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In Reply to: I'm gonna blow a gasket!!!!!! Please read / help. posted by IM4UMIA on January 27, 2004 at 18:00:41:
The Sony KP57WS510, top-rated by The Perfect Vision, can be had for a little over two grand (see link).I bought one from Sunshine, and it's great! It will be even better when I get the ISF calibration done.
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I agree. SONY makes four sizes of this and I have the 51" version. My ISF guy said it was a great TV as he was calibrating it. It is enormously user friendly and has eight video inputs, all of which can be labled or bypassed. Add a Hi Def tuner or cable box and a progresive scan DVD player and you are all set. But do have it calibrated by ISF.
You said you were going to give us a report (but maybe I missed it--haven't been visiting here much lately).
I love it. I had a day or so getting used to how bright it is (came from an aging analog wide screen) but love how it accurately renders the four levels of picture I have (true Hi Def, upconverted
digital on Hi Def channels, laserdisc, and regular analog). I now realize that not much is broadcast in true high definition but that will change over time. And, as far as 5.1 Dolby Digital is concerned, a film has to HAVE 5.1 in the beginning so many of the films are actually in Pro Logic or plain old stereo, even though the DD light is showing.One neat thing my ISF wizard did as he did on my old set was a special 5400K "warm" setting for black and white movies (I have many in my collection). This, along with the TV's 3/2 pulldown, makes watching an old classic film a special treat. (Of course, many times I forget to go back to the 6500K setting until it dawns on me that
something is not quite right).I did do a comparison of a Hi Def broadcast of "The Road to Perdition" with my DVD played via prgessive scan and the Hi Def was definitely a noticable improvement.
How are you getting your Hi-Def broadcasts--over the air? I've been considering digital cable, but it's so damn expensive in my area--over $50/month with no premium channels!I'm waiting until my set has about 50 hrs on it before calibration. The company I've picked to do the work charges $275. What did yours charge?
As for 3/2 pulldown, you should really consider hooking up an external line-doubler. Although Sony's line doubler circuitry isn't bad, right now I've got DVD and NTSC running through a DVDO iScan Pro, and it's a noticeable improvement.
I get the hi def from Comcast cable and it cost just $2 more than what I had which is the next level up from basic (I hardly watch any broadcast TV).My ISF guy charges $300 a calibration but because I am a friend and his very first customer ten years ago he performed the two hour calibration for the cost of a pizza (lucky me).
I don't think a line doubler is the same as 3/2 pull down (which SONY
calls "cinemotion"). The algorhythm works to eliminate the extra frame added when film is converted to video (film is shot at 24 fps
and video at 30 fps so an extra frame is added to allow the transfer). 3/2 pull down is subtle but makes the experience more "film like".
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