LED solves a lot of the problems I had with DLP, BUT the tech has to work itself out first, and since every-friggin- body in the world wants a FLAT screen, RPTV might become extinct before that happens. One of the greatest pics I have ever seen was on a 70" Mitshu at Circuit City, a still of a rose, absolutely amazing.īut I have no backup, my set has to work, and work every time. Maybe when they get the tech worked out(and I hit the lottery) it might be reconsidered. Led DLP was my first choice also, having no wife to object.īut two things scuttled it, cost, and reports of trouble from some of the first models. It just isn't slim enough to hang on a wall (but neither is any home theater equipment, so who cares?)
Suddenly reds are very deep in color and exhibit a great variety of shades of red I've never seen on plasma or LCD. Better blacks, better color accuracy and reviewers gave the set an OK for factory grey scale calibration. I bought an LED DLP (again I'm probably one of the last hold outs). I find this more noticeable than a mediocre grey scale. Besides both plasma and LCD suffer a color accuracy that can't be calibrated out (native colors do not align with HDTV color triangle). I recommend you buy a set that's close as built. Setting gray scale is nice, but more and more sets now get decent gray scale accuracy ratings from reviewers. I've bought exotic test equipment including $35,000 oscilloscopes that came "gasp" calibrated from the factory (the cheap ones come that way too).
#Thx calibration disk tv#
I find the idea that a brand new state of the art TV needs calibration before use offensive. That is what you are getting for that price. They are going to calibrate one input, with a calibration disc that covers both audio and video. They know you are not going to pay a "REAL" technician to come out and check their results, and they know you DON'T have the equipment to check after they leave or you wouldn't have called them in the first place. The folks who truely know about calibration will not call them, so ignorance is bliss for those who do. I think BB is counting on a couple of things.
What usually happens is people get so used to the "Torch Mode" set by the manufacturer, correct calibration tends to look dull, so they end up changing the setting anyway.
Probably for the general public, their calibration is of value as long as they include the satellite/cable input. I'm not sure how they would be able to adjust to D6500 without a sensor to determine the correct proportions of RGB. If the default setting are not the calibrated settings, the customer, their children, or friends can change the settings and unless they're recorded, will require reclaibration. I've performed many calibrations and feel it's necessary to use the service menu. I've been through ISF calibration classes and own a Sencore P403 video signal generator. To me BB calibration is better than nothing at all, but shouldn't be labeled an ISF calibration.
#Thx calibration disk full#
The $500 price sound more like the cost of a full calibration, which usually runs approx. This would be necessary if you want the customer's default settings to be the calibrated settings. I'm also willing to bet it doesn't include any adjustments within the service menu. I'm willing to bet for a price of $299, they are only calibrating the DVD input and the sound system.