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Well... the warranty repairman came today. Here is my general summary of what happened 
He hooked up a signal generator to my tv and everything looked fine. Although his signal generator can't do any progressive signals.
He says that basically (paraphrasing) my TV is too good to run my Xbox 360 or my Onkyo DVD player. He says that the allowed tolerances in the signal quality are very tight on my TV. I asked him why my 360 shows 720P perfectly on my friends Hitachi 65S700 and my other friends Infocus SP4805. He said that they were lower quality units and if my TV was lower quality it would look fine also.
He suggested I run my 360 into an RF adapter and connect to the TV through Coaxial cable. Therefore only being viewable at 480i
He spouted off something about Co-Channel interference and said that there was nothing wrong with the TV and there was nothing I could do to make my 360 play on my TV without the lines in 720P other than sell this TV I bought a week ago and buy a different one. He suggested a Samsung since they "have sloppy enough tolerances that they will run about anything".
After pleading with him to find SOMETHING I could do to make this work he suggested I call Samsung and get updated firmware and "mabey that could fix it". I called them and found I already have the latest firmware.
The repairman wasn't really "rude" he just seemed to make up his mind in 5 minutes and it was gospel truth with no chance of being fixed.
Can anyone else help me? Or am I really just screwed?
He hooked up a signal generator to my tv and everything looked fine. Although his signal generator can't do any progressive signals.
He says that basically (paraphrasing) my TV is too good to run my Xbox 360 or my Onkyo DVD player. He says that the allowed tolerances in the signal quality are very tight on my TV. I asked him why my 360 shows 720P perfectly on my friends Hitachi 65S700 and my other friends Infocus SP4805. He said that they were lower quality units and if my TV was lower quality it would look fine also.
He suggested I run my 360 into an RF adapter and connect to the TV through Coaxial cable. Therefore only being viewable at 480i
He spouted off something about Co-Channel interference and said that there was nothing wrong with the TV and there was nothing I could do to make my 360 play on my TV without the lines in 720P other than sell this TV I bought a week ago and buy a different one. He suggested a Samsung since they "have sloppy enough tolerances that they will run about anything".
After pleading with him to find SOMETHING I could do to make this work he suggested I call Samsung and get updated firmware and "mabey that could fix it". I called them and found I already have the latest firmware.
The repairman wasn't really "rude" he just seemed to make up his mind in 5 minutes and it was gospel truth with no chance of being fixed.
Can anyone else help me? Or am I really just screwed?
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Plain and simple....the repair man is out....of....his....mind. Run the 360 through an RF adapter!! TV is too good for the 360??!! Signal generator can't send progressive signals....ummmmm Was he he seriously there to try and help you??!! I won't fault you for not realizing the absurdity of his statements as you are/were only looking for help. I suggest you demand another more "experienced" repairman come out again. As far as setting the 360 to 720 or 1080i, ONCE you are comfortable your "line issue" has been resolved, it can be set either way. You just need to see what looks/functions better for you. Response from "thebigdaddye" is WAY over-generalized. It seems to be stated as fact, which it is not. But as you see "as I have found the picture is better on all signals cable sd and hd feeds,dvd. hope this helps"....it has worked for him in HIS environment. Get your line issue corrected first.
| Originally Posted by kensai13 I actually forgot to mention in my update that after looking closer... the lines are there at 1080I as well... they just don't jump out at you as much as in 720P. They are also there at 1080P but very very faintly. I agree that 1080I looks better on this TV in general. I have a couple issues with this however... A) I've had this TV 10 days and don't think it should be functioning this way. I didn't buy a wal-mart special because I wanted something that would perform better than that. I don't think I should have to "live with" something like this. B) I'm afraid that if the repairman was wrong and it really is a problem with the TV... that other problems could manifest later from it... likely after 366 days of ownership. Yes, the Xbox 360 does output at 720P and 1080I but the games are all native 720P so I either run the native source signal from the 360 or run the signal in the TVs native resolution. I don't know which is the best choice... but I shouldn't have to choose only one. Thanks for the advice however. |
Plain and simple....the repair man is out....of....his....mind. Run the 360 through an RF adapter!!
TV is too good for the 360??!! Signal generator can't send progressive signals....ummmmm Was he he seriously there to try and help you??!! I won't fault you for not realizing the absurdity of his statements as you are/were only looking for help. I suggest you demand another more "experienced" repairman come out again. As far as setting the 360 to 720 or 1080i, ONCE you are comfortable your "line issue" has been resolved, it can be set either way. You just need to see what looks/functions better for you. Response from "thebigdaddye" is WAY over-generalized. It seems to be stated as fact, which it is not. But as you see "as I have found the picture is better on all signals cable sd and hd feeds,dvd. hope this helps"....it has worked for him in HIS environment. Get your line issue corrected first.I'll also note I have a 51" CRT RPTV Hitachi I purchased in February of 05. No issues at all and 360 looks nearly identical on 720P and 1080i. I should THANK your repairman for saying your CRT RPTV is too good for the 360!! Moral victory for my purchase decision to go with CRT RPTV!! Seriously though, the technology is fine for gaming. You should also give the "master burn-in" topic a thorough read. Over a year of gaming for me, sometimes upwards of 10 hours - not a hint of burn-in anywhere.
Moral victory for my purchase decision to go with CRT RPTV!! Seriously though, the technology is fine for gaming. You should also give the "master burn-in" topic a thorough read. Over a year of gaming for me, sometimes upwards of 10 hours - not a hint of burn-in anywhere.
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