Panasonic AE700 prices

[Ext User(Fraser Johnston)]

"cbennie@mac.com" <cbenniemac.com.1u2fy8@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in
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> I kickstarted this post....so I'll weigh in here
>
> I'm happy to listen to all opinions - positive and negative. To be
> honest - I've heard too many positive and only one negative.....here
> and elsewhere. So at this stagr I'll go with the affirmative.
>
> Having said that........my initial reason for posting was to ty and
> find out where I could by an AE700 from.......at the best price people
> know. The feedback on the projector is great......but.....if anyone
> can tell me the best deal they'v got/seen on the projector.......I'd
> really appreciate it!

I paid $2700 for mine from Havey Moron. At the time that was cheaper than I
could buy it for wholesale. Since then my wholesaler has wised up and I can
get them for about $2650. I imagine this is due to a price drop. So go
screw your local Harver Moron down for that price and walk out the store if
they won't give it to you for that.

Fraser

[Ext User(Gordon)]

Hi Peter , Being a 2 finger typist it would take too much time to enumerate
all the issues however have a look at
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?s=16dd7056b283cf61e3d0c105249fd360&showforum=63
for a full run down on all the issues and the service concerns that people
have experienced.From personal experience and info from others the main
issues seem to revolve around the input board and premature bulb
dimming/expiry.As I said there appears to be many happy customers but too
large a percentage are experiencing severe problems.
Gordon
"Peter M" <yahoo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I haven't heard of many, if any, problems with AE700. Could you give us a
> quick run down on what problems you've heard about?
> Peter
>
>
> "Shaun0" <shaunobrien@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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>> Damn, wish this had of been here to read on monday. Got mine $2650 from
>> JB
>> hi Fi
>>
>>
>> "Gordon" <gor2005@aapt.net.au> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > "cbennie@mac.com" <cbenniemac.com.1tyl7g@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in
>> > message news:cbenniemac.com.1tyl7g@no-mx.phorums.com.au...
>> >>
>> >> Thought I'd reactivate this thread and see what prices people are
>> >> getting the AE700 for now?
>> >>
>> >> It's interesting that earlier this year people were touting AUSmedia
>> >> as
>> >> one of the cheapest places to buy the AE700 at prices around $2600+.
>> >> Go to the AUSmedia website now and the price is $2887. What gives?
>> >> If
>> >> anything, shouldn't the price have dropped - not gone up?
>> >>
>> >> Anyways, I'd really like to know who is selling this projector the
>> >> cheapest. I'm desperate to buy one but at the current price - it's
>> >> out
>> >> of my league (I'm looking at about $2200 tops). I wonder how long
>> >> until we see it dropping down close to this price.......
>> >>
>> >> Looking forward to hearing what people know!
>> >>
>> >> cbennie
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> cbennie@mac.com
>> > Keep looking mate , their are too many problems with this projector and
>> > Panasonic do little more than pay lip service .Word is there will be a
> new
>> > version out in the not to distant future, AE900 ? with similar specs ,
> but
>> > with most of the problems erradicated.Lots of happy customers but more
>> > than the average who are very pissed off both with the reliability and
> the
>> > backup.
>> > Now is not the time to buy.
>> > Gordon
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

[Ext User(Gordon)]

"cbennie@mac.com" <cbenniemac.com.1u2fy8@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in
message news:cbenniemac.com.1u2fy8@no-mx.phorums.com.au...
>
> I kickstarted this post....so I'll weigh in here
>
> I'm happy to listen to all opinions - positive and negative. To be
> honest - I've heard too many positive and only one negative.....here
> and elsewhere. So at this stagr I'll go with the affirmative.
>
> Having said that........my initial reason for posting was to ty and
> find out where I could by an AE700 from.......at the best price people
> know. The feedback on the projector is great......but.....if anyone
> can tell me the best deal they'v got/seen on the projector.......I'd
> really appreciate it!
>
> Thancks!
>
>
> --
> cbennie@mac.com
Fair enough but do have a look at the various the threads on
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?s=16dd7056b283cf61e3d0c105249fd360&showforum=63
to see just what people are experiencing.I hadn't heard of any problems
before purchasing in January ,there was fairly universal praise for the
unit.It was only after I got mine that numerous complaints started to
appear.
You will probably be one of the lucky ones ,in which case you will be
getting great value for money however imo too many people are experiencing
severe problems and getting resolution from Panasonic is slow and in some
cases non-existent.I have no axe to grind with Panasonic other than my
current problems.
My aim here was simply to give you a heads up.As I have said the word is
that a new version is due out in a few months so unless the money is burning
a hole in your pocket my advice would be to hold on.
Gordon

[Ext User(conradvr@yahoo.com)]

Thanks Gordon, those links help

Cheers
Conrad

[JandB]

I kickstarted this post....so I'll weigh in here

I'm happy to listen to all opinions - positive and negative. To be honest - I've heard too many positive and only one negative.....here and elsewhere. So at this stagr I'll go with the affirmative.

