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Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Beobuddy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:07:27 GMT

A few weeks ago I bought the DVI upgrade kit for my BV5.

It doesn't scale. The panel has it's own resolution and a variety of resolutions it can handle.

I have a 852x480 panel (D6) and it can handle resolutions up to 1280 x 1024.

Don't forget it will probably not work for every (commercial panasonic) panel.

The BS (chassis) has to tell the panel to switch from the VGA input to the DVI input.

The 16.2 software supports D5, D6, D7 and D8.

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

KingOfSnake — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:13:51 GMT

dvi card goes into slot 1 or 2 of the plasma only, BS2 doesn't need anything other than type 9413+ and sw 16.0+

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Erik-nl — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:31:00 GMT

Erik-nl:

For clearification is there a harware update (DVI scaler card) which fit into the Beosystem 2 or is the the upgrade only a DVI card which fit into Plasma Panel (BV4)

Nobody knows ???

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

hebo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:44:43 GMT

Erik-nl:

For clearification is there a harware update (DVI scaler card) which fit into the Beosystem 2 or is the the upgrade only a DVI card which fit into Plasma Panel (BV4)

This is interesting.

Anybody???

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Erik-nl — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:37:13 GMT

For clearification is there a harware update (DVI scaler card) which fit into the Beosystem 2 or is the the upgrade only a DVI card which fit into Plasma Panel (BV4)

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Erik-nl — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:43:23 GMT

RED HERRING:

is an argument, given in reply, that does not address the original issue. Critically, a red herring is a deliberate attempt to change the subject or divert the argument. This is known formally in the English vocabulary as a digression which is usually denoted as "red herring".

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Erik-nl — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:40:33 GMT

What is a "red herring" ???

For clearification is there a harware update (DVI scaler card) which fit into the Beosystem 2 or is the the upgrade only a DVI card which fit into Plasma Panel (BV4)

Many thanks

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

KingOfSnake — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:56:36 GMT

It is unlikely B&O will give you any information, the Beosystem 2/scaler cards is a red herring. It is simply a DVI card into the Panel and a Sw update for the BS2, type 9413+.

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Roger — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:40:45 GMT

Where to get the information: Drop by any dealer and ask them to pull it up on BeoWise. Your dealer may contact Support for further info.

Roger

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

akeithj — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:34:30 GMT

Hi,

This is very interesting. So are we saying that if you have a D7 Panel or later, regardless whether or not it's connectedc to a BS2 or BS 3, all you need to be able to view 1080p is one of these cards to upscale the image ?

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Erik-nl — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:20:05 GMT

Roger:

If you have a D7 (or later) plasma panel that can handle the resolution, you need to install the DVI-card into your BeoSystem 1/2 (slot 1) and this acts as a scaler for the panel. They do also offer a card with VGA/YPbPr connections.

Sorry if I do repeat myself - not sure I understood the last question properly.

Roger

So if I understand correctly a DVI card (scaler) into Beosystem 2 slot 1. Is the physical output still via the VGA output or does the card have a new output connection (eg. DVI-A)

Are all signals scaled ?

Do you know where to find more information concerning this - you seems to know more than my dealer

Thanks

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

KingOfSnake — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:06:26 GMT

Hi Roger, the Beosystem 2 has nothing to do with the DVI output, it only processes audio i.e. the digital source drives the panel directly so when you press SAT for example (and you have say DECODER set to STB/DVI because it is processing audio only so it doesn't matter about the non-RGB input) the Panel switches to DVI input and the Beosystem 2 handles the audio - you need both scart and digi phono if using a surround sound setup.

It is a bit of a cheat IMHO by B&O, simply put the Beosystem 2 has nothing to do with the picture processing - use a 1080p Panel and you can use, for example, at full resolution, a Playstation 3 displaying 1080p Blu-Ray movies......

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

Roger — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:30:18 GMT

I agree, this is a bit confusing - but you need to take the BS2 from being a scart-only to something that accepts digital input. The D7-panel can be flashed, but it is not necessary with the D8-panel.

Roger

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

KingOfSnake — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:13:50 GMT

Yes this is correct - call it whatever they like but it is a standard Panasonic DVI card, put it into either slot 1 or 2 you just need to go into Plasma Version Setup and tell the Beosystem.

Re: BV4-50(D8) with BS2 MKII Help

bdm01 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:10:22 GMT

I understood and was once shown by a friendly dealer that the card you speak of (also somtimes called a blade) fits into a spare slot in the Beovision panel ?

When you then want to connect a hi-def source you connect it directly to the BV panel but tell the Beosystem 2 that you have done this in the set-up config menu's

Is that correct ?