sharp LC40F22E

[CuriousJohn]

Yes picked up one of these stuck flashing in standby psu checked out ok couldnt attach to a terminal through scart so found matching MB which has worked nicely but just a question really on this tv is because the freeview output seems to have 1cm wide black vertical strip on each end yet under hdmi ip the entire native screen is used nicely so bit puzzled really.

Also to an average user the screen prob look ok but i see a bit of interference pattern almost like a diamond shape caused by the pixels real tiny interference all across the screen it fades in and out a bit its really faint and not so noticeable from distance not sure ide like to watch it long sober. Is this an artefact of cheapness or we might have some firmware issue this being a Samsung panel LTA400HA07

[CuriousJohn]

Re: sharp LC40F22E

Found a more recent Firmware for it didnt want to apply it til backed up but unable to backup so clenched teeth and applied it, result is freeview issue solved no more black bars ether side but now skyhd box via HDMI complains about HDCP. Win some, lose some. Grrr

Also a batch of spi chips arrived fresh from china and so got the original mb working after applying the latest fw could find.

Interestingly both MB give that slight diamond pattern interference on display across multiple FW so hmmmm on that even tried filtering mains i/p dunno maybe its a glitch only noticeable if you know its there really does spoil the crispness of HD images tho

Anybody?