Official AX-200 Owners Thread - Page 6

Originally Posted by TF Ghost

You guy's crack me up. "The warranty seems questionable" "That PDF form looks bogus"

How many of you have purchased from PP? How many of you got bogus forms or were lied to about your warranties? Okay then. They're a forum sponsor for a reason - if they manufactured fake warranty forms and lied to their customers AVS would pull their name off the site just like they did with TV Authority. Call Panasonic and verify it or stop posting. Bashing a manufacturer or dealer based on theories seems pretty stupid IMO.

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

That's got to be the worst form ever created. Did you even look at it?
It's Warranty Claim form, it's a marketing form, it's a rebate for the AE1000u form...

Yeah, right. Fully legit - just created by drunk subcontractors using MS Live! online.

I emailed Optoma about a form they had online last month that had similar problems and it was gone the next day...

Originally Posted by TF Ghost

I read every word on the form, and at no time did I debate the fact that there are errors. Maybe you should re-read my post and respond with something relevant.

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

i never said PP was the source of the form. Ever heard of hackers?

It probably is the form they were given to provide but i wouldn't submit it. I have sent in plenty of rebate forms and had to call on 50% of them just to get the company processing them to accept it. This form looks like a fight on the phone just waiting to happen.

Originally Posted by TF Ghost

Hackers? C'mon. Be realistic. Some idiot at Panasonic provided a form that's riddled with errors. That being said, the posts were about PP providing a "bogus" form or noting a "questionable" warranty, which is not the case. I'm sure the info on their site came from Panasonic. In any case, a dealer that receives a form like that will make sure it's honored by the manufacturer if they're reputable, which I would assume all AVS sponsors are.

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

Ok, someone is modifying the form as we speak. Explain that? Now is says AX200u rebate instead of the AE1000u Rebate.

Who is doing that?

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

The new document properties say it was created at 4:36pm - all they need to do now is remove the line that says Official Warranty Claim Form and Marketing Bulletin Number and it will look more like a real Rebate form.

Too funny! It's changing as we post!

Originally Posted by TF Ghost

PP. If I were them I would've contacted Panasonic immediately and gotten authorization to fix the errors, or simply fixed them and notified Panasonic afterwards. Would you want mis-information on your site? I simply said they didn't create the form, but they have every right to edit out mis-information.

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

Come on, where is the form really from? Dealers can edit official forms?

I think I need to hear from a dealer on that one!

Originally Posted by TF Ghost

Agreed. I will defer all future comments until after an AVS sponsor posts. Nice arguing with you, Reconlabtech!

Originally Posted by kezug

I can not seem to find the User Manual for the PT-AX200U. I went to Panasonic.com and found the PT-AX200U but not any manual (PDF).

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

I can give you 1 more and that should be all you need, SONY. They CAN produce some great products but they are still Sony and those products work great until they masticate your glutes one day. Now at the price for the AW-15, you can throw it under a bus when it does but I would rather bet on Matsushita/Panasonic/JVC to come through in the pinch. Sure the AX100u gave Panny a black eye, but that's small potatoes compared to Sony's history.

If the AX200u can't be calibrated to match the Sony so that 99.6% of the population can't tell the difference, you can grind up the AX200u and I'll drink it for breakfast!

These are $1K PJs, come on!

That's why I will continue to say at this price point buy the brand, color, shape, WAF preferred model and go with it. Only the discontinued, once overpriced models are going to do better and you have to deal with the slight increases in heat, noise, $500 replacement bulbs and problems the top three of that category seem to be exhibiting in order to enjoy that increased performance.

Of course, my statement was just a blatant attempt to generate some heated conversation but it can be fun too!

Originally Posted by CaspianM

Only an idiot would do brand shopping who has no idea what he is doing.
Pannasonic has awefull record of reliabilty, Q control and warranty serice.
You could not generate one reason to support your claim that AX200 is the best 720 pj but rather opted to do brand bashing.

Originally Posted by dvdvideo

Mark, I have an HD70 and I am considering this panasonic and the sony aw15. I love the idea of the light sensor and the extra brightness, but I am terrified the actual ansi contrast of this unit will bit the big one so to speak. I had purchased a Benq W500 which is lcd and rated the same 6000:1 contrast, and I was extremely disapointed with the contrast compared to my HD70. In darker scenes it was really no contest, the HD70 ate the W500 for breakfast, my wife said no way (and she's not ussually that vocal), and yes, it was calibrated. I guess what I am asking is how does the HD70 really stack up against the AX200? Particularly in the areas of dark scene contrast and overall sharpness.... Thanks for your help!

Originally Posted by CaspianM

Only an idiot would do brand shopping who has no idea what he is doing.
Pannasonic has awefull record of reliabilty, Q control and warranty serice.
You could not generate one reason to support your claim that AX200 is the best 720 pj but rather opted to do brand bashing.

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

??? Got any numbers for those "non-bashing" comments? When you are a market leader, you will get more attention to your problems than the others, who have plenty of their own in all the categories you mentioned. Here are my numbers:


Where are yours?

Originally Posted by union1411

question about Zoom feature (never owned a pj)

does it distort the picture like it does in a RPTV and make the picture look like crap? or does Zoom mean something different with projectors?

Originally Posted by CaspianM

So Camry is the best in your anology?
Hey you operate in whole different league. Good luck.

Originally Posted by reconlabtech

The zoom is used to resize the picture. You could mount the PJ at 10 feet or 20 feet and still only project a 100" screen. This gives you a lot of options for placement.

Originally Posted by jluzbet

how about if you want 120" ? can you get that big from lets say 19.5 feet ?

Originally Posted by jluzbet

how about if you want 120" ? can you get that big from lets say 19.5 feet ?