Posts by wildgoose

Has anyone tried running XP inside a virtual machine (say VMware Workstation) on Windows 7 and see if it works? In theory this should work: Install VMware Workstation inside your Windows 7 machine (you have 30 or 60 day trial) Create a...

I've been using the AVS HD 709 disc to calibrate my plasma's white balance with a color meter. I typically use the APL small window pattern, with the meter on the display. My question has to do with how the display ages. When relatively...

Quote:Lol. Craigslist or family Lot of friends with nice gear because I like to buy new stuff. I still have my 42" Panasonic professional plasma from 2006. Very nice plasma, built like a tank, and still going strong. Although it's no...

I am trying to help a friend calibrate his 60" GT. I've done this on my Panasonic plasma which have RGB high/low setting directly in the user menu. But we can't find such option in his TV. It has a grayed out 'pro' mode and I am not sure...

Quote:IIRC, the Sage Hd300 was the only one that had a "source direct" option. I had one but then they later got bought out and the support for it went away, as did the product... I also have a Sage HD300. The company got bought out by...

Mine was refurbished. It's not a retail box, but everything looks new. Works well, no problems so far.

I got all of my squeeze boxes on craigslist. I expect to see more of them now that logitech has discontinued them. While the touch is nice, I think even the Squeezebox classic would do just fine. You really start to appreciate the...

Quote:Here is my question: If I can see the black bars and white bars above and below 16 & 235, but then calibrate so that these aren't seen (as I've seen in all the instructions I can find), then what is the difference? It seems to me...

I got the device on Sat. Overall quite impressed by it. Feels quite a bit more polished than the original WDTV Live I had a while back. No problems with all the contents I throw at it. I use SageTV DVR software (awesome btw) to record...

Quote:Originally Posted by rahzel Most video devices/displays are 16-235 and most PC based devices/displays are 0-255. I have an old laptop (Thinkpad T60) with DVI out and I want to use it with my Panasonic Plasma TV. Not sure what...