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Thanks for your effort. Can't wait to try it out.

Thanks for putting in the time to help us all out!

Cheers.

i am eagerly awaiting this burn in DVD since my xbox 360 doesnt play SVCDs,. This is killing me, i really wanna use my new plasma. Wonering when its gonna be released. Thanks for all your hard work!!!!

dont be sorry at all, you are helping all of us out of the kindness of your heart. Thanks again, I look forward to this baby.

cracker696969

is there a launch party?

i am hoping there will be one tonight

downloaded this tonight, been trying the iso and nrg files, burned both twice. using my xbox 360 at 1080i and it goes through about the first 5 mintues without a problem, switching screens every 30 seconds, then it flashes through 15 or so screens really fast and ends up back at the beginning white color. i dunno.
doesnt happen when i watch it in windows media player on the same discs. weird since they should be using the same software.

what i meant is that my xbox is set to output 1080i, whether or not it does that on dvds, i dunno. i guess not.

i dont have another dvd player, guess i'm gonna have to borrow one from a friend. damn. oh well.

still weird that it wouldnt work on an xbox 360, its microsoft for crying out loud.

thanks for the help.

hello,

i was just wondering is this break in dvd supposed to run continuously for 100 hours or in segments (so i can watch tv in between sessions) totalling 100 hours. btw, thank you ea for making this.

hmm.... I've got a question.... I downloaded the dvd-r version (to play on my xbox 360..) and the colors aren't in 30 second segments...

example:
gray: 30 seconds, gray w/ slight blue: 30 seconds, gray w/ little more blue 30 seconds, blue 1 second, red 1 second, green 1 second,

then starts over


I might have the orders of colors wrong... but it definetely isn't evenly mixed time-wise... is this the xbox or dvd? I'm going to hold off on leaving this for a couple hours until I hear back that it won't mess up the tv

Hmm... Bummer about the 360 bug. I was counting on having a 360 and not having to buy a separate DVD player.

I think I'll still not buy a separate DVD player actually. I'll probably buy a Mac Mini and do a DVI --> HDMI hookup and watch DVDs on there, unless anyone has a recommendation for a sub-$100 HD-capable HDMI DVD player.

But my real question: Any success on any counts with the DVD on either an Xbox or a 360?

Don't buy a DVD just for a not-really-necessary break in DVD. That's just silly. Play a DVD for 100 hours and so long as it's not in letterbox you'll break in the TV just fine. Or just watch TV on it

Evangelo2,

Disregard the PM I sent you - your last post answered my question. Thanks!
I ordered/paid for a Panasonic TH50PX600U (my first plasma!) that I plan to use the break-in DVD for.

Just tried the DVD version on my JVC brand, model # XV-N33SL and it seemed to work perfectly.
Now i just have to get that plasma!

Can i expect the DVD version to play for 16 hours as well?

Thanks

Look I have nero buring program, I tried to down load it and it worked, but I cant burn it to a dics, what type of disc do i need to have. I have a DVD R/RW burner, but all I have is DVD + R discs, what type of discs do I need to use

is there any particular reason i need to run the video output at 720p? I just have a simple dvd player that has the cheapo cables running from my new plasma to the tv.

I think the idea is to use all the pixels of the TV, so 420p would be nice... But I think anything is better than nothing (I realize this is less than helpful. Sorry)

So I've been experimenting with my Xbox 360 (connected to my 50-inch Panasonic plasma consumer model via component) and whether it works or not with the break-in DVD.

I've concluded that it doesn't. Like other people have experienced, it goes through about 5-10 shades of white/grey in normal 30-second intervals, and then speeds through the rest of the colors in very fast intervals and doesn't repeat after the cycle is over. I tested both the SVCD and DVD-R versions. Neither wound up working.

If you only have an Xbox 360, here's the temporary solution to the problem:

We're going to loop a DVD so that it plays continuously. using the 360's built-in features (I assume some other DVD players can do this, but I also assume that other DVD players can actually play the break-in DVD properly). Find a widescreen DVD that you like that will allow your plasma to display a wide range of colors (preferably with some blacks in there as well). I'm alternating between "The Matrix" and "Finding Nemo."

Start the DVD in your 360 and begin the movie. Fast forward past the opening credits. Choose a spot that you'd like to begin the looping from. On your remote (I think you have to have a remote to do this), press the "Display" button, which is above the four directional buttons. This will bring up five items on the bottom of the screen. Select the fifth one, which says, "Set loop start point." Select this, and it will change to "Set loop end point." Fast forward to the end point (preferably before the closing credits) and select it again. After that, the button will change to "Cancel loop." Obviously, you don't want to do that, so press "Display" again and the menu will go away. And voila, behold your looping!

Now, I don't trust technology, so I haven't let this run overnight, but I assume it just loops forever. I've left it on during the day, and that seems like it's enough, but I'll probably start running it overnight as well.

One other issue: I've considered using the break-in DVD as-is and looping it, but since it doesn't display the darker colors for very long on the 360, I figured I'd just use a regular DVD.

(this isn't meant to undermine the break-in DVD, but the fact is that the 360 doesn't support it, so I figured posting an alternative would be in the spirit of the author's original intent)

I bunred it as an SCVD but it cylces through in like 2 mins and then stops. It goies through easch color in like .5 secs. I'm using a new Sony 5 disc DVD player that handles most formats including the SVCD. Please help.

Nero 7 ..... I just used make SVCD selection. How would I do things differently?

And how do burn a .iso file? Thanks. NOOB ALERT

I used the SVCD version this past weekend and came home to notice that the CD was stuckj at the Green portion. i am pretty sure it ran all the way through, but it didnt restart. I have downloaded the DVD-r one and waiting on getting a brand new dvd player with high-def to burn it in.

Are the returns on using the break-in cd any more than marginally better (measured by how evenly all plasma phosphors are fired) than just leaving the Discovery Channel HD on with the sound muted?