RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing?

Posted by Russell (A) on March 29, 2008 at 17:39:00

In Reply to: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? posted by Vic D on March 29, 2008 at 08:21:56:

As a relatively recent (and happy) owner of a new Pioneer Kuro 5010FD plasma display, I can tell you that I also did much comparison shopping, and have come away from the experience knowing that you simply cannot make any serious judgments of picture quality while looking at display models in a store. Even if the salesman re-sets a display's settings back to 'standard' mode, there's still a fair amount of processing going on underneath--processing that should be further tweaked for optimum results. I chose this particular Kuro model because I wanted great blacks and a more film-like look to the picture, which is where I believe plasmas are superior to LCDs. (I bought it online, BTW, and saved a bundle.)

I can tell you that the picture I'm seeing on my Pioneer is WAY better than what I saw on ANY store display, LCD or plasma. I attribute that to all the adjustments I made to the display's settings--in 'standard' mode, mind you--that made the picture look more natural and film-like. These adjustments included turning OFF many picture-processing (and degrading) 'features' like velocity scan modulation and lowering the sharpness and contrast settings. I started with the suggested settings published by someone on the AVS Forum and have been very pleased with the results. (To get really optimum results, I really should get the set ISF-calibrated, but that is a major expense and I already feel like I'm 95% of the way there, so it's not a priority at the moment.) Now I cringe every time I walk into a BB/Magnolia or similar store and look at their displays--they all look so artificially pumped-up and overly etched, even though the salesmen claim they are all set to 'standard' mode.

Russell

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Topic - Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Vic D 08:21:56 03/29/08 (24)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Cosmic Closet 10:06:11 04/11/08 (0)

The 1080p Kuros are the best displays I've seen but the,,, - Harmonia 22:09:46 04/01/08 (5)

RE: The 1080p Kuros are the best displays I've seen but the,,, - Spinner 14:57:27 04/04/08 (4)

that's not correct - Joe Murphy Jr 15:37:04 04/04/08 (3)

RE: that's not correct - Spinner 20:03:50 04/04/08 (2)

that's what the employees do - Joe Murphy Jr 22:08:56 04/07/08 (0)

Confusing isn't it ? - unclestu52 18:04:56 04/06/08 (0)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Russell 17:39:00 03/29/08 (0)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Tom Brennan 12:38:54 03/29/08 (0)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - usafwso 12:37:29 03/29/08 (1)

That may be, but.. - Vic D 14:51:53 03/29/08 (0)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - unclestu52 10:06:21 03/29/08 (5)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Vic D 11:01:58 03/29/08 (4)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Hornlover 08:52:04 03/31/08 (2)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Vic D 15:32:05 03/31/08 (1)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Hornlover 08:03:25 04/01/08 (0)

Yikes! - unclestu52 14:17:12 03/29/08 (0)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - DavidLD 09:46:20 03/29/08 (6)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Vic D 11:22:39 03/29/08 (5)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Hornlover 08:43:03 03/31/08 (0)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Sondek 12:06:21 03/29/08 (3)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Vic D 14:42:21 03/29/08 (2)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Sondek 16:08:03 03/29/08 (0)

RE: Display Quality, What Am I Missing? - Sondek 15:55:07 03/29/08 (0)

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