Home audio & video: Opinions of Maxent 42'' HDTV Plasma (MX-42XM11) at Best Buy
Costco Maxent
by jgreen13 - 8/8/05 1:24 PM In reply to: Costco Maxent 42" by frankie8acresWent today and got the coupon, and they had a big stack of these right at the entrance. If I buy it will be Sat. as we have a tax holiday in Mass. If anyone gets one please post a brief review... I am a bit leary of purchasing an "off-brand", but like you said, the return policy is great.
side-by-side PiP???
by joetad - 8/8/05 6:21 PM In reply to: Costco Maxent by jgreen13Hey guys. To those of you that have bought this, does it have standard picture-in-picture or also "side-by-side" PIP (aka picture-outside-picture). Thanks! I'm probably gonna buy this from Costco....PoP would just be an added bonus!
at Costco. MX-42X3 was made in June of 2005 info!
by frankie8acres - 8/8/05 8:53 PM In reply to: Costco Maxent 42" by frankie8acresCall tech support today, the site for this TV is www.maxentusa.com
Left mess., and to my surprise the guy called me back, and said this is their newest TV out. He spoke well of it, and said they put a lot of work into making a nice one. I tried to buy 3 of them, and got 1 before they closed, the rest were up in the racks. Gonna go try and get 2 more tomorrow. Used the 300 off coupon.
Here is some info I found on another site, guys, check it out.
FYI For those questioning the Maxent name, the MX-42X3 uses the same OEM Samsung PDP panel used by many other OEMs in their high end plasma products . The PDP in this Maxent is the Samsung S42AX-XB02 which is the successor to the popular S42AX-XB01 found in the Toshiba 42HP83, 42HP84, Panasonic TH 42PHD7UY, and the Philips Ambilight 42PF9966/37 among others.
Thanks
by rumblej - 8/10/05 7:50 PM In reply to: at Costco. MX-42X3 was made in June of 2005 info! by frankie8acresThanks for taking the time to do the research ....you are absolutly correct... this one holds it's own against the "name" brands. (see post at the bottom)
John in Central Florida
Costco coupon for $300 off the Maxent?
by jcrobso - 8/9/05 7:55 AM In reply to: Costco coupon?? by jgreen13Yes good thru Saturday I belive, maybe Sunday.
I was at Costco last night, looked at this unit.
One thing to keep in mind is that the is a HD MONITOR ONLY it does not have ANY TV tuners in it at all.
The demo was feed Dish Network HD signal so it looked good.
The Dish Nerwork 811 HD reciver also has a OTA HD TV tuner in it would great with it. I think Direct TV has HD also.
There were handing the coupons out at the door at my Costco. John
Coupon
by seneschal - 8/10/05 9:39 PM In reply to: Costco coupon for $300 off the Maxent? by jcrobsoIt's good through Sunday, August 14, 2005.
At the cashiers'
by seneschal - 8/10/05 4:55 PM In reply to: Costco coupon?? by jgreen13At least at the stores in California they usually have a stack of them behind every cash register, near the packing area.
They probably won't even ask you for it, the cashiers usually keep the coupons from previous customers and will just scan for you if you ask.
Maxent 42 MX3 Color Setting Issues?
by ddelnero - 8/11/05 9:45 AM In reply to: Maxent MX-42X3 by waynabqI alsl recently bought the Maxent plasma at Costco for the really nice price of $1999 minus the $300 discount. I am running a Hughes DirecTV HD Receiver Model HIRD - E86. I am running the Components into the unit and everything looks wonderful. Very crisp and clean picture. It is the 1080i setting. I also have a DVR running into the AV1 input. That looks pretty good too. The one issue I am having a lot of trouble with is the color settings from the HD receiver to the Plasma. The color is horrible. Not sure if anyone else has experienced this as well. I have tried adjusting the panel and can't seem to get it correct. What is strange is that the DVR feed color into my AV1 is fine. Does anyone have any advice? Is it my HD receiver or is it the Maxent plasma limitations for HD 1080i feed?
