Anyone have this problem with their plasma TV?

[Swish]

Coulda been a "cable" problem.
Much as I LOVE TO RAG PLASMA, this sounds like the procs got overloaded,
for something like a basketball game that would figure.
To fix it you turn the set off, turn it back on.
Back when HD was first starting I had the dish, and every once in awhile, after watching for a long time, the pic would lose sync with the sound, sometimes freeze, etc.
Basically your set cant process HD fast enough to keep up.
For slower material it works fine, but on high demand stuff like sports it gets behind,
the response time is too slow to keep up.
Funny, because when ragging my LCD and claiming plasma superiority, this
is supposed to be a problem with LCD, not plasma, or so the detractors say.
How to fix it?
GET A NEW MONITOR.
The newer ones have just about conquered decoding HD "on the fly", cheap memory hasnt hurt.
Or you could live with it, happens again, change channel, doesnt work, turn it off for a few.
Plasma is DEAD, btw

...several times but got jack squat. My set upstairs was fine, so I continued watching up there as I didn't want to miss too much of the game while screwing around with the plasma.

This is the first time I've had the problem and I bought it last July. I really love the picture and have no complaints otherwise.

[pixelthis]

...several times but got jack squat. My set upstairs was fine, so I continued watching up there as I didn't want to miss too much of the game while screwing around with the plasma.

This is the first time I've had the problem and I bought it last July. I really love the picture and have no complaints otherwise.

Then hang onto it.
I had a 47" PANNY, a RPTV, had a similar problem when playing HD material with a
lot of action.
HAD TO unplug it sometimes to "clear " it.
Surprized they still have that problem, the cheapskates need to start putting more memory in those suckers.

[02audionoob]

Then hang onto it.
I had a 47" PANNY, a RPTV, had a similar problem when playing HD material with a
lot of action.
HAD TO unplug it sometimes to "clear " it.
Surprized they still have that problem, the cheapskates need to start putting more memory in those suckers.

I had that TV...and that problem or something similar.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I had that TV...and that problem or something similar.

I disagree its a panny issue, I have a panny in one of my system's, and it has never had that problem. It has never been connected to cable, so it cannot be the television.

Panasonic plasma's are highly rated and well tested across their entire line of set's. This problem is not widely reported as far as I have seen when it comes to the set directly. Since it can easily reproduce 1080p with no problems, there is nothing in cable's 720p or 1080i(which requires less processing than 1080p) than can trip that set up, action or not.

That cannot be said for cable boxes, which have widely noted HDMI issues, and no where near the processing power of a 1080p television set. 1080i(the maximum resolution of cable boxes) are only required to have half the processing power of 1080p televisions, as they are only processing half of the 1080 line frame at a time.

Lastly, Panny's RPTV processing power requirements are exactly the same as a cable box outputting 1080i, as that is the maximum resolution that both can output. If I was going to blame processing power, I could not(with any credibility)blame the plasma.

[pixelthis]

I disagree its a panny issue, I have a panny in one of my system's, and it has never had that problem. It has never been connected to cable, so it cannot be the television.

Panasonic plasma's are highly rated and well tested across their entire line of set's. This problem is not widely reported as far as I have seen when it comes to the set directly. Since it can easily reproduce 1080p with no problems, there is nothing in cable's 720p or 1080i(which requires less processing than 1080p) than can trip that set up, action or not.

That cannot be said for cable boxes, which have widely noted HDMI issues, and no where near the processing power of a 1080p television set. 1080i(the maximum resolution of cable boxes) are only required to have half the processing power of 1080p televisions, as they are only processing half of the 1080 line frame at a time.

Lastly, Panny's RPTV processing power requirements are exactly the same as a cable box outputting 1080i, as that is the maximum resolution that both can output. If I was going to blame processing power, I could not(with any credibility)blame the plasma.

its the TV.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Swish, posts #5 & #6 contain the answers to your problem. I have FiOS here in North Texas and there were times when I'd see some of the anomalies you describe. I chaulk it up to Digital technology, and that's just the way it is. These issues have fortunately become fewer and farther in between recently.

Because of the intelligence and good advise from some of the members here, my next TV will be a Panny Plasma.

[pixelthis]

Swish, posts #5 & #6 contain the answers to your problem. I have FiOS here in North Texas and there were times when I'd see some of the anomalies you describe. I chaulk it up to Digital technology, and that's just the way it is. These issues have fortunately become fewer and farther in between recently.

Because of the intelligence and good advise from some of the members here, my next TV will be a Panny Plasma.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Can't wait to hear your wails of anguish when that technological nightmare goes
tit's up.

[Swish]

I disagree its a panny issue, I have a panny in one of my system's, and it has never had that problem. It has never been connected to cable, so it cannot be the television.

Panasonic plasma's are highly rated and well tested across their entire line of set's. This problem is not widely reported as far as I have seen when it comes to the set directly. Since it can easily reproduce 1080p with no problems, there is nothing in cable's 720p or 1080i(which requires less processing than 1080p) than can trip that set up, action or not.

That cannot be said for cable boxes, which have widely noted HDMI issues, and no where near the processing power of a 1080p television set. 1080i(the maximum resolution of cable boxes) are only required to have half the processing power of 1080p televisions, as they are only processing half of the 1080 line frame at a time.

Lastly, Panny's RPTV processing power requirements are exactly the same as a cable box outputting 1080i, as that is the maximum resolution that both can output. If I was going to blame processing power, I could not(with any credibility)blame the plasma.

...on the same channel (Versus) and had no issues. If this was a TV problem, why would it only happen the one time? I've watched numerous football and hockey games, both with plenty of fast action, and never had a problem until that one game. I'm now believing it was the cable box, which I returned to Comcast and replaced.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

...on the same channel (Versus) and had no issues. If this was a TV problem, why would it only happen the one time? I've watched numerous football and hockey games, both with plenty of fast action, and never had a problem until that one game. I'm now believing it was the cable box, which I returned to Comcast and replaced.

Comcast is notoriously bad with handling feeds from network stations. They also have poor QC on the boxes as well. I don't get it with them, all you have to do is follow HDMI protocol, and you won't have issues with HDMI. All you have to do is include the neccesary processing power for 720p or 1080i, and the boxes don't go whacky when the buffer gets full.

[pixelthis]

Never had such problems with my COMCAST BOX.
Only started to die after four years from old age, pretty much like yourself.
And my new box has a lot more storage and features, and works more smoothly.
Except for one minor detail, which is easy to understand in such a complicated device.