Posts by robruffo

Quote: Originally Posted by Mayor Quimby Newbie HD'er 42PZ77 1st impressions: The set itself looks gorgeous and I have it hooked up via S-Vid cables (ordered hdmi's from monoprice) to my Time Warner HD box. Bottom line so far is...

Quote: Originally Posted by mather One of the things with extended warranties are that they do not in fact cover the number of years for the price you paid. If standard warranty is 1 year from manufacturer, then your $500 really covers...

Quote: Originally Posted by audioexcels So your argument relies on CRTs that may not be the cream of the crop types and therefore cannot show the artifacts induced into the signal by the SD feed, correct? I have seen shows that have...

Quote: Originally Posted by specgeorge I just read the specs on the panasonic site 68 billon colors for the 42PZ77u. They also say presently 1080p viewing is only available using the bluray HD dvds. so why are we running to get a 1080p...

Quote: Originally Posted by mbw23air He wasn't too impressed with black level. From most things I have read the HD80 has performed well with regard to black level. Maybe he has seen too many $20,000 Marantz's or ones with similar...

Quote: Originally Posted by DERG Lonely Surfer, Someone may have answered this before or you may have already read this, but, I ran across this while reading a HD80 review from Sound & Vision & thought this might...

Quote: Originally Posted by mbw23air That ANSI contrast for the HD80 is low. DLP is generally 500:1 - 850:1. Mike It might just be the way they measure it. Other DLP products generally had lower ansi, and the JVC HD1 far lower...

According to AV Guide: Contrast of HD80 compared to Panasonic 50PX77U (Both after reasonable calibration) (Ansi is checkerboard) Panny: Peak contrast: 3111:1 Ansi: 235:1 Black : 0.018 ftl HD80: Peak Contrast: ...

Something I don't quite understand: The HD80 has EXCELLENT color saturation, even in dark areas, but yet the black levels are good, but not as good as a plasma's or LCD's would have to be to get such excellent saturation accross the...

The guy at Projector Reviews is a bit of an idiot... 1 - Try his color settings. (They are horrendous, and show a complete lack of understanding of how to calibrate a display - most of us could do better, without using a disk...