Sweet!
by baseballfan - 8/11/05 11:06 PM In reply to: Maxent 42 MX3 Color Setting Issues? by ddelneroI just got one and This is on the heels of a 50 inch LCD and I really like it, I to had to adjust the colors but I took the color setting to 30-35 from the default 50 and its made the picture really good.
I ve watched MLB and tonights GB san diego game in HD and its awesome. I think once you tweek it its really good for the Price.
Are there Better Out there? Im sure there are but Im pretty certain that the difference between this TV and Lets say the Pioneer is far less than the difference from LCD to Plasma or Rear project or DLP.
Bottom line is with a Costco gaurantee and a 1699 price tag, its worth trying .
One minor complaint. My Directv remotes dont recognize Maxent. so I have to buy a ubiversal it appears
Maxent MX-42X3 defective on arrival
by smandar - 8/19/05 8:06 PM In reply to: Maxent MX-42X3 by waynabqI bought Maxent MX-42X3 from costco on a raincheck - the were really short in supply
The onboard sound amplifier doesnt work very well. Tried all adjustments , intermittently the audio level changes
It has 3 settings sound off/stereo and mono and Surround on for stereo . an internal volume control from the amp etc , tried to powercycle the TV , and fiddle with the remote.
Tried AV1 and AV2 inputs - doesnt work . Also the audio out doesnt work ( with the ouput of my wireless headphones)
Very frustrating - Ultimately i hv sound working with my cable box connecting to my audio system bypassing the amp in the TV monitor.
The Remote is not Universal ( Costco didnt hv the remote on display )
The Plasma display is good but overall - its a disaster .
I am really wondering if I should keep it or return it as the Warranty is not on-site.
Got it. Great Deal!
by Dave Flores - 8/29/05 12:13 PM In reply to: Maxent MX-42X3 by waynabqWell I got mine a couple of weeks ago. Immediately ran out to buy a Samsung DVD 850 with the HDMI output. Also bought a 25 foot DVI cable and a HDMI to DVI converter so I could hook the HDMI DVD Player up to the DVI Plasma screen. Spent about $300 on the player, cable and converter.
All in all I'm very pleased with this setup. DVD images are extremely crisp. There's none of that ugly artifacting you see on the Plasma screens that are on display in these stores (it's so awful you wonder how they sell any).
All in all, including cables, the DVD player and the Plasma screen I'm out less than $3000, which is what bottom of the barrell EDTV Plasma screens used to go for just a little while back.
Definitely very pleased!
Sam dilemma
by walter66 - 8/15/05 10:18 AM In reply to: so true by Dave FloresI am haveing the same problem. Doi go with the Maxent HDTV from Costco or the a EDTV Panasonic from Costco which has a great pic when using it on Direct TV with no HDTV hookup.
What did you land up buying in the end?
HDTV
by Dave Flores - 8/29/05 12:41 PM In reply to: Sam dilemma by walter66I went with the Best Buy HDTV Maxent. Sitting side by side you can definitely tell the difference between HDTV and EDTV. HDTV is the way to go.
Don't regret the decision at all.
BB
by jcrobso - 8/9/05 8:31 AM In reply to: Really hate To Rain On Anyone's Parade But.... by Psych Doc" Best Buy today" " Even their salesperson "
Any time Im looking at a TV I go over the settings myself.
Lets see if you were BB salesmen and wanted to sell the $5000 sets you might change the settings on the $2000 sets so they looked bad. If have gotten many salesmen upset over the years buy resetting TVs to best picture so I could compare with another set. One time a BB slaesman told me not to do that and I said I want to talk to the store manager and he left me alone.
Salesmen like our "Sears TV Guy" are few and far between.
Most BB sales peopls are full of bull feathers. But this is just my opinion. John
COSTCO MX-42VM11 vs Best Buy MX-42XM11
by NSD064 - 8/10/05 2:28 PM In reply to: BB by jcrobsoAre these two different animals? The MX-42VNII is advertised as HD by COSTCO but everywhere else it is called ED. The MX-42M11 is called HD everywhere. The difference is that the the COSTCO model is 852 x 450 pixels and the Best Buy model is 1024 x 768 pixels. Is this "FALSE ADVERTISING" by COSTCO?
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