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In Reply to: feed signals posted by petew on May 21, 2002 at 11:07:03:
Pete,Two things:
1. Have you had your Panny calibrated? I figure I'd like to get around to it, but I'd appreciate a little report on the results from you. Is it all pluses, or any minuses to a calibrated Panny? I sheepishly admit I'm a little afraid of loosing the amazing dimensionality of the out-of-the-box picture (what with those stratospheric contrast/brightness settings - although a tamer brightness setting would likely be more soothing in the long run).
2. I evaluated the HDTV Pioneer 433HD before going for the Panny, and still chose the Panny. Pioneer is great: sharp, vivid, punchy, and even has pretty good black levels. But it still lags behind the black levels produced by the Panny. When viewing dark movie scenes on the Pioneer I found myself wishing for the Panny blacks (instead of the pretty dark "gray" of the Pioneer). Also, the Pioneer tended to fling digital/video artifacts in my face. So, while the Pioneer can be spectacular with the right source, the Panny offers to my eyes a smoother, "deeper," more pleasing picture on a wider variety of sources. (And with the Panny blacks I never get that feeling like I'm making a trade-off, moving from CRT to Plasma).
Rich H.
Follow Ups:
Tom S linked me to a FAQ Panasonic site that was a great help in getting my 42Panny back to "normal". I can't get the link to work now but the address is: http://www.creath.net/plasma/faq.htmlemail me if you can't get it and i'll see if i can send you a copy of the instructions.
I spent several hours chatting with Jamie at the Overture store in Wilmington and he convinced me that I need to hire him for the final calibrations. I'm moving to a new home in a few weeks so I thought I'd wait 'till the audio/video room is done before I have him come out. (and...well...don't tell the wife but....((the horror)) ).
But yes I did give up alot of the wonderful glowing color and contrast that you see with the "factory" settings, and yes, it wasn't easy. After a while you will "see" that the correct settings are much more real, and going back to the factory settings will make you insane. Do you like the sound of Bose? Cerwin Vega? Know what I mean? You have to do this Rich...you can't stay high forever (do you hear me Timothy Leary?)
gotta go Rich...be back later
pete
... but how can i reach that hidden menu stuff?
I would like to know how to reach it, to see if i could enhance my image, but i don't even know if the service manual is sold at Portugal.
Can you tell me if there is some kind of key combination at the remote control? or else...Thanks.
Pedro.
Thanks Pete.Rich
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