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  1. Rich McGirr

    Pro audio vs consumer audio

    Chris, Leo, Kevin anyone? Hi, I am recently the proud owner of a h/k 7200 and, as I listen to music/movies at ungodly amounts of dB, purchased a Crown XLS 402 (Nice eh Kevin?). The Crown I would like to drive the Axiom M60Ti's, with the H/k driving the center (VP150), l/r surrounds (QS8)...
  2. Rich McGirr

    ISF's and Warranties - NOT A "DIS" OF CALIBRATORS - GREGG IS DOING MINE!

    I can give some insight, I hope, as Gregg just did my Panny 42" ED set. Basically, it involved setting the RGB gains and cut-offs for both SD and HD. He did not remove the glass at all and in fact had very little physical contact with the unit. He taped the sensor over the glass and accessed the...
  3. Rich McGirr

    Panasonic Plasma Underdriven Green

    Hi, I have the ED panny and "calibrated" it with Avia. In the color decoder check I noticed that blue and red seem to be right on as far as the color decoder but the green is underdriven by about 15-20%. Does anyone know a cure for this? I tried adjusting the tint and color with no/minimal...
  4. Rich McGirr

    When will plasma be affordable?

    Which is what happens to many of the new displays that people purchase. Sure they fiddle with them to make the picture "clearer" to their vision. I would venture a guess and say that a good many (over 1/2) of the displays in households haven't even been calibrated with an Avia disk. Further...
  5. Rich McGirr

    When will plasma be affordable?

    Seek no more, http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/p...matv-life.html
  6. Rich McGirr

    What's YOUR TV? (And how would you rate it?)

    Make/Model: Panasonic TH-42PWD5UZ (PT-42PD3) Size/Type: 42" ED Plasma Display Price you paid for it: $3,200 online Good things: Great DVD reproduction giving 1:1 pixel match, good conversion of cable/sat signal to 480p. Wall mountable, good detail in blacks. No dead/stuck pixels, no audible...
  7. Rich McGirr

    When will plasma be affordable?

    Which is one of the reasons that my contrast is set at -16 and brightness at -12. "Life expectancy" of plasmas are, generally, average 30,000 hours before half brightness. AT 7 hours per day half brightness would not be reached until 11.75 years, at which time I will be looking to upgrade to a...
  8. Rich McGirr

    Bought bigger house, need bigger TV

    Any display will get burn in if a static image is left on the screen for a long time (ie playing a first person shooter game) and if they are set in "torch" mode (contrast up too high). I have the 42" panasonic PT-42PD3 plasma, ED television. I play "Halo" off of my X-box into this unit. The...
  9. Rich McGirr

    When will plasma be affordable?

    My plasma shows blackest black per Avia and I have not noticed any lack of detail or black level with this unit. The surrealism is amazing. When I can see a pimple on Don Henley's face in "Hell Freezes Over" how much more detail do you need?:) The black levels, in the past, have been a...
  10. Rich McGirr

    When will plasma be affordable?

    I would venture a guess that plasmas will be "affordable" to the average joe to the extent of $1,300 for 42" and to $2,500 for the bigger models. As of today, sure you can get the Gateway (IMHO a very inferior set) for < $3K or for ~$3.2K you could get the 42" Panasonic ED model online. I...
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