2007 Mitsubishi WD-XX73X and XX831 Owner's Thread - Page 296

Originally Posted by gadgetttboy

Did anyone read my Question?
WD-65734, out of warranty,
no bulb replacement, no LE replaced... purchased 9-07 I was hoping someone could tell me if my problem is the same as the blooming issue. All of the Blues on the tv are very intense! When you see something that is maybe a digital color blue, there is ahloaround that.. and when you should see a white shirt for example, the shadows are all blue instead of maybe gray. I was watching Indiana jones on the Blueray and it seems that all of the light reflections.. eyes, shadows extra look alittle blue sometimes and very blue other times. I have read Poodles post on the LE cleaning and I am prepared to attempt it, just thought I would make certain the issue could be the same, as I have not seen the problem described as blue.. thnak you.

Originally Posted by bwall23

Have you looked at the setting & tweaks thread? Take it out of torch mode, change color temp, brightness, contrast, use a calibration DVD, etc. You might also want to take a look at this thread where the WD-XX734 Owner's hang out.

Originally Posted by videobruce

Outlaw; The size is in the model number. I would try Craigslist.

bwall23; It should be the same software. The only fifference between chassis is the lamp/ballast with the higher output and probably the optics. The source is the source. Mits in California (not India or wherever their outsourced company is located).

It seems as though I see some new flaw in the quality every day.

Originally Posted by davekro

1) I just got a Denon 1909 and in settings it asks for choosing:
YCbCr , RGB or Auto.

If the 734 is native for YCbCr, am I correct that it would be best to select YCbCr, instead of Auto? Doing some moving to different inputs (or other video changes, I can't recall), screen goes black for a few seconds. There is about a 5 second delay using VCR, when I hit rewind or play from rewind, etc. (video thru 'yellow' video cable to AVR).

Originally Posted by NetJunkie

If anyone has any blooming you need to do the clean. I did it on mine on Sunday. It took about an hour and a half start to complete finish. WOW. Huge difference. I forgot how good that TV looked when new. Several times that day both my wife and I commented on just how good it looked.

Do it. It's easy.

Originally Posted by JKohn

I'm curious about this as well. With my media PC the graphics driver gives me the choice of output formats, either RGB or YCbCr444.

Originally Posted by Tom Thomas

Did you use poodlehead's instructions? Any cautions or hints?

Originally Posted by NetJunkie

I did and really no hints. Very little to screw up. I loosed one alignment screw and when I put it back in it was perfect. If not it's easy to do. The film on my bulb came off easy. I used diluted rubbing alcohol and a coffee filter (leaves no lint). There isn't much verbiage with the poodlehead pics but you don't need them. Just look at Pic 1 and compare to Pic 2. See which part is missing..take that off. No special tools needed except maybe a really small phillips (eyeglass size) screwdriver.

The worst part is the 20 screws on the back.

Originally Posted by Tom Grooms

got a link to "poodlehead's instructions"?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

Originally Posted by videobruce

If I remember correctly this 'halo' issue has been with these sets for some time (feel free to correct me on this anyone).
I would go with a Sammy LED driven DLP. Period. Greensidh TV on the planet. Complete opposite of a Plasma. Like comparing Rapid Transit to a Hummer.

Just too bad it doesn't have two RF inputs, TVGOS & 1394 outputs (for AVHDD's). All of which are useful, pratical and worthwhile.

Originally Posted by andonakis

Can someone please help me find a solution for my problem. When I change my color settings like my picture mode than my contrast and so on....when i turn it off and on again my settings go back to the factory settings, even my perfect color adjustments go back to factory. Why does something so simple have to be so difficult? Am I missing something or is my TV messed up? I called support but could not find anything as to why it does that. My set up is simple: Ps3 to receiver, satellite to receiver and than from receiver to tv all through hdmi. This problem has just come up recently for some reason color settings default back to factory. Any help out there? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Cadillac84

Hi, I've searched here and I've googled and don't find anything. Maybe someone here has seen this and I'm just not using the right search terms.

My Mits is a WD-57831 just over 18 months old. It has 2164 hours on original bulb and has firmware V33+ 008.01

No complaints on PQ

Recently I have been plagued by a gray rectangle covering most of the viewing area of analog channels. I can't say for sure it never happens on a digital channel, but what testing I have done suggests it is on analog only. I have begun to do the following:

When the rectangle appears, I can press Menu 2-4-7-0 and look for digital signal strength. It has always been N/A (so far). By the way, as soon as I press "Menu," the rectangle disappears and if I could stand to watch the picture through the info screen, that would be a plan because the rectangle does not appear as long as the info is displayed. As soon as I hit "Exit," the rectangle returns as before.

When changing channels, the rectangle disappears momentarily and the new channel appears normal for a few seconds before the rectangle reappears.

The rectangle appears to have an aspect ratio of 4:3 but it does not cover the vertical area completely -- I'd say about 80%. The picture is visible through the rectangle, but the density of the gray is rather high. The areas around the rectangle appear normal.

I have a cable card and a DVR/Tuner. Last night, the TV was set to the DVR/Tuner and we watched for hours without any rectangle appearance. Today, I tuned to an analog channel using the cable card, got the gray rectangle, and now switching to the DVR/Tuner does not remove the rectangle which appears even when the DVR is tuned to digital channels.



I purchased the set from an independent dealer of long standing in our community (50+ years) who has a good service department. But, when I call them, they will send a truck to take the set to the shop, and I will have to pay some minimum amount just to get that far. Before I do that, I'd like to know if anyone who has seen it would tell me what might be causing it.

Is there anything I have failed to disclose that would be helpful?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Chuck

Originally Posted by ck007

Have you tried removing the side access ports on either side of the housing and reached in to wipe the light engine outer lens which shines on the large rear mirror?

Originally Posted by andonakis

how was it replaced? did you have a tv repair man come out to fix it?

Originally Posted by whotony

my 2 year old 73831 has started serious banding issues.
anything dark shows banded layers of black instead of smooth.

i have about 4200 hrs and replaced a lamp at around 2000.
anyone else have a banding issue?

I was wondering if there is a place in the menu (I have not seen it) where the Mitsub. shows how many hours it has on it?

Originally Posted by videobruce

Cadillac84; Do you have Closed Caption on?? How about a screen shot?

michanecash; What is that in front of the TV?? It's been posted dozens of times. It's in the Service Menu (2470) as lamp hours.