Greetings
Keep in mind that we are all working our way up a proverbial quality ladder. If you do not know what the next step brings, then you tend to think that you have it good where you are.
You get better over time as you tweak your picture and come to understand what constitutes a better image.
Think of it as a quality food chain ... you feast on McDonalds ... if you don't know there are better restaurants out there. Eventually you find the next best restaurant ... and continue moving up the chain.
I expect the image of my new TV to deliver me an image that is at least comparable to the image I saw in the store that sold me on the TV. The image on the Panny 47" in a non-calibrated form in the store was quite acceptable to my eyes. I felt that it was a good place to start. (Remember that 99% of the people that buy the set will also find it perfectly acceptable.)
I could drive a BMW or a Benz and simply tell you not to bother with any other car out there, but that just doesn't help. Let's find a set that appears to have some potential and see where we can take it.
Something akin to throwing a phaser into the hands of a primative. Too much too soon.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Pioneers come OOTB needing the least amount of additional attention. but you pay for that through the substantially higher price tag.
You could buy a lesser set, but pay for the calibration yourself and that lesser set would leap frog the Pioneer and you would still have money in your pocket.
Fully calibrate all the main units out there and you will find that most sets end up looking pretty much the same. All excellent with the differences not worth splitting hairs over. Each set will still have its little quirks and you can never get away from that.
You are pretty much assured of a good foundation if you pick from any of the major players.
A tale of what calibration does ... A tale of perspective.
I once worked on two Toshiba units side by side. A 50" and a 55". Calibrating the 50" first with only the basic ISF stuff made the image better looking than the 55" sibling. It's smaller and you would expect that. By most standards, I could have stopped and the resulting image would have been classified as the best image on the floor.
I played with the 55" next and I went with a more advanced calibration regime and the result was that the 55" now far exceeded the image of the 50". What was once the best on the floor suddenly did not look so great after the other set took the next step. Now what happened here? Nothing was done to the 50" from the time it was the best on the floor a mere 40 minutes ago to something less than stellar.
This is what I am trying to get across, the image you get from these sets is quite pleasing initially. Over time as you train yourself ... the set has the potential to take the next step.
Regards
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Michael @ The Laser Video Experience
Keep in mind that we are all working our way up a proverbial quality ladder. If you do not know what the next step brings, then you tend to think that you have it good where you are.
You get better over time as you tweak your picture and come to understand what constitutes a better image.
Think of it as a quality food chain ... you feast on McDonalds ... if you don't know there are better restaurants out there. Eventually you find the next best restaurant ... and continue moving up the chain.
I expect the image of my new TV to deliver me an image that is at least comparable to the image I saw in the store that sold me on the TV. The image on the Panny 47" in a non-calibrated form in the store was quite acceptable to my eyes. I felt that it was a good place to start. (Remember that 99% of the people that buy the set will also find it perfectly acceptable.)
I could drive a BMW or a Benz and simply tell you not to bother with any other car out there, but that just doesn't help. Let's find a set that appears to have some potential and see where we can take it.
Something akin to throwing a phaser into the hands of a primative. Too much too soon.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Pioneers come OOTB needing the least amount of additional attention. but you pay for that through the substantially higher price tag.
You could buy a lesser set, but pay for the calibration yourself and that lesser set would leap frog the Pioneer and you would still have money in your pocket.
Fully calibrate all the main units out there and you will find that most sets end up looking pretty much the same. All excellent with the differences not worth splitting hairs over. Each set will still have its little quirks and you can never get away from that.
You are pretty much assured of a good foundation if you pick from any of the major players.
A tale of what calibration does ... A tale of perspective.
I once worked on two Toshiba units side by side. A 50" and a 55". Calibrating the 50" first with only the basic ISF stuff made the image better looking than the 55" sibling. It's smaller and you would expect that. By most standards, I could have stopped and the resulting image would have been classified as the best image on the floor.
I played with the 55" next and I went with a more advanced calibration regime and the result was that the 55" now far exceeded the image of the 50". What was once the best on the floor suddenly did not look so great after the other set took the next step. Now what happened here? Nothing was done to the 50" from the time it was the best on the floor a mere 40 minutes ago to something less than stellar.
This is what I am trying to get across, the image you get from these sets is quite pleasing initially. Over time as you train yourself ... the set has the potential to take the next step.
Regards
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Michael @ The Laser Video Experience
