TX-P46G10 panasonic

[skenergysolution]

Took delivery of the above today, connected to a normal Sky box.

To say I'm disappointed is a bit of an understatement, as I have waited almost six months to buy one, the picture seems to be a bit 'fuzzy' like its out of focus.

What settings can I change to achieve a better picture?

[nelly1]

Think about what you're feeding it!

HD Telly - check.

HD source - er...

What are you using to connect the Sky box to the TV? Scart lead?
Have you enabled the RGB from the box?
This will be the best you can currently hope for with your set-up.

If you've come from a (much) smaller CRT TV, do not expect the same picture quality on your Panny from standard Sky - the picture is stretched and will be very 'blocky'.

HD is the way forward for you.

[skenergysolution]

Does HD Sky require a different external dish?

In other words, can I use my existing viewing card in a HD Sky box using the existing Sky dish? (Complete newbie when it comes to these things - bear with me)

[Plotloss]

You're presumably using a SCART to connect box to television?

Is the SCART output on the Skybox set to output RGB or Composite (I think the option is VIDEO)?

RGB is the superior video format.

[jazzybee]

Needs two Dual LNBs on the dish, two cables from them down to the SkyHD box with a sky card that includes the additional £10 per month for the HD service

[rhinochopig]

I've got the 42" V10 and standard def via freesat is terrible. The BBC's life programme on Blu-Ray in 1080p on the THX setting, however, is one of those oh my god moments.

Freesat HD is also pretty reasonable too - just a shame there's only one and a half channels.

If you watch mainly normal def, stick with a CRT IMO. I put up with the poor standard def as I love rediscovering older films and watching new ones in glorious HD.

Edited by rhinochopig on Wednesday 6th January 21:44

[skenergysolution]

Plotloss said:

You're presumably using a SCART to connect box to television?

Is the SCART output on the Skybox set to output RGB or Composite (I think the option is VIDEO)?

RGB is the superior video format.

I'll give that a try now. Thanks

[headcase]

When you change from Video to RGB there should be a marked difference in the picture (you will notice that the edges of straight lines no longer have dots on them), if you change this option and there is no change at all then either you do not have the TV connector on the Sky box connected to the TV (lots of people have it in the VCR connector for some reason)or your scart lead does not carry an RGB signal.

Make sure the aspect is set to 16:9 also.

(edit for spooling eerrors)

Edited by headcase on Wednesday 6th January 22:07

[skenergysolution]

headcase said:

When you change from Video to RGB there should be a marked difference in the picture (you will notice that the edges of straight lines no longer have dots on them), if you change this option and there is no change at all then either you do not have the TV connector on the Sky box connected to the TV (lots of people have it in the VCR connector for some reason)or your scart lead does not carry an RGB signal.

Make sure the aspect is set to 16:9 also.

(edit for spooling eerrors)

Edited by headcase on Wednesday 6th January 22:07

Its worked, picture is noticably smoother!

Cheers all!

[skenergysolution]

Another annoying problem!

The screen seems to have developed a faint green stripe in the middle of the screen from the top to the bottom. The pixels have a green tint to it, so it discolours whatever is displayed upon the screen at the time, very prodominant in the mornings.

Now the retailer is saying that it is caused because my centre speaker for the 5.1 is in front of the TV, I would've thought that the TV would be magnetically shielded.

Does this happen with plasmas or do I have a faultly screen?

[OldSkoolRS]

Apart from the fact that most centre speakers are magnetically sheilded, AFAIK Plasmas aren't effected by speaker magnets anyway. However, does this green stripe occur on all inputs? If you view using the TV's internal tuner for example (even if you haven't got an aerial connected) or on any menu screens that might cover the same area of the screen. If it only occurs with an external source (like your Sky box) it might be a cable problem.

Edited by OldSkoolRS on Thursday 7th January 16:59

[skenergysolution]

OldSkoolRS said:

Apart from the fact that most centre speakers are magnetically sheilded, AFAIK Plasmas aren't effected by speaker magnets anyway. However, does this green stripe occur on all inputs? If you view using the TV's internal tuner for example (even if you haven't got an aerial connected) or on any menu screens that might cover the same area of the screen. If it only occurs with an external source (like your Sky box) it might be a cable problem.

Edited by OldSkoolRS on Thursday 7th January 16:59

On any source, Sky, DVD and TV Tuner including DVB and including the Menu. Definitely faultly screen?

[CraigW]

disconnect centre speaker & see if still there, that will prove it either way.

Plotty will say for sure but I had a massive centre speaker about 4 inches from my pioneer 42ich and directly below it with no effect whatsoever.

[OldSkoolRS]

As Craig says, just disconnect and move the centre speaker to be sure, but if it does it on all sources then it does seem like a fault. Might be worth unpluging all the leads too just to make sure it's not some strange interaction like an earth loop (but really unlikely, it might save embarassment at the shop if you do return it and it works fine there).

I have a big centre speaker under my TV too, but it's currently an LCD model, though I'm likely getting a 46G10/15 in a few months so if it is the speaker I'd very much like to know (but I don't expect it to be).

[headcase]

A well defined strip on a plasma TV is indeed a fault no matter how faint, it may be a faulty panel or ribbon cable but either way its faulty and cannot be caused by a speaker. Sounds like the retailer is clutching at straws.

Edited by headcase on Thursday 7th January 19:25

[911DM]

Yup, you have a faulty screen. The retailer should replace it for you without any quibble and send the faulty one back to the manufacturer. Where did you buy it?

[theboyfold]

jazzybee said:

Needs two Dual LNBs on the dish, two cables from them down to the SkyHD box with a sky card that includes the additional £10 per month for the HD service

Sorry if I've misunderstood but Sky HD only requires one feed from a dish. The 2nd feed is for recording a channel that you are currently not watching.

As for 2 dual LNBs I'm guessing that's just a typo, I've made plenty so I know one when I see one!

[skenergysolution]

The TV has an ethernet connection, would there be any chance I could connect to my Wi-Fi network without out the need to connect the TV directly into a modem?

Any help would be appreciated!

[number2]

Is it active? Sounds like an odd question but sometimes these things are only there for engineer updates or future use-like the one on a sky HD box.

[FunkyGibbon]

Whilst the TX-P46G10 may have an ethernet connection - I don't think is usable in a network as the G10 doesn't have viera cast or DLNA Home Networking unlike the TX-P46G15 which does. (according to digital-direct's product specs).

Though if I'm wrong and indeed it does - then you need an ethernet - wireless bridge like one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buffalo-Nfiniti-Wireless-N...

edited to add - did you get the faulty screen sorted?

Edited by FunkyGibbon on Thursday 14th January 19:58