I asked the Vinc techsupp staff a quick question or 2, and they responded overnight...
1- was about the outdated user manual - 7/21/04 version is on the website, whereas the comment on the side says it should be 12/1/04 rev a.
they replied that they would pass my comment along. I did see a copy of the
userman in costco - i dont know which version, but it had a table in one section, showing a matrix the possible combinations of video sources for the main screen and the pip window. The 7/21/04 vinc onlne manual does not have this table in it. thus making me believe i saw the 12/1/04 version in the store.
2- my 2nd question, was about the YPbPr vs. YCbCr inputs . being new to hd tv concepts (I dont have my P42HDe - yet), i have done some reading on the web, and seen a number of people post that "a lot of manufacturers mis-label the inputs and most are really ypbpr and not ycbcr". Vinc responded to my question asking about the difference in the inputs (since the user manual makes not distinction in the description of them):
"Y-Cb-Cr is interlaced and Y-Pb-Pr is progressive scan. You must be able to select the output of a device connected to Y-Cb-Cr to be interlaced.
The Y-Pb-Pr will accept either type."
Should I thus be concerned that there is only one progressive scan input on the
tv??? Like I said, I'm a newbie at this, so would my DVD player & my HD cable box thus perhaps have to share the progressive scan input port on the tv, and i'll need to get some sort of component a/b switch?
from what I gather, the signal quality from a dvd player is "better" if you can output a 720P signal... as to what my HD cable box is going to output, that's gonna take some digging, Time Warner here in NYC doesnt have much info online, and I'm sure that it is subject to change as to what HD box they are handing out at the moment.
btw- i think i saw someone complain about an xbox connected to ycbcr and some sort of interference / banding ... someone suggested to use ypbpr instead. that would make sense if the 2 inputs are indeed actually not equal.
comments on the above would be appreciated.
BTW-I did like the display and picture quality on the tv, not sure if it was an "e", when I saw it at costco. Another gentleman was vowing to return on MLK day and get it. Said to me for a true hd set, the price was the best he ever saw.
Many thanks,
Bud