Hi all,
Long-time reader, first time poster.
I have had a Panasonic TH-50PHD7UY with the TY-FB7HM HDMI board since 2005. Until recently, I ran the HDMI video outs from all sources through a cheap (generic) Chinese-made HDMI switch-box and the audio through an analog pre-amp. Recently, I decided to upgrade to a Marantz AV7005 and go all HDMI digital for audio and video.
While my DirecTV box still works fine -- audio and video come through the Marantz to the TV -- the Samsung Blu-ray player and AppleTV present a "start-up" image and then the video flickers out and does not return. After a lot of investigation, I got on the phone with Panasonic customer support, who confirmed that the TH-50PHD7UY could not handle the new HDMI spec. He further confirmed that there was no firmware update available, and basically that Panasonic had ceased supporting the product, so . . . have a nice day. Based on this threads on this board (t=609335) I've come to understand that there also probably isn't an "unapproved" fix out there.
As I see it at this point, my options are:
(1) Run component out from the BD player, and use the AppleTV as a paperweight
(2) See if the cheap generic HDMI switcher corrupts the HDMI signal enough to allow the BD player and AppleTV to be displayed, and use analog audio; or
(3) Buy a new TV.
Also, given what I spent to buy this TV as a relatively early adopter, I'm fairly annoyed that Panasonic abandoned me as a consumer. Even if there's no hope in saving the TV in an all-digital world, if anyone can talk me off the ledge on this, that's a value-add. (6 years shelf-life for a "future-proof" monitor?)
Thanks for reading if you made it this far, and thanks in advance for any help.
Long-time reader, first time poster.
I have had a Panasonic TH-50PHD7UY with the TY-FB7HM HDMI board since 2005. Until recently, I ran the HDMI video outs from all sources through a cheap (generic) Chinese-made HDMI switch-box and the audio through an analog pre-amp. Recently, I decided to upgrade to a Marantz AV7005 and go all HDMI digital for audio and video.
While my DirecTV box still works fine -- audio and video come through the Marantz to the TV -- the Samsung Blu-ray player and AppleTV present a "start-up" image and then the video flickers out and does not return. After a lot of investigation, I got on the phone with Panasonic customer support, who confirmed that the TH-50PHD7UY could not handle the new HDMI spec. He further confirmed that there was no firmware update available, and basically that Panasonic had ceased supporting the product, so . . . have a nice day. Based on this threads on this board (t=609335) I've come to understand that there also probably isn't an "unapproved" fix out there.
As I see it at this point, my options are:
(1) Run component out from the BD player, and use the AppleTV as a paperweight
(2) See if the cheap generic HDMI switcher corrupts the HDMI signal enough to allow the BD player and AppleTV to be displayed, and use analog audio; or
(3) Buy a new TV.
Also, given what I spent to buy this TV as a relatively early adopter, I'm fairly annoyed that Panasonic abandoned me as a consumer. Even if there's no hope in saving the TV in an all-digital world, if anyone can talk me off the ledge on this, that's a value-add. (6 years shelf-life for a "future-proof" monitor?)
Thanks for reading if you made it this far, and thanks in advance for any help.