I just got it my Pioneer 5000ex set up Wednesday (2-13-08) and am trying to do a visual calibration (reference images from work displayed via a Samsung 1400 Blu-Ray).

I used to own a Pro FHD-1 which was stolen about a month ago. I talked to the Pioneer technician about the differences between the Pro FHD-1 and the 5000ex and he stated the normal ISF calibration is not possible except through an adapter (don't remember specifics but I confirmed it with my local ISF video cal guy). He also said the video processor board was slightly different and you would need to two TV's side by side to tell the difference.

I have been breaking in the TV for about 80 hours but I notice difference between the two monitor with black (or near black) hue reproduction. There are other slight differences the normal menu adjustments cannot correct (the consumer accessible calibration menus are the exact same in both sets). I do color correction all day long at work so my color memory/judgment is pretty good.

Is there a detectable color/density/contrast change during the first 100-200 hours of operation (break-in time)—then it tends to stabilize over time with only a slight continuous change after that?

Should I just chill till 200 hours of use them try to calibrate?

I tend to over analyze such things until I am convinced the equipment is performing the best it can.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks,

Larry

Greetings

What is wrong with calibrating now and then later too? It's not like some magic ticket that gets only one use.

Regards

I have calibrated the set.

The FHD-1 I had was a display model that had been running for about 10 months. So the break-in period was complete before I received it. When I got the 5000EX I struggled to get a good linear grayscale. I really just wondered if the color temp/linearity will move as it breaks in or did I get a bad TV. After running the break-in disk for 5 days the color has settled down and the 5000EX has the color/contrast of my old FHD-1.

I am a color manager at a digital photo lab/graphics house so I tend to be fairly critical if the color is off. I have all the equipment to calibrate a computer monitor but lack the software to do a Plasma home theater display.

TV looks better which is good. My wife is getting a bit frustrated at me bringing up the color adjust menu to try and tweak the color—even though I know it might be the source material that is the problem—not the TV.