Recent content by MichaelWalsh

We've got the same Dell in the office. Very nice projector for the price!

I've been watching HDTV prices on 34" direct view sets for about 3 years now, they ain't moved downward very much (or at least as much as I would have liked). In fact, it's been darn right frustrating seeing sub 30" sets hit bargain basement prices while my wife has made me wait for what I want...

Sounds like you need to go over it with a degausing coil. Unless your menu has a degausing option or there is a button for such on the set?

I guess that's one of the reasons I tend towards less brightness, I'm rarely at home during daylight hours and when I am the TV is usually just background noise. So when night time comes and I sit down to enjoy a TV show or film, the room is usually as dark as I'd care to have it.

I personally think that the bigger question is what would your preference be...technically accurate or pleasing to you. I invariably take the latter, and don't really care for the end result of "proper calibration", favoring a bit less brightness and a bit higher contrast than recommended...

Had two until very recently. The first is a Samsung SV-5000W, which boasts multi-system standards converting in it's bag of tricks. Perhaps not the best VCR in the world but just the right tool, and certainly at the right price, to play my HUGE collection of PAL video tapes from the UK...

Then I obviously like (and am subjecting my family to) video output that is far too dark. Funny they haven't complained before now! :b

After setting up my new JVC (AV34WP84) pretty much the way I want it I decided, just for a lark mind you, to have a look at the THX video setup thing on the Pirates of the Caribbean DVD. Imagine my suprise on the brigtness setup screen when I couldn't see the THX logo at all, never mind the logo...

Did TWC allow you to install your own HD box? They are insisting on "professional installation" out this way despite it only being a box switch from a standard 8000 to the 8000HD. While free, this would undoubtedly require me to take at least a half day off work.

16:9 all the way baby! I'm a new convert (as of the last 24 hours), but once you go 16:9 I don't think you can ever go back. In fact, I think I'll have to pour coffee down the back of the 4:3 in the bedroom just so I have an excuse to buy a 16:9 set for there too! :D

Just took delivery of a JVC AV-34WP84 and I am completely overjoyed with it. Looked great right out of the box even for most of the channels over digital cable (well, perhaps not the channels that come in really crappy). Totally loving the 16:9 experience and the bedroom 4:3 is starting to worry...

Bought the JVC and it arrived yesterday. Totally happy with the results so far. Right out of the box with only a bit of tweaking on the picture settings (mostly turning the contrast, brigtness, and color down a tad) it looks great! Panorama mode is fast becoming my favorite way of watching 4:3...

I thought it was only LCD and DLP that don't have a burn in risk.

Trying to find a 34" direct view 16:9 set that would work in my built-in cabinet. Don't quite know why I'm so hung up on having a 34" set rather than going with a 32" or 30" (the latter of which pretty much any will fit and be cheaper) especially since all I'm replacing is a 12 year old 27", but...