RE: [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Have you got a UK source for Video Essentials?

(Assuming that that IS the Joe Kane thing)

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 2 January 2003 13:35
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....


I'm sure you're right that they are pretty close BUT what he's told you doe= sn't mean calibrated (it never ceases to amaze me how little these guys kno= w). It takes no more than five minutes with Video Essentials to calibrate a= plasma, and I can actually give you the settings which certainly for the v= ersion 3 and 4 Panasonics will be very close in most situations, I haven't = tried it on the 5 series panels but according to Panasonic UK they should b= e the same.

Under the "normal" setting

Contrast -6
Brightness 1
Colour 2
Tint 0
Sharpness -2

That is with an Arcam DV-88 player with the black level setting at 0 IRE (p= ass pluge on for calibration purposes).



> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 January 2003 13:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....
>
> I asked exactly that question.  The guy I spoke to (the Manager n= o
less!)
> seemed to know a fair bit about them.  Both screens/DVD players w= ere
> running with progressive scan, and he claimed to have spent a long > time
getting
> them
> (and the other screens) set to a point where they were all displaying<= BR> the
> best possible picture.  I can't confirm that, but certainly a qui= ck
play
> on
> the remote did show they'd been set beyond the usual defaults.  T= he
room
> was
> a standard AV demo/lounge mock-up, with semi-bright LV lighting.
>
> Most reviews that I've seen that have covered both screens rate the > Pioneer as highly, or better than the Panny overall, but from what I <= BR> > saw, the pictures were near-identical, even though they have very
> different contract,
> brightness, and resolutions.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 January 2003 12:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....
>
>
> Just before you lay out your hard earned Peter, were they both
calibrated
> properly? Everyone I know that has seen both in a properly calibrated<= BR> and
> lit setting has said that the Panny is streets ahead.
>
> Tim
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 02 January 2003 12:01
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....
> >
> >
> > ...just trying to work out a payment method that keep SWMBO happy= .
I'd
> > narrowed it down the the Panny and the Pioneer, and having seem t= hem
> side
> > by
> > side, have plumped for the latter.
> >
> > I struggled to separate them in terms of quality, but if I had to= ,
I'd
> say
> > that the Panny still had a slightly darker (in a good way) pictur= e,
> but
> > the
> > Pioneer still had pretty good blacks whilst maintaining the
> brightness,
> > plus
> > the resolution is higher, which having plugged my laptop into bot= h,
> did
> > make
> > an obvious difference.  The fact that the Pioneer comes with= the
tuner
> and
> > on-board amp (I don't want to turn the AV amp every time SWMBO wa= nts
> to
> > watch Corry) just about edged it for me, but both screens were really
> very
> > good, way ahead of the Sony's, and even further ahead of the
> LG's/Samsungs
> > etc.  You really do still get what you pay for when it comes= to
> Plasma's.
> >
> > Just trying to get a deal on price now.  Richer are almost t= he
> cheapest at
> > =A34099, but Unbeatable has just reduced to =A34089, which means = RS will
> have
> > to
> > do a price match less =A3100, so =A33989 ;-).  A local (Seve= noaks Sound
&
> > Vision) has agreed, reluctantly, to match the RS price, but canno= t
> offer
> > any
> > kind of warranty.  RS will do theirs for =A3250 - Empire and=
Unbeatable
> want
> > =A3750 for almost identical cover!
> >
> > Sorry to bore those not interested in this, but I've got nobody e= lse
> to
> > talk
> > about it to!
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
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