The Official HP Pavilion 1080P DLP Owner's Thread - Page 7

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please let me know if anyone else gets any percentage off discount from hp. My mom works for a University Medical School and my dad is a grade school teacher at a private school. Does anyone know if they would be eligible? Thanks for any help. I think I want this tv.

I connected the PC via VGA and could NOT get 1080P. It does do 1280x1024 @60 HZ

The "Aspect" options with the VGA connector change to "Best Fit", "Full", & "Native". "Info" shows "1280 x 1024 @60 Hz"

What is "firmware upgrade?"
THANKS!!!

I have been in the armed forces for 18 years and am now a State Trooper. How does one determine eligibility for the 20% Government Discount? And who provides this discount? I cannot find anything regarding it on the HPshopping site.

I've used the AMEX extended warranty feature to repair my old set 1.3 years after I bought it.

Pick your repair shop...if they do in-home, that's fine, my shop was a pick up and return style.

Get estimate.

Fax estimate to Amex along w/copy of manuf. warranty and proof of purchase, etc.

Amex reviews and approves estimate (in my case I called the day after I faxed and got a "rush" approval over the phone, normally it can take a week or two).

Amex credits your credit card w/the amount (that happened very quickly - a couple of days, maybe?).

Get TV fixed and pay for work w/AMEX. I don't know if there are other options (like Amex paying the shop directly, sending a check instead of crediting my card, etc.

It was perfect and painless...AMEX was extremely helpful and very cooperative. I will ALWAYS purchase any major items w/AMEX in the future, as a result of how well things went.

Can the 1080 be purchased from HP and then extended warranty from TVA, elsewhere?
THANKS!

Firmware is the name for software that runs a device...allows it to manage itself, communicate w/other devices attached to it, etc. Firmware is stored on a chip in the device itself, and typically is designed to allow upgrades to fix defects, add/modify features, etc.

In the case of the HP TV, you attach a 128 MB USB drive that HP sends you with the upgrade firmware code on it, and the TV firmware is automatically upgraded.

The md5020n and md5820n are both 720p.
The md5880n and md6580n are both 1080p.

Has to end in '80' to be 1080p.

MD5880n - 58" 1080p
MD6580n - 65" 1080p

The models that end in 20 are 720p.

Same result w/LOTR Two Towers...just awesome detail and beautiful blacks. I thought my Panny PT-60LCX63 LCD was pretty darn good...but it pales compared to the MD6580n.

Couple more questions (sorry -- after tomorrow I'll be able to answer these for myself):

1. Have you tried 1920x1080 to see how it handles 1:1?

2. Have you tried any full-screen games in 1920x1200? I would assume that the display gets cut off... what do I know though =)

1920 x 1080 still shows 1080P from the "Info" status. It does not cut off the windows and appears to work better for a PC than 1920 x 1280 because of this. Cool!!!

Thanks for the additional feedback, AVIDAV...I'm going to see if the same thing happens tomorrow, when I have my SA8300 installed w/HDMI intput into the set...

I am disappointed as well regarding the split screen view....don't know why it is set up with so much "wasted space."

Haven't heard of the booster before...I may give it a shot and do a before/after on SD qualit and see.

THanks for the suggestion...I'll try to call them tomorrow to find out what we can do.

I may volunteer to be the HP MD guinea pig to get the codes up to their site for the sets...hope they can help w/the input switching. If they don't have a "next input" option, that can be a problem for a lot of people who want to automate the operation of their set w/aftermarket remotes/macros, etc.

This is a SS from Quake III in 1920 x 1080. Very impressive

1920x1080 *is* 1080p (hence the "1080" in "1080p").

I'm not sure what 1920x1200 was originally. Was this an Apple resolution or something?

Edit: Ahh. 1920:1200 == 16:10. 1920:1080 == 16:9.

Ohhhhh dear. I'm so wanting my set to arrive yesterday. =) Half Life 2 will look absolutely theatrical.

My wife accused me of buying an oversized monitor for my video gaming. Can you imagine the nerve!!

In this picture (htpc 004.jpg) and in a previous picture you posted, it looks like there is some banding in that background test pattern which suggests that the display is not doing a 1:1 mapping. Is that just the camera or do you really see those bands? That pattern should just have alternating black and white 1-pixel wide lines. Is there a zoom mode which makes the banding go away? There should be some overscan at that mode.

Thanks.

Quake 3 is even old school for a 9800 :P I think you should invest in the game designed for the 9800, half life 2. The game even has 16:9 aspect ratio so you dont have to stretch the screen.

Check out this link:

https://eclipse.ebus.hp.com/dn/jsp/p...ncyid=135&am=0

1920x1200 is the res for the pc displays that are 16x10 that seem to be the size that you see alot now.

Roy

Thanks a lot !!!

Has there been a gas price hike in the past few months ?

Air transportation to Europe nearly costs as much as the TV itself !! I'll have to go with the maritime route, i suppose, so one more month reading enviously you lucky owners' ecstatic reports, damn.



Mine did better : she used that as a reason for me to buy her a plasma... i quote : you're gonna play your games on this tv most of the time so please get me one of these TVs you can hang on the wall... ha ha women !

so why is EVERY 1080p RPTV coming out with one of them if they are sooo.......like you say.........bye bye?

bye bye

AWESOME!! I signed up as a fulltime college student and it knocked the price down $800 bucks! Killer! Thanks Lorelevitt

Wow, this TV is frickin' incredible as a PC monitor.

Okay, I at first was having some troubles with getting the overscan taken care of after setting the PC resolution to 1920 X 1080 (60 Hz), but then I found a little control on the TV called Aspect, and what do you know, there's a PC setting there! I set it to that and wham, perfect fit.

I tiled the display test image that was linked earlier, and I can make out black and white lines up close, so I believe it's 1:1 pixel mapping even.

The factory settings for Studio are almost perfect, I notched the brightness up to 51 from 50 and that was about it.

Oh, and did I mention it has a DVI mode control with two settings: Default and PC. On default you get video levels (16-239) and on PC you get PC levels (0-255). So it's that easy to switch video level modes for HTPC users.

They built this thing to be used as a computer monitor, no doubt about it.

The greyscale is fantastic - I loaded up a greyscale palette and can notice the graduations between each step. Black is freakin' black, and white is bright as hell.

The only problem I've had is with the delivery. The assclowns (can I say assclowns here?) forgot to leave the remote/power cord/manual/warranty. They have the worst hours imaginable (they don't deliver past 3 and only M-F), so I had a friend housesit while I was at work. They brought the TV in, set it on the stand, and took off without even plugging it in and making sure it worked. And with those important items.

Fortunately it's a standard PC power cord (gotta love HP), and I just stole the one off the other computer to use for now.

And the front connection panel is sweet as hell. Very good design.

Sorry if this post isn't sounding all that educated, I"m just very excited (and angry at the delievery crew) and I wanted to get my impressions down as fast as possible.

If you HTPC and don't see rainbows, get this TV. Otherwise, get it anyways.

Attached is a close-up picture I took of the test pattern.

md6580n
Set as desktop, tiled
1920X1080 60 Hz resolution
PC Aspect, PC DVI mode
ATI Radeon x800 Pro DVI-HDMI to HDMI1

Spear,

The camera is not that great - especially with close-ups. I'm not sure about the banding/mapping and will leave that up to one of the experts to answer. I can say that the display looks much more impressive than the photos.