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Re: Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

Razlaw — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:49:00 GMT

malcolm welborn:
razlaw where do you live in illinois, our friends live in rockford he is very impressed with bv7 40

malcolm

canary islands

We are about 90 miles from Rockford near the Iowa border.

Re: Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

moxxey — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:03:51 GMT

csmager:

Thomson Sky HD box?

Worse on the new PACE boxes than the old Thomson Sky boxes. I had no problem with the old Thomson box. As soon as that broke and was replaced by a PACE, a thick 1-inch blue line appeared on many channels, on the right.

Re: Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

malcolm welborn — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:11:26 GMT

razlaw where do you live in illinois, our friends live in rockford he is very impressed with bv7 40

malcolm

canary islands

Re: Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

Razlaw — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:29:10 GMT

Glad to hear that!

Re: Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

Bv7Mk3 — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:38:32 GMT

Razlaw..You will be pleased to know that the curtains are both there for the on and the off the 7-55..I'ts a Fab Set..Nice with a beolab 10.

Enjoy!

Re: Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

csmager — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:54:18 GMT

Thomson Sky HD box?

It's a problem with the box, not the tv. It'll appear on any tv if it's pixel mapping.

Here's a few fixes or workarounds:

1. Change the output resolution from 1080i to Auto. This will mean that the TV does all the scaling for 576p streams, which is almost certainly better than the sky box anyway. Downside is the EPG will be in SD and processed, and can look a bit naff. But I'm more interested in video quality.

2. Menu / Options / Picture. Change the 'Size' option to change the overscan. I found the default setting on any HD channels was out and left a black border.

3. If you don't want to do either of the above and leave the Sky box on 1080i, then you can change the blue bars to black through a bug in the software. If you're not using the SCART signal (e.g. for multiroom), then you can safely change the 'Scart / RF1 Picture Format' to 4:3. Amazingly, this changes the blue to black on the HDMI output.

The lack of curtain on 'ON' is because the Sky box doesn't sync with the TV fast enough, so the TV's already opened the curtains by the time a picture shows. I've tried 'extra blanking' options, but I can't win. So I gave up. I assume it's an HDCP problem.

Re: Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

Razlaw — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:22:12 GMT

We have a MkIII and the curtain is there both on and off. Is the blue line there all of the time? We have 7-55 ordered and I hope the curtain is still present on it for both on and off.

Beovision 7-40 mark iv blue vertical line down right hand side of screen

thorne — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:51:29 GMT

I seem to remember a thread about this but I cannot find it. It's not particularly annoying. I just want reassurance that it is 'normal'!

By the way, delighted with this new purchase - picture is tons better than mark ii, brighter, more clarity etc

Also, the B&O curtain has returned - great! But only when I switch off a sky programme, not when I switch on. Again, is this normal?