I was just thinking.. could the "gray" bars be caused by the angle the picture was taken? BUT we all know Plasma has a great viewing angle so that shouldn't be the caused of it...which leaves the following question :

1) Brightness set too high
2) Crappy copy of MI:3 (u did mentioned it was copied right? )

Anyway, its great that the panny PV80 is finally out. Could it have arrived 2 months earlier, I would have gotten it. Sorry Panasonic, I've give my money to Sony..

^ No, component cables are RED, GREEN, and BLUE

I have a Sony 40" W400 and I must say, if u use it for browsing, while the text is readable, its never as good as a dedicated LCD monitor. For some reasons, the text are kinda "yellowish"??

I'm using a Radeon 2400 HD Pro card with HDMI out to the W400 at 1080p res.. For viewing downloaded Divx materials (e.g CSI, House M.D), I've absolutely no complaints. Good colors, I might even go as far as saying it looks better than playing the Divx files using a PS3.

Here's the odd part though,

HDMI to LCD TV - VIDEO ok, AUDIO ok
HDMI to Yamaha v663 - Video ok but NO AUDIO.. duh, I have absolutely no idea and I found nothing on Google.

Ah.. no wonder. I was wasting my time trying to get it work till 4am in the morning
Anyways. I'm now using a Philips external USB for my audio. Works perfectly so I'm happy with it for the time being.. Only inconvenience is one extra optical cable from the sound card to the Yamaha v663.

If they're actual transfers, how are they going to fit a typical 25Gb (or 50Gb) Blu-ray disc into a DL DVD? They're just Blu-ray rips. No doubt they look good but still no where close to the PQ offered by Blu-rays.

I do have one though..Waterhorse Bought it at Amcorp mall.. I must say, looks pretty darn good.

This post has been edited by welwitchia: Aug 15 2008, 10:30 AM

Why dont they sell mkv's.. LOL.. Please don't kill me.