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Regarding the less than stellar PQ, I've found the gamma setting in the service menu to have a big influence on PQ. On the sets I calibrated (2 of the 50 inchers), I ended up setting the gamma at 0, which gave good grayscale tracking and a subjective PQ improvement; but according to my color analyzer software, the gamma still measured about 3.08, which is noticeably higher than the theoretical ideal of 2.5 or so. After calibration, grayscale tracking was excellent, even near black. However, the contrast ratio was poor due to the .18 ftL black level. The dark scenes and shadows look washed out when watching in a dark room, but due to the excellent grayscale tracking they look very neutral and there's no nasty tinting. By the way, both had slight but noticeable Y/C delay via the component hookups, and severe Y/C delay via the S-Vid and composite. As far as I could tell, the Y/C delay was not adjustable. If someone knows how to adjust it, please let me know.
I didn't notice any nasty jaggies on either of these sets, though. One was using an interlaced Toshiba DVD player and the other used a progressive scan Onkyo. Both used component hookups direct to the TV. Is the DVD player outputting an interlaced signal?
Chad
ISF Video Calibrator
Servicing OH, WV, and VA
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