Official Sharp Aquos 42D62U/46D62U/52D62U Owner's Thread (NO PRICE TALK!) - Page 14

Originally Posted by akgrown

This is a pic of the banding seen during the "20th Century Fox" opening on one of my DVDs...the camera is swooping over the top of the '2' in '20th'. I figured this would be a good scene since most people will own a 20th Century Fox DVD and can try it for themselves. As you can see, the two main horizontal bands (marked with red arrows) split the screen about into thirds. There are other minor, hardly noticeable bands if you look closely.

This is independent of source for me. It is visible on DVD, Comcast HD STB, and PS2, all connected via component. I am also using a surge protector for the power cable. The bands are static and do not change position, so I don't feel this is something caused by OTA interference... Any suggestions (including 'exchange it!') are welcome.

Originally Posted by akgrown

This is a pic of the banding seen during the "20th Century Fox" opening on one of my DVDs...the camera is swooping over the top of the '2' in '20th'. I figured this would be a good scene since most people will own a 20th Century Fox DVD and can try it for themselves. As you can see, the two main horizontal bands (marked with red arrows) split the screen about into thirds. There are other minor, hardly noticeable bands if you look closely.

This is independent of source for me. It is visible on DVD, Comcast HD STB, and PS2, all connected via component. I am also using a surge protector for the power cable. The bands are static and do not change position, so I don't feel this is something caused by OTA interference... Any suggestions (including 'exchange it!') are welcome.

Originally Posted by richard korsgren

To debate which is the 'best' is foolish because there is no best.

Originally Posted by Bicster

It's an old one, 659 I think.

Originally Posted by mark_1080p

I've run across this problem before, its a deal breaker for me. Hope this is not typical of the new line. I would expect to use the set at minimum backlight, I would think you need to exchange it.

Anybody do a power use test on the 52 with a killawatt or other meter for various backlight tests ? Most curious on power consumption.

Originally Posted by sathyganesh

Can you tell me if there are any digital audio inputs on the 46D62 ? Are they optical or coax or both ? How many of each ?

Thanks

Originally Posted by R11

Ridiculous!


ron

Originally Posted by richard korsgren

..and, of course, you are entitled to your opinion, my friend. All we can do is look at pro and cons of all the sets. Anything beyond that is opinion. We all have our favorites in tvs and many other things in life. It is a personal conclusion we come to. And many considerations are built into any final determinations. Today, there are many fine sets in any price range. And the consumer is certainly the winner.

Originally Posted by akgrown

This is a pic of the banding seen during the "20th Century Fox" opening on one of my DVDs...the camera is swooping over the top of the '2' in '20th'. I figured this would be a good scene since most people will own a 20th Century Fox DVD and can try it for themselves. As you can see, the two main horizontal bands (marked with red arrows) split the screen about into thirds. There are other minor, hardly noticeable bands if you look closely.

This is independent of source for me. It is visible on DVD, Comcast HD STB, and PS2, all connected via component. I am also using a surge protector for the power cable. The bands are static and do not change position, so I don't feel this is something caused by OTA interference... Any suggestions (including 'exchange it!') are welcome.

Originally Posted by Cyber Chulo


Yes, that is what I see when I play dark areas with my video games.

Originally Posted by G-Whiz

Wow, this thread is getting hard to keep up with.

I see a lot of people concerned about the "banding" I previously posted about on my 52". Maybe "banding" was a poor choice of words. Anyway, the artifact is definitely there on all inputs. I am about 99.9% sure it is an actual problem with the panel we have. At my earliest convenience I will be returning the panel to BB and see if we can replicate the problem and then replace it with a unit that does not exhibit this problem. I am certain the display model at BB does NOT have this problem.

If you look at the image I posted in post #192 you can see what I'm talking about. That picture shows the panel displaying pure gray from Dead Pixel Buddy. The input is DVI-HDMI from my laptop. All of the variations in gray you can see are actually there in real life. The vertical bands are a bit exaggerated from real life and not noticable during normal viewing. My guess is this is something to do with the backlights. However, the horizontal "streaking" IS noticable on light even colors-- especially during a vertical pan. A pan on light blue sky or white snow is particularly annoying.

I also want everyone to understand that, besides the gray horizontal bands, I am VERY pleased with this panel. If I had to live with the barely noticable "bands" I could. I just feel that for $4k I should be 100% pleased, not 99%.

To answer the question omeone asked about OTA HD on the cable input: Yes OTA works and the Tigers-A's game last night was a real treat. The colors, black levels, and lack of motion blur were great. Maybe I was giddy because I'm a big Tigers fan

Originally Posted by G-Whiz


To answer the question omeone asked about OTA HD on the cable input: Yes OTA works and the Tigers-A's game last night was a real treat. The colors, black levels, and lack of motion blur were great. Maybe I was giddy because I'm a big Tigers fan

Originally Posted by akgrown

This is a pic of the banding seen during the "20th Century Fox" opening on one of my DVDs...the camera is swooping over the top of the '2' in '20th'. I figured this would be a good scene since most people will own a 20th Century Fox DVD and can try it for themselves. As you can see, the two main horizontal bands (marked with red arrows) split the screen about into thirds. There are other minor, hardly noticeable bands if you look closely.

This is independent of source for me. It is visible on DVD, Comcast HD STB, and PS2, all connected via component. I am also using a surge protector for the power cable. The bands are static and do not change position, so I don't feel this is something caused by OTA interference... Any suggestions (including 'exchange it!') are welcome.

Originally Posted by kevink109

Akgrown-

I would adjust your backlight level down and see if that helps at all. Some of us on the 37d90u thread have backlight in the -10 to -12 range and brightness levels around -8. I know it is a different panel but the consensus is that the backlight needs to come way down on the 1080p Sharp panels.

Otherwise return it, I purchased the 37d90u panel in its initial release and had a bad vertical column of pixels, backlight bleed, and less than acceptable off axis viewing angle- returned it and got a set from a latter manufacturing batch and had no issues. There are others that had units with backlight bleed and problematic viewing angles, but it seemed to be more prevalent in the initial shipment of displays. My second unit has been spectacular, so maybe keep it for a couple of more weeks and see how it goes and then return it and re-order in your 30 day window.

One of the advantages of buying from a local B&M.

Originally Posted by kevink109

Akgrow-

I'm sure if you check out other units on display at retailers and pics from other owners you will be able to determine if it is a common problem or unit specific.

I would return and order from the next batch- and if that still doesn't work then just be done.

Originally Posted by orig

Does anybody know if these LCD's can accept a PAL signal ???

Originally Posted by Cyber Chulo

Yes, that is what I see when I play dark areas with my video games.