Yup. The new 42" TV and even the Blu-ray player (a Sony technology) are
Panasonic. But Panasonic certainly does need some firmware help. If
you're trying to play a CD (probably never thoroughly tested) and press
the start button before it has finished booting itself and is ready to
go you can end up with the disc playing with no audio output or, even
worse, having to power off to force a re-boot. No such problem with a
DVD and (I presume) a Blu-ray disc (which I don't own yet). Yes, I
updated the firmware (which was several levels down) but no joy afterwards.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/7/2012 4:47 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Glad to see I am not alone in thinking that. After repeated experience over
> the years with Sony AV equipment which has the physical connections for
> non-Sony equipment which have been electronically locked to accept only Sony
> signals, there isn't a snowflake in hell's chance that I would consider a
> NEX-7, or any other Sony camera.
>
> The latest frustration was trying to connect a Samsung notebook to a Sony
> Bravia LCD - it would accept only very specific input resolutions to the VGA
> socket - no joy. Similarly no joy with the E-5 HDMI output, crippled on the
> Bravia. Switched to an LG screen - immediate connections with both notebook
> and E-5.
>
> Lesson learned, I will *not* go there again.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 August 2012 01:20
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] They're coming around to my way of thinking
>
> --snip
>
> IMHO, Sony is one of the most proprietary companies there is. Anyone for a
> Sony memorystick to go with your Fuji/Olympus XD card? :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> --snip
>
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