LCD or OLED? - The TV Thread

[55]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Just get a refund, man.

[Cpre5]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Costco call and said they should have a date for next week, and when its set they will offer me compensation. Better be extra $$ off.

[Blzer]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Costco call and said they should have a date for next week, and when its set they will offer me compensation. Better be extra $$ off.

They won't take money off the purchase, but they might include some service benefits or give you a $50 gift card.

[wrestlinggod1]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Those door buster TVs go quick. Unless you live close to a Best Buy, Target, etc
and don't mind camping out Thanksgiving afternoon I'd consider those lost causes. Better chance at scoring quality HDTV online.

You mean during Black Friday or do you know of a great deal right now?

[Blzer]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

The Geek Squad guy is sitting down calibrating it right now. Honestly, I'm not sure if I'll stick to what he uses, especially if he doesn't go into the color space or anything like that, then it's not really a full-on calibration. At least he is knowledgeable, but I just don't think he's using all of the equipment that he can be.

EDIT: Nevermind, now he's jumping into the other stuff. Even still, he turned on Full Range RGB on the PS3. I don't think many, if any, plasmas do the full 0-255 spectrum, do they? I thought only PC monitors did that.

Anyway, as long as everything he does is from a technical standpoint and not an "eye appealing" standpoint for justification, then I can make any such "eye appealing" tweaks afterward.

[Scott]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Can anyone recommend a 55-65" TV around $1800 or so?

[Blzer]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Well, he's already gone. He was here for forty minutes. Here was what he did/changed:

* I asked for CAL-DAY/CAL-NIGHT options, and he enabled them.

CAL-DAY

Cell Light: 20
Contrast: 95
Brightness: 36
Sharpness: 22
Color: 47
Tint (G/R): 50/50
Color Space: Native
White Balance: 28, 25, 21, 3, 30, 16

CAL-NIGHT (assume any figures I don't re-state are the same as CAL-DAY)

Cell Light: 8
Contrast: 96
Brightness: 35
Sharpness: 25
Tint (G/R): 49/51
White Balance: 25, 25, 26, 8, 35, 14

Honestly... the whites look more accurate I guess, but I'm feeling a green push, maybe just something that I'm not used to. Anyway, it makes me want to call up Chad B. right now, knowing that he'd be here for significantly longer, doing other things with my television.

Sharpness not <10 is already alarming for me, IMO.

[Cpre5]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Darbee shipped, should have it Monday. So thats one Darbee, one new TV stand just need that TV to show now.

[authentic]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Can anyone recommend a 55-65" TV around $1800 or so?

LG 55'' 3d LED @ Best Buy. It's 1,488$ online right now and in store they'll price match it. I just got it and it's unreal.

[Rasco11]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Been researching HD projectors...anyone here got one? Impressions? Been eying the Epson 8350, dont really need 3D. Picture quality sounds fantastic, but Im a little worried about bulb life.

Last weekend a buddy and I gamed on a wall projecting at ~100" and it was...AWESOME!!! Game changer! Even noticed input lag (PS3) was way better compared to what Ive experienced on a Vizio LED and Samsung LCD tv. Hooks are set, ill have one eventually...just want to make educated decision.

[55]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Honestly... the whites look more accurate I guess, but I'm feeling a green push, maybe just something that I'm not used to. Anyway, it makes me want to call up Chad B. right now, knowing that he'd be here for significantly longer, doing other things with my television.

Sharpness not <10 is already alarming for me, IMO.

Yep.

There is no way in hell that our TV should have the sharpness anywhere near that high.

Mine is at 3 right now and Chad spent a while getting just that setting right.

He was toggling between 2-5 and found that 3 was just right after further tweaking.

22-25 in insanely high, especially for a plasma.

I am assuming you are still in Movie Mode under Warm2, correct?

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

You mean during Black Friday or do you know of a great deal right now?

I was referring to online Black Friday deals. Walmart usually has a pre-Black Friday sale 2-3 weeks before actual Black Friday.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Been researching HD projectors...anyone here got one? Impressions? Been eying the Epson 8350, dont really need 3D. Picture quality sounds fantastic, but Im a little worried about bulb life.

Last weekend a buddy and I gamed on a wall projecting at ~100" and it was...AWESOME!!! Game changer! Even noticed input lag (PS3) was way better compared to what Ive experienced on a Vizio LED and Samsung LCD tv. Hooks are set, ill have one eventually...just want to make educated decision.

Epsons are solid. The 2 biggest things with projectors are placement and room treatment (the darker the better). Is your friend projecting on a screen or painted wall?

Bulb life (and cost) is the one downside that comes with the territory. Some people get the expected life span of the bulb and some get a couple days past the warranty. Just luck of the draw really.

I have a Hitachi 3LCD projector that I got last fall for free doing a teacher program. Only test driven it a few times, but I like what I see.

If LED projectors ever get as bright as LCD or DLP projectors you'd have the best of both worlds. Big screen and long lamp life.

[wrestlinggod1]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

I was referring to online Black Friday deals. Walmart usually has a pre-Black Friday sale 2-3 weeks before actual Black Friday.

Thanks, I really appreciate it. I'll be on the look out for the deals.

[Blzer]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Yep.

There is no way in hell that our TV should have the sharpness anywhere near that high.

Mine is at 3 right now and Chad spent a while getting just that setting right.

He was toggling between 2-5 and found that 3 was just right after further tweaking.

22-25 in insanely high, especially for a plasma.

I am assuming you are still in Movie Mode under Warm2, correct?

Yeah, like I said, he seemed knowledgeable when he was actually talking (not as in he sounded smart, but he knew what he was talking about), but his time spent here and the settings made didn't reflect that at all.