Having said that........my initial reason for posting was to ty and find out where I could by an AE700 from.......at the best price people know. The feedback on the projector is great......but.....if anyone can tell me the best deal they'v got/seen on the projector.......I'd really appreciate it!

Thancks!
I paid $2,550 from Domayne, Alenxandria in late June.

I do have a slight problem with it now though - at about 50 hours I noticed a greenish circle near the bottom of the screen - approx. 1 foot in diameter. I'm yet to sample Panasonic's customer service though as I can't bear to be with out it until the Ashes is finished - a large screen does spoil you.

Otherwise, I love the PJ.

[Ext User(Mark Anagnostou)]

"JandB" <JandB.1u5zv3@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in message
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> cbennie@mac.com Wrote:
>> I kickstarted this post....so I'll weigh in here
>>
>> I'm happy to listen to all opinions - positive and negative. To be
>> honest - I've heard too many positive and only one negative.....here
>> and elsewhere. So at this stagr I'll go with the affirmative.
>>
>> Having said that........my initial reason for posting was to ty and
>> find out where I could by an AE700 from.......at the best price people
>> know. The feedback on the projector is great......but.....if anyone
>> can tell me the best deal they'v got/seen on the projector.......I'd
>> really appreciate it!
>>
>> Thancks!
> I paid $2,550 from Domayne, Alenxandria in late June.
>
> I do have a slight problem with it now though - at about 50 hours I
> noticed a greenish circle near the bottom of the screen - approx. 1
> foot in diameter. I'm yet to sample Panasonic's customer service though
> as I can't bear to be with out it until the Ashes is finished - a large
> screen does spoil you.
>
> Otherwise, I love the PJ.
>
>
> --
What you have there is a dust blob.They usually dissapear on their own.
Ive got nearly 500 hours on my AE700 and have yet seen a dust blob.
My old AE500 had a few dust blobs ,but they seem to have fixed the problem
with the Ae700.
Moving the projector around usually is what causes dust blobs.
Have you been moving yours around?

[JandB]

"JandB" <JandB.1u5zv3@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in message
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> cbennie@mac.com Wrote:
>> I kickstarted this post....so I'll weigh in here
>>
>> I'm happy to listen to all opinions - positive and negative. To be
>> honest - I've heard too many positive and only one negative.....here
>> and elsewhere. So at this stagr I'll go with the affirmative.
>>
>> Having said that........my initial reason for posting was to ty and
>> find out where I could by an AE700 from.......at the best price people
>> know. The feedback on the projector is great......but.....if anyone
>> can tell me the best deal they'v got/seen on the projector.......I'd
>> really appreciate it!
>>
>> Thancks!
> I paid $2,550 from Domayne, Alenxandria in late June.
>
> I do have a slight problem with it now though - at about 50 hours I
> noticed a greenish circle near the bottom of the screen - approx. 1
> foot in diameter. I'm yet to sample Panasonic's customer service though
> as I can't bear to be with out it until the Ashes is finished - a large
> screen does spoil you.
>
> Otherwise, I love the PJ.
>
>
> --
What you have there is a dust blob.They usually dissapear on their own.
Ive got nearly 500 hours on my AE700 and have yet seen a dust blob.
My old AE500 had a few dust blobs ,but they seem to have fixed the problem
with the Ae700.
Moving the projector around usually is what causes dust blobs.
Have you been moving yours around?

Well not really - I might have moved it a little for the first 2 weeks and when I was attaching it to the roof but it's been pretty stable since then...

What casues them to disappear? Should I move it a little more or not touch it?

[Ext User(Mark Anagnostou)]

>> >
>> > --
>> What you have there is a dust blob.They usually dissapear on their
>> own.
>> Ive got nearly 500 hours on my AE700 and have yet seen a dust blob.
>> My old AE500 had a few dust blobs ,but they seem to have fixed the
>> problem
>> with the Ae700.
>> Moving the projector around usually is what causes dust blobs.
>> Have you been moving yours around?
>
> Well not really - I might have moved it a little for the first 2 weeks
> and when I was attaching it to the roof but it's been pretty stable
> since then...
>
> What casues them to disappear? Should I move it a little more or not
> touch it?
>
>
> --
> I wouldnt move it anymore.Clean the filter and just wait a few weeks.
They have always dissapeared for me.
if its still there u need to open it and spray some kind of canned air
through the light path.
There are links all over the net on how to do it. But like i said they
always went away on my AE500 and 300.
Ive been so suprised with the Ae700.