13iron,
The manual will tell you how to check your firmware version. It's not something that the codes on the side of the television will be able to tell. I believe your remote is the latest available, as I'm unaware of a change of remote controls in this series. The band that travels up and down may be normal if it's not overlight bright, and if that's the case, some of that "band" is inherent with the DLP screens.
--HDTech
I have several questions regarding my new purchase of the hl61a750. 1- my version is RE01...does this version contain the most recent firmware updates, does it reveal the manufactured date? 2- remote control is BN59-00673A... is this the latest model available? 3- i notice a brighter horizontal (edge to edge) 'band' that travels when viewing angle changes vertically... is this an occurence inherent in dlp? (not really noticable when viewing,only when getting up/sitting down)

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