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

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

You gave me those settings a while ago when I was looking for my plasma - t= hey're pretty close to what I have set now on my 5 series (no, not the car!= ) Panny 50"



Just a word of caution Peter - there are two models of Panny (commercial in= black and consumer in silver). Can't remember the differences now but I se= em to remember the commercial version was at least a few hundred quid cheap= er when I was looking. I much preferred the silver. Don't know if this is a= lso true for the Pioneer but it's worth checking.



Paul.



-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 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
doesn't mean calibrated (it never ceases to amaze me how little these
guys know). 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 version 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 be 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 (pass 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 saw, the<= BR> > 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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