Re: [OT] HD LCD TV - 26" recommendations?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting ... and 'probably explains why we find our DVDs so much=20
better on our (auto-colour-calibrated) 'Mac than on an (as-delivered) TV !

Chris



Phil Harris wrote:

>
> They get the same as they have been getting with a CRT TV for years...
>
> ... They have also been invariably supplied set up to "look
good" next to
> all the other TVs in the shop (and to look impressive when you get
it=20
> home).
> Bright images, oversaturated colours, too much sharpness etc.=20
> Generally only
> the specialist manufacturers (Loewe for one) usually set their sets up
> properly (or at least spend enough time doing so to get it half
right).
>
> Getting someone in to properly calibrate a display or projector does
make
> one hell of a difference (gets back a lot of the black level detail
that
> many people assume is a characteristic of poor contrast ratios but
often
> isn't) but generally costs about =A3350 - =A3400 a shot.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>=20
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
> > On Behalf Of Chris Hunter
> > Sent: 10 June 2006 22:43
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] HD LCD TV - 26" recommendations?
> >
> > Very odd , this ... if it takes that sort of tweaking, what
> > does the average purchaser end up with ?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > Ian Oliver wrote:
> >
> > >In article
> > ><A016D698CB79874CAE4CD3663E69BA49092035@xxxxxxx=20
> <mailto:A016D698CB79874CAE4CD3663E69BA49092035%40homeserver.home.silic>
> onpixel.co
> > >m>, Paul Gale wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I'm looking for a 26" for the bedroom - with HD/VGA
inputs.
> > >>Panasonic TX-26LXD500 at a grand-ish seems to be my first
choice.
> > >>Any other serious options to this?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >I just got a Samsung LE26R74BDX 26" with Freeview and
HDMI input for
> > >=A3587.43 at Costco. It's 1366x768. rgbdirect have it for
around =A360=
0
> > >
> > >The out-of-the-box setup is pretty bad PQ wise, but tweaking
a few
> > >settings, and delving into the odd engineering menu, and it's
> > >absolutely fantastic.
> > >
> > >Ian Oliver
> > >
> >
> >
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