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In Reply to: Sony vs. Panasonic posted by Jim Cox on November 01, 1999 at 14:23:58:
I agree wholeheartedly with Rich. Unless you are dealing with a high-end sales department you are not looking at sets that are properly calibrated. Properly calibrated, Sony takes the cake over Panasonic any day.
No competition.
Do you mean "calibrated" (as in internal temperature calibration) or just normal "settings", as in properly setting the brightness, contrast, tint, color, and sharpness. BTW, I have a "basic" Sony and it does a great job for me - especially after I placed the settings more accurately using the Video Essentials DVD.
Sorry for the confusion. I was referring to calibration with regard to menu settings of brightness, contrast, sharpness, etc. Sounds like you know what I mean when you reference the Video Essentials DVD. There aren't many "mainstream" (for lack of a better word) A/V shops who will take the time to run the calibration on all their sets. But you seem to know what I mean.
In audio, louder may be subjectively deemed as being "better," and in video, "brighter" may result in the same subjective opinion. Be cautious and use your knowledge.
Keep us posted--I'd be interested to see whether a Panasonic set will actually outperform an equally well-calibrated Sony WEGA.
Good luck and happy viewing!
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