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Hello, fellow inmates.I've heard of "burning in" speakers, CD players, even speakers cables & interconnects. But what about TVs? My last TV was a demo model so the picture never changed after I got it home.
However, I just upgraded to a brand-new 32" Panasonic CT32D20 with component inputs, and I was disappointed with its picture quality right out of the box -- even after adjustments, the picture was grainy, shadow detail was poor, there was a lot of shimmering between white & black areas, etc.
After running it in about 50 hours, though, the picture is much improved -- terrific with DVD playback via the component inputs, and quite good even with my analog cable input that feeds directly into the F-connector jack. Blacks are deeper, separation is much better, the graininess & shimmering are almost completely gone, colors are rich.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Also, I'm strongly considering upgrading to digital cable which will be passed through the component inputs -- any words of advice or caution before I take the plunge? Thanks . . .
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Every day your TV is getting worse, not better. Your eyes just don't see this, but instruments do. A TV is properly adjusted in a factory ofter initial worm up of at least 2 hours. This is anly break in needed, and it happens every time you turn on "cold" TV. There is no "break-in" over a months.
If your TV has gotten better, you just had a bad luck to get one that was not properly adjusted at the factory, and now you got a BIG GOOD luck that your TV is breaking down (slowly) and set itself to match proper adjustment. It will go worse over the time , as same as, any other TV.
Be hapy with your TV. It doesn't need break-in.
If you read reviews on places such as e-town, they'll often say something like, "As usual, the factory settings out of the box were terrible -- too bright and too blue." How does that square with your comments? Just curious. Thanks.
I experienced the same with a Toshiba 27A50. Watched a DVD movie on it the first day and was quite dissapointed with the "quality" of component inputs. I swore that by two weeks later the blacks on the screen were MUCH blacker (that was my main complaint, black was just dark gray) Maybe what also could have made a difference was that I turned up and down all of the video options (color, tint, brightness, contrast, etc.) and just let it go to all extremes. Maybe this helps stretch the bounds so that later they stretch easier. Who knows.
I'm getting much better shadow detail and contrasts now, and blacks are indeed blacker and better. Maybe all the fiddling has helped -- who knows??? I just know the wife is nagging me for constantly messing with the settings -- time to stop, I guess . . .
I found your post interesting because I have had a similar experience with an Hitachi Ultravision that I got about 3 weeks ago - I swear it looks a lot better today than it did the first few days. However I also think it's possible that 1)The visual processing parts of our brain adapt to what we see and subtly the image becomes more "friendly" over time, or 2)The expectations we had when we first turned on the new set were so high we were bound to be a bit disappointed. In any event it sounds like we're both satisfied in the end. BTW I watched 'Life is Beautiful' on DVD the other night - the movie wasn't entirely to my tastes but what a treat for the eyes - clarity was almost like 3D and colors seemed to jump off the screen.
I have to disagree -- the difference between the first 1-2 hours and now (probably 75+ hours, given the indulgence of my political junkiehood last night until 3:30 a.m. Eastern time) is marked. My wife agrees and just to be sure I re-viewed some movie scenes that I initially used to check the TV's settings. No question that shadow detail (which was AWFUL at first, almost non-existent) is better, colors are richer, the picture is just much smoother all 'round. Thanks for your comments, though . . .
My inital reaction is that you are suggesting that you are "seeing" things. The reality is your eyes/brain are VERY accurate and no camera or film comes close to what you can see in real life. Heck no TV comes close to 70mm film. And film is a poor substitute for the real thing.
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