. I don't think I have ever had all eight days listed.

In the two months I've had the set I have yet to set the download indicator lit!

Have any of you other D5U owners seen the indicator lit? If so, how long does it stay lit? Does it just flash or does it stay on for the entire d/l - up to 3 hours?

I am with Comcast using a cablecard but don't even recall seeing the d/l indicator being lit before the CC was installed.

BTW, a great source for TVGOS info is available at:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...19#post6414019

Dave
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