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Re: [OM] They're coming around to my way of thinking

Subject: Re: [OM] They're coming around to my way of thinking
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:28:49 -0400
I forgot to emphasize that "power off" in this case means pulling the 
plug.  The microprocessor in this case is in a catatonic state and not 
listening or responding to the normal power off button.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/7/2012 9:41 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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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