HDTV Questions and Answers Thread

[Pete1210]

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Cool, thanks. When I'm ready I may give him a call to get this thing calibrated.

In the meantime, you could check some of the AV/Home Theater forums to get some suggestions for the best settings for your particular TV.

[CaptainZombie]

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In the meantime, you could check some of the AV/Home Theater forums to get some suggestions for the best settings for your particular TV.

Thanks, there was a guy that had posted some settings at AVSForums that I need to take a look at. So much has to do with the lighting in the room also that professional calibration is the way to go from what I'm hearing.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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Get it calibrated because it shouldn't be that way. The reason I chose DLP over LCD is that DLP's are known to have better blacks than LCD's.

The only issue I had was lack of detail in dark scenes. Chad B calibrated my set last week and that issue is gone.

you should have got a RP CRT for that matter, CRT's have the best black color, I hear so much prase on this set, I know the Nativ res is 1080i, but I hear nothing good about this set even on the AVS forums, and its 57". and the price is great.


http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Hitac...oductDetail.do

[ExtremeGamer]

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you should have got a RP CRT for that matter, I hear so much prase on this set, I know the Nativ res is 1080i, but I hear nothing good about this set even on the AVS forums, and its 57". and the price is great.


http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Hitac...oductDetail.do

Did you mean to quote MJB? He's had a DLP for a couple years.

[Kashanova]

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$375 and he does every input. It's actually very cheap for a calibrator and he does excellent work. Not to mention that he's one hell of a nice guy. It took him 4 hours on my TV, but it was worth it.

does he do in ny?


i wanna calibrate my tv but i think i have a bad set its hard to explain sometimes it looks great but sometimes i feel like its messed up cause the picture looks blurry a little and the dark colors have like a colorful noise in the background i dont know if it needs to be calibrated or if its a bad set

[Kashanova]

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Thanks, there was a guy that had posted some settings at AVSForums that I need to take a look at. So much has to do with the lighting in the room also that professional calibration is the way to go from what I'm hearing.

when you get them let me know

[RoyalBoyle78]

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Did you mean to quote MJB? He's had a DLP for a couple years.

yeah, he said that DLP and LCD don't do black well, I said that CRT's still do black the best, hey EG what do you think about the TV I posted, I putting apic below of the TV that someone I found on the net has. I like it.



EG you think this TV is good?

[ExtremeGamer]

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yeah, he said that DLP and LCD don't do black well, I said that CRT's still do black the best, hey EG what do you think about the TV I posted, I putting apic below of the TV that someone I found on the net has. I like it.



EG you think this TV is good?

Right now, I would only buy a very high end LCD (like those Sony or Sammy's that are in the 3-4K range) or a CRT, so yes, I would buy the set you have listed over any set listed here in awhile. For gaming, nothing beats a CRT, and nothing will unless you are paying 3-4K

MJB said DLP's do blacks well, they do. LCD's don't.

[ODogg]

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Well, you could wait 6 months and probably pay $200 or $300 less for the 1080p version as well. I'm not trying to poo poo anything, just putting my .02 in.

Well I could have waited 7-9 months (can't recall exact date of my tv purchase) and paid $1200 less for my set too but then that is always the case, if you wait, stuff goes down in price, but while you're waiting you're not enjoying it either.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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Right now, I would only buy a very high end LCD (like those Sony or Sammy's that are in the 3-4K range) or a CRT, so yes, I would buy the set you have listed over any set listed here in awhile. For gaming, nothing beats a CRT, and nothing will unless you are paying 3-4K

MJB said DLP's do blacks well, they do. LCD's don't.

oh ok, anyway EG I was going to maybe get the 50" samung DLP 720p native, since this is cheaper and is a bigger set, you think this is the better buy? I know the PS3 will play on it for sure.

[ODogg]

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oh ok, anyway EG I was going to maybe get the 50" samung DLP 720p native, since this is cheaper and is a bigger set, you think this is the better buy? I know the PS3 will play on it for sure.

If you have a PS3 why in the heck would you buy that TV when, for a couple or few hundred more, you could have 1080p?

[RoyalBoyle78]

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If you have a PS3 why in the heck would you buy that TV when, for a couple or few hundred more, you could have 1080p?

to be honest, my set right now is not 1080p and the PS3 still looks great on it, and I really can't see the big difference anywho, I saw 1080p and 720p and 1080i and I just dont really see that big of a difference. I looking at the size my freind, you aint getting no 1080p 57" for $1199.

[ODogg]

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to be honest, my set right now is not 1080p and the PS3 still looks great on it, and I really can't see the big difference anywho, I saw 1080p and 720p and 1080i and I just dont really see that big of a difference. I looking at the size my freind, you aint getting no 1080p 57" for $1199.

Well you may not see a difference now but you may down the road, these consoles are still in their infancy. As for the pricing, I was going by the difference in the 5086 and 5087 which is like $200-$300. So I wasn't pricing 57" sets. I can't imagine there'd be a huge difference though as you scale up.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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If you have a PS3 why in the heck would you buy that TV when, for a couple or few hundred more, you could have 1080p?

to be honest, my set right now is not 1080p and the PS3 still looks great on it, and I really can't see the big difference anywho, I saw 1080p and 720p and 1080i and I just dont really see that big of a difference. I looking at the size my freind, you aint getting no 1080p 57" for $1199.

I just want a TV for gaming, I love watching my sports and nothing is going to be broadcasting in 1080p for quite some time, so I kinda feel it will be a waste right now.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Well you may not see a difference now but you may down the road, these consoles are still in their infancy. As for the pricing, I was going by the difference in the 5086 and 5087 which is like $200-$300. So I wasn't pricing 57" sets. I can't imagine there'd be a huge difference though as you scale up.

At the same time, so is 1080P, and in 2-3 years, there will be a 10X better set at 1080P than there is now.