Re: feed signals - Rich H

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Re: feed signals

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Posted by Rich H on May 21, 2002 at 13:38:27

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.

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Re: feed signals - Rich H 13:38:27 05/21/02 (3)

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Re: calibration - Rich H 18:40:44 05/21/02 (0)

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