Apex GB65HD09W 65-Inch Projection Widescreen HDTV
Very satisfied with this TV!
I bought this TV back in Dec. of 2003.  I use it with Comcast HD cable and the picture quality is amazing!  I also decided to post a review here to 1: offset some of the negative reviews (sorry for your bad luck guys) and 2:  Tell users of this TV how to access the Service Menu! <br /> <br />Only use this if you know what you're doing... <br /> <br />1) Turn volume to 0 <br />2) hit mute on the remote <br />3) hit mute on the remote again and keep it held down <br />4) hit menu on the TV (not remote) <br />5) release mute and menu <br /> <br />You will see and S on the screen...... <br />You can do very accurate convergence adjustments and overscan adjustment..... mine probably had 15-20% overscan. In 1080i mode, half the ratings bug would be cut off on the left, and half the station ID bug would be cut off on the right... <br /> <br />Once in Service Mode: <br /> <br />1) hit the \\"search\\" key on the remote. This will bring up the convergence grid. <br />2) The \\"Shift\\" key will cycle between Phase/Coarse/Fine. You want fine. <br />3) The Volume/Channel Keys will move the cursor around <br />4) The Mute Key will lock the cursor (where you want to adjust convergence). Then the volume and channels will adjust the convergence at that spot. <br />5) The ANT key will cycle between Green/Red/Blue Cursor <br />6) The MWIN Key will change the grid color  <br />7) The P-MODE key switches between grid/dots/cursor mode  <br />8) The recall key will bring up video under the convergence grid <br />9) The menu/down arrow keys adjust the stepping (how much the convergence changes with each arrow change change). <br /> <br />10) Hitting the key above search completely clears out all convergence info (don't do it) <br />11) the \\"0\\" key under the mute key will reload the last saved convergence data <br />12) The power key will save your newly adjusted convergence data <br />13) The search button will take you back out of convergence mode <br /> <br />Here are the recommended convergence procedures.... <br />(This is all from memory... so may not be 100% exact) <br /> <br />1) enter service mode <br />2) enter convergence mode (search key) <br />3) Hit shift until it says \\"fine\\" <br />4) Hit MWIN until the convergence grid is green <br />5) Make the green grid as straight as possible. Use the arrow keys (Volume and channel) to move the cursor to where you need to adjust. Hit the mute button to lock the cursor. Hit the ANT button to make sure the cursor is green (to adjust the green gun). <br />6) When the green looks straight, align the red to green. Cycle through the grid colors (MWIN) key, until you get the yellow grid. Yellow is green and red together. Anywere you see red in the grid lines, move the cursor there, lock it, use the ANT key to turn the cursor RED and move the red onto the green to form yellow. <br />7) Repeat, to adjust the blue. You can adjust the blue to either the red (use the purple grid) or adjust the blue to the green. (using the cyan grid). <br />8) Now, turn the grid white again, and make sure it is white everywhere. If you see red or blue sticking out, lock the cursor there, cycle the cursor to the correct color and adjust. <br />9) This is optional, but you can change from a grid to rows of dots (using the P-MODE key repeated), I then do final adjustments.  <br />10) again, adjusting the \\"Step\\" controls how much the grid moves with each keypress \\"Menu\\" to increase, Down arrow to decrease <br /> <br />Hit the POWER button and wait a few seconds--- you should see \\"Save OK\\".  <br />Hitting the Search button takes you back out of convergence mode <br />Hit power again to \\"Lock in\\" convergence changes and exit Service Mode. <br /> <br />You can also change the Geometry while in Service Mode.  <br />Hit the Up arrow key (that says BBE underneath it). Hitting this key repeated will take you through several screens of data. <br /> <br />One will have the general geometry settings.. the ones you are most interested in are \\"HSH\\"\\"HA\\" \\"VSH\\" and \\"VA\\". HA and VA change the screen sizes horizontally and vertically. HSH and VSH move the display up and down. Make sure you write down all settings before changing them.  <br />Changes to these settings are immediate.  <br /> <br />If you are going to change the geometry... do that before adjusting the convergence. <br />