I wish I'd known all this before. I had an old black and white tv I could have sold you.
Jeff Miles [email protected] Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Mar 26, 2010, at 5:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Jeff Miles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyway, I've been comparing the different brands simply by visual >> inspection at Costco. They have >carried the Sharp, Panasonic, Visio(?) and >> some others I can't remember off the top of my head. The >Panasonic did look >> sharper, crisper and more vibrant when it came to color saturation while >> keeping >detail in the shadow areas. And before you ask, they were all >> showing the same movie at the times I did >compare them. It could be the >> controls on the TVs themselves, but I'm guessing the store set them up >out >> of the box at factory settings. > > All televisions these days come with a display parameter setting > specifically designed for use in stores. This setting generally > causes the displayed image in the store to be much brighter than you > would have it set in your home, the colors to be artificially > saturated, the sharpness to be extreme, etc., etc., etc. Such > settings are designed to cause one set to stand out versus others on > display. This is simlar to how stores sell stereo systems by turning > the bass and treble all the way to eleven to capture attention. > > In fact, when you buy a TV and set it up in your home and first turn > it on, you are asked, by way of a dialog box that appears on screen if > you want the display to be set to "Store Display" parameters or to > "Home Use" parameters, or something similarly worded. Different > makers will have those preset in-store parameters set to differing > levels of extremism, thus making it quite difficult for buyers to be > able to accurately determine what a realistic picture will really look > like once they get the set home and start using it. > > For folks who like their TV images to have those overly saturated, > psychedelic-like colors and with sharpness levels beyond the > ridiculous and with brightness that will burn their eyeballs out, they > can just use those in-store settings at home. For folks who want > images that appear realistic, they will have to make a number of > adjustments to the picture setting parameters. New TVs do have some > preset home use parameters, but I have not as yet found one that > really displays a particularly accurate picture using their factory > settings. They are all a bit extreme, in my opinion, but one can > create their own picture setting parameters to pretty much get screen > images that look natural on any decent quality TV these days. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
