Official Olevia 247TFHD Owners Thread

OK, just in case my post from the other thread gets lost....
1. Wall mount suggestion? (Was going to get one from monoprice)
2. Going to mount this on a wall, would like to run cable in-wall (yes I know I have to make holes). What would you run up to the mounting location: (2 HDMI ports, 1 component, 1 VGA, 1 power)

What about coax cable, coax audio? Also, does electrical wiring cause interference with any of the above cabling?

Thanks

Is anyone else seeing 4:3 analog content being shown in a slightly squashed 1.5 ratio rather than 1.33 in Aspect mode and even in 1:1 mode?

4:3 digital content seems correct though.

Tagging along on this thread too! I'm looking forward to getting my DVI-to-HDMI adapter for my MVIX movie player. It will send 1080p signals via the DVI port. Right now I'm watching movies via a 480i 60Hz component set of cables, and while it looks nice, I'm curious to see how it will look via the new cable.

So basically run the A/V wiring one way and the power the other. The A/V stuff on this TV is on the left side is the plug on the right side?

Right now I'm just using RCA cables to the TV for audio. We moved just over a month ago and our current living room isn't, let's say, Home Theater "friendly" so I'm going to finish the basement and put the surround system and 47" TV down there when I get to it. For now the TV will have to suffice for audio.

I think that is what I am going to do. (This is going above a fireplace). So on one side of the fireplace I will run up electrical to a new outlet plug. On the other side of the fireplace I will run up the wires to the TV. I was going to install HDMI wall plates etc, etc. but it seems that there is too much stuff that you could possible hookup to this TV or any future TV, so I was thinking of using something like this:

http://www.mycablemart.com/store/car...t_detail&p=786

Putting one up by the TV and another down near the floor where the equiment goes. Now looking at the cables how big of a hole do you need to get these cable heads through. Especially HDMI. Also is the higher the AWG the better?

So basically since I only want to punch holes in the wall once. I should just run

2 HDMI
1 VGA
1 Component

Maybe: Digital Coax, Tosc Optical, ?USB?, ?DVI?, ?Regular Cable?

Thanks

It will be squashed slightly top to bottom. Changing the aspect modes doesn't really fix it. The only way to get 4:3 SD analog to look right that I've found is:

- Split Screen, Aspect mode
- Full Screen, Zoom1 mode (but then you lose content at the edges, perhaps just vertically, unless it's letterboxed)

The "technical" method would be to tune to a 4:3 analog channel in Aspect mode with a full screen program on, then take a tape measure to the visible portion and divide the width by the height. It should be 1:33, but will end up being 1.5. I think even in 1:1 mode, the aspect ratio will still be wrong.

The visual method is to tune to a 4:3 analog channel that has a 4:3 digital equivalent and then do a "channel return" between them. You'll see the picture from the same program getting wider on the analog channel, then normal on the digital channel.

Or just tune to a 4:3 analog channel in Aspect mode and look at how narrow the black bars on the side are.

While I noticed this problem while watching 4:3 full screen cartoons and stuff like that, it really showed up while watching a letterboxed movie on TCM--it was "A Patch of Blue" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059573/. When watching it, I knew Shelley Winters wasn't as short and squat as she appeared on the screen. I switched to Zoom1, it filled up the screen nicely and people looked normal.

Wire guage is like shotguns the smaller the number the bigger the wire, the bigger the wire the better the cable...

If getting to the back of the set would require removing it from the wall, I think I would run a wire for every connection the tv has, and tape off and not connect any not used wire on the lower end. If you, are a belt and suspenders type, put in a spare HDMI and Component cable just in case...

Has anyone figured out how to get Digital 5.1 from the coax or optical digital audio outputs? I am trying to get ATSC tuner feeds that are transmitting 5.1 signals and my receiver keeps showing PCM stereo. This is annoying since I never use the internal speakers. I can get digital 5.1 feed from my $399 32" no-name Fry's HDTV in my bedroom.

I hope this can be fixed since I love the video display on this unit. The MTK video processing of SD sources is one of the best I have seen in 47" size HDTV. With true HD sources, most HDTV are pretty close. But for a long while we will still have SD sources transmitted over digital channels.

I know that these are relatively new TV's, but has anyone attempted to update the firmware, or is that not necessary?

There is no firmware update available as of last night.

But many of the problems I and others have noted in the other 247 thread are things I think should be fixable with firmware.

Pearl Jam is on the the MHD channel right now....stunning.

Thank you.

I'm curious what temp setting most people use? 6500 or native? I think native looks better, but even in the manual it says to choose 6500... why?

At the very least, Olevia is outwardly supportive of fixing issues via firmware updates. Their manual specifically mentions updates, pointing to the web page for it, and they even have a "FutureProof(TM) Your TV" link that highlights the firmware upgradeability as a trademarked feature.

Let's hope it's not just empty hype. Since they require a serial# to get to their firmware downloads, it's hard to see how they've been with older models.

Slightly off topic, but hopefully not too much. I bought mine at BJs for $999 and opted out of the extended warranty. Was that a bad move and should I get an extended?

New owner here. So far I'm very impressed with the 247, regardless of the brand.

For anyone who has calibrated their set, would you please share the settings?

I'm curious to play around and see if i can get even better results from it.

Most credit cards these days already double the warranty for free (I think usually up to an additional year or two??). So I think I'd be OK with a two year labor and on-site warranty.

If you do get an extended warranty, check to see if your credit card's extended warranty adds an additional length onto it, or if they end up running parallel and being kinda worthless (unless one gives you a hassle but the other one covers you on a claim).

Here are the codes for direct input in pronto format. There is a tutorial on the web explaining how to program the harmony RC with pronto codes, but since this is my first post I cannot put links.

No more pressing source button to get somewhere.


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The extended warantee card in the box says the extended warrantee for the 247T is $350. 30% of what you pay for the set seems a little steep. I will probably just take my chances. Bought this TV for the den and have a 67" inch DLP in the home theater. So far I am pretty happy with this set but have only used it on the DirecTV HD satalite box.

I checked my set. Analog stations via the NTSC tuner are about 1.5:1 and Digital stations via the QAM tuner are 1.33:1. This certainly seems to be a defect.

I thought those black side bars looked a little narrow.

Edit: I noticed one more thing. If the 4:3 digital content is 480i, the picture is also squashed. If the 4:3 digital content is 720p or 1080i, the aspect ratio is correct at 1.33:1. It seems it's a 480i issue, not an analog/digital issue.

-TurboWells