RE: Interesting Plasma screen snippet...

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I'd be happy to grab a copy if you can find it however i don't seem to do
too bad just by eye ... usually quite close to the "reference"
setup discs.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 April 2001 13:21
> To: ukha_d
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Interesting Plasma screen snippet...
>
>
> I have a little program written by Nokia for setting up monitors.
>
> It shows various crosshatch and other test patterns and
> graduated scales for
> correct brightness/contrast setting. I will dig out a copy
> and stick it on a
> website for anyone interested.
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 13:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Interesting Plasma screen snippet...
>
>
> Erm, slight correction there Tim ... until you upped the
> brightness a couple
> of notches there was no shadow detail. There's no such thing
> as "too black"
> (well, I suppose there is but not in this case). Basically
> the Panasonic
> does have a black-black rather than the grey-black of most
> other plasmas but
> the way Tim had it set up - whilst technically correct
> acording to Avia -
> left the suits of armour in Gladiator as having no noticable
> detail. Just
> lifting the brightness allowed the Panasonic to resolve detail on the
> costumes.
>
> This isn't in any way trying to deny that the Panny isn't a major
> improvement on the plasmas that have gone before.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 25 April 2001 12:40
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Interesting Plasma screen snippet...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 25 April 2001 10:24
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Interesting Plasma screen snippet...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't fidget too much ... plasmas are still *generally*
quite
> > > unsatisfying.
> > >
> > > When I get the chance (i.e. when I'm not battling BT) I have
to
> > > put up a bit
> > > of a writeup on Tim Morris's Panny plasma which I must admit
to
> > > being pretty
> > > impressed with. It's the only one that I have been at all
> pleased by
> > > though...
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > I'll second that, Plasmas are *generally* horrible, unless
> > you like your
> > blacks dark grey and horrible banding across colour fades.
> >
> > Panasonic have done something quite clever with their 42"
> panel which
> > reduces discharge voltage (or something) so blacks do
> > actually look black
> > (in fact for Phil, until I increased the brightness control a
> > few notches
> > some of the blacks were too black). The Panasonic also
> > displays 1024 shades
> > of grey rather than the 512 that most do.
> >
> > I'm not saying that these panels won't be good, they may have
> > come up with
> > their own way of doing the same thing, but bear in mind that
> > when speaking
> > to the Panasonic help line last week, they told me that their
> > 50" panel, due
> > on the 1st June doesn't have the same picture quality as
> the 42" one.
> >
> > Tim.
> >
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