Equipment:
WDTV LIve, Beta 1.03.43_V
HSW301 Rosewill 3 port HDMI switch
Sony KDF-E42A10 LCD rear projection, 1080i max.
The installation went smooth and worked without further reboots. Initial display resolution was set to 720p. Changing settings to TV’s maximum of 1080i, 60hz worked right away. This TV does not appear to support deep color (it is not mentioned in user manual, and so setting the unit to 12-bit color causes the screen to go blank for several seconds, then reverts to 8-bit automatically. (some previous betas allowed the selection of 12-bit, and the TV screen did not black out). This works as I would expect it to.
MP4 playback was smooth.
mkv playback was smooth. Chapters in mkv files work. Fast forward works. Variable frame rate files still do not play correctly (audio and video loose sync).
ISO playback was smooth. Next >>| button skips to next chapter, however time display lags a bit. It would be nice if there was the option to choose individual chapters in much the same way as with mkv files, but at least we can get to them from the DVD menus.
m2t (transport streams) play well. Fast forward works well.
I have tried several reboots including after unplugging the device and also tried resetting factory defaults and the device behaves well.
Thanks to WD for their continuing support of this product!
“A reason that it “Worked in older versions” is because in the prior Betas, 12-bit was BROKEN, and was sending 8-bit instead, thus “It worked,” because they had a display, but they weren’t actually getting 12-bit.”
Maybe that’s the reason why many people with TVs that don’t support 12 bit, using the device with the official firmware with this setting to “on”, after installing this betas they got black picture because 12-bit was working correctly and the tv didn’t support it.
I think that those with problems with 12 bit color should roll back to the official firmware, then switch back from 12 bit color to 8 bit, then reinstall the beta firmware again and finally try to change to 12 bit again to see what happens…
If there is a black screen that means that the TV don’t support 12 bit color, if it works that means the TV support that.
Ok, I changed the cable and am now on 12 bits and 1080 resolution.
But I have the problem now, that if I play a DVD iso the pause button isn’t responding. I can only press stop, but not pause. After a reboot it works but then it randomly starts to happen when prssing fast forward, play and then pause.
When I go after turning on to video\network shares\ and choose my Zyxel nsa-200 the WD almost always freezes in “connection” status. Then I push “back” buttom on my remote controller to get back in to the menu. There is a workaround here… If I go to Youtube first then WD always connects to network shares .
Have to correct myself. It worked untilI had to remove the power cable. Now the tv gives me a non supported format all the time!
So syncing does not work?
How to reset? I pushed the small hole with a paperclip 4 seconds, 10 seconds, held it while putting the power on, etcm, nothing works.
EDIT: Reset can be done by pressing a paperclip in the little hole for 1 second. I was able to reset and then I got my image back. But, I’m afraid to turn of the power…
Today I started WD TV and my tv said “Unsupported resolution”. I power toggled several times and still the same errror message. Then I unplugged my WD TV and after plugging power back the WD TV started but the HDMI was set on 720p 60Hz. This is definately a bug and this has been reported by others also, but now it happened to me.
Just one problem: with normal firmware I get 1080p, with the beta firmware i get only 720p. If I enable 12 Bit color mode I see just strange colors like on LSD.
Just one problem: with normal firmware I get 1080p, with the beta firmware i get only 720p. If I enable 12 Bit color mode I see just strange colors like on LSD.
TV is Panasonic Viesta
You may have figured it out already that your Happysonic Fiesta doesn’t support 12 bit colors mode.
Just one problem: with normal firmware I get 1080p, with the beta firmware i get only 720p. If I enable 12 Bit color mode I see just strange colors like on LSD.
TV is Panasonic Viesta
You may have figured it out already that your Happysonic Fiesta doesn’t support 12 bit colors mode.
