Posts by Greg Matty

FWIW, my issue was with my Onkyo 809 needing a firmware upgrade. I don't know why it took me until today to test for this. Basically the HDMI signal was being processed by the 809 in such a manner as to make all my BD's seem dark and...

Well I think I found out the problem in a very round about manner. I finally got around to plugging my BD player directly into the PJ as opposed to routing it through my Onkyo 809 receiver. The image got much brighter with better...

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1442582/just-ran-dvd-essentials-hd-calibration-on-my-epson-8350-wow-unimpressed-need-new-pj I was struggling to get my Epson 8350 to calibrate properly as seen in the above thread. Upon disconnecting my BD...

Anyone move to the PJ from an LCD model like my Epson 8350? The Epson is my 2nd LCD PJ and it will be my last. My very first unit was the InFocus X1. I would swear that units black levels/shadow detail were better than the Z4 that...

I spent about an hour moving players around and trying all manner of settings within the DVD player to no avail. I made up my mind to buy either a new BD player or new receiver and decided to remove my Onkyo 809 from the equation. ...

I used two Panasonic players that were the same model but different physical units. I'll verify the player settings later today. Greg

When I viewed the pluge and gray scale ramps on my Epson 8350 I was not impressed by what I saw. I couldn't even see the 2% gray line but the 4% line showed up. Playing with contrast didn't help either. The brighter gray strips on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by 42Plasmaman Do you have the 2:2 pulldown enabled on the 8350? If yes, turn it off as it makes panning motion jitter. I'll give that a look see. Thanks. Greg

I bought a new 50" Panasonic tv for ordinary television watching and of course had to try a couple Blu-Ray titles to see how they looked. I was surprised at how much smoother motion looked. In fact, the smoother motion really brought a...

Quote: Originally Posted by You a busta CJ You should be able to see the serial number on a sticky with the barcode on the box xx1215 or higher is what you want, 1215 being August BTW, is this serial number dependent on screen size...