2007 Mitsubishi WD-XX73X and XX831 Owner's Thread - Page 306

Originally Posted by Merlin_AZ

I guess I'll just leave the BR output at 1080p.
I can't find any older posts whether or not the TV accepts 1080p or not.
I haven't tried any BR disks yet, hopefully tonight.
I also read on this forum of a user dropping the output for Netflix streaming to 720p and it looked better to him--his assumption was that the processor wasn't being overloaded trying to handle the streaming duties and upconverting at the same time.
We'll have to see.
I haven't started my Netflix account yet--looking for a 1 month trial instead of the standard 2 week one.

Originally Posted by aheiser

Too weird! I was just going to make a post on this. I'm connecting a Panasonic BD-60 and it too won't display on my 65831 with HDMI. The TV detects the connection, but the screen stays blue and won't show any signal. It will display if I use component and 1080i, but nothing on HDMI.

Anyone have any ideas?

Originally Posted by Upinit

Can anyone help with a strange issue I'm having? I am currently running my cable box and PS3 to my Yamaha receiver with HDMI cables and then from the receiver to my WD-73831 with HDMI as well.

I was troubleshooting an issue I was having so I connected another BD player to the TV with an HDMI cable but nothing will display on the TV. However, it does work if I use a non-HDMI input. I unplugged the HDMI running from the receiver and tried the BD player in both HDMI slots on the TV and still nothing. To me it seems as if the HDMI inputs are only working if they are running from the receiver. I'm thinking its a NetCommand config but I scoured the manual and can't figure out what it could be. Any help would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by Stumpped

Check and see if the output on the BD setting is set to HDMI

Originally Posted by talterici

WD-57831. Recently, the picture on my Mits has been going black for about a second. It occurs every 10-20 seconds. The set doesn't power down, or make any noise and the picture is great otherwise. No lights on the unit flash. I just replaced the lamp bulb and it made no difference. I have had the temp sensor fixed in the past. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by michanecash

Has anyone ever tried installing LED or the like, back lighting with their DLP mitsu. For ambient effect.

Originally Posted by davekro

I have a dual incadescent bulb fixture mounted about 6" above the base of the TV, which is on the Misub. stand. I use a fixture I had that was made to mount over a piece of artwork. I just made it point up. It is made to accect two long type std base bulbs. I don't recall exactly but I think I started with two 15w bulbs an unscrewed one for less brightness. (personal taste). The fixture will also accept short round bulbs, so whatever you have around is fine.

It would be fun to surf the net on the 73". ) It would also be nice to stream the free Netflix movies available as 'Watch Now'.

Originally Posted by davekro

Yes, after I dropped the wattage down, I am happy with the effect. I now am using a single 11 watt incandescent bulb. The 'art' light fixture is mounted directly against the wall. With the back of the DLP TV ≈6" from the wall and the front of the front of the screen 23" from the wall, all I really notice is an ≈3.5' deep strip of light across the white ceiling. My back wall is medium taupe/beige color, so I do not notice much reflection from the back wall. Mostly due to the light fixture shining up parallel to the wall. If your light fixture was away from the wall some and/or your back wall is white, you may notice more light on it.

I had the fixture already, but the nice thing is that it holds two bulbs, so you have more flexibilty on your light output range. But, I preferred lower light level. YMMV

Originally Posted by videobruce

I would hate to think just how bad the image quality would be.
I have seen the size of these DVD movie downloads. At 1/2 or less the size of a standard DVD, the quality has to be terrible especially on a large screen size. Ok, for a Laptop, but that is about it.

Most of the recent DVD rentals I have seen on a 57" sitting 12' away are terrible.

Originally Posted by davekro

Hope these pics help. The bulb is on the far side. the near side has no bulb. It takes regular full size incandescent base base bulbs. (smaller diameter glass part though)

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Originally Posted by davekro

I kind of thought that might be the case. I was confused by folks on Monoprice saying they are getting good picture quality on their 50' HDMI cables from a computer. NO mention was made of HDTV screen size though. Maybe they were using <40" screens.


Do you mean 'actual' DVD's played in the home theater, or streamed (non BD/HD) movies from a computer or other device from Netflix, or wherever?

I don't know how the computer's video card affects pic. quality. The TV is 1080P native of course. The 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo 2 iMac (late 2006) has an ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 SDRAM. Does anyone know if the streaming device's specs makes any significant difference? Or is it just that the streamed content is compressed so much that mediocre at best is all that can be expected? Are some streamed movies good? some OK and some pretty bad? Not that I'd expect BD quality, but if it would at least be DVD quality (or close) that might be worth the hassle and $70 or so for wiring.

As far as surfing, what kind of clarity would i get on font, icon, etc.

Thanks,
Dave

Originally Posted by michanecash

Very simple. Thanks, I think I have just the thing in mind for mine. I appreciate you taking the time to share that.

Originally Posted by bwall23

HDNATION says that NETFLIX streaming to a PC is SD.