The Official Pioneer 9G Elite KURO Owner's Discussion Thread - Page 939

Agreed

Doesn't work. What is it about?

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Looks like the article was pulled. In a nutshell, they measured several brands and models of popular tv's out of the box, then took "calibration" settings found on web sites and remeasured the sets. The finding was @ 90% of the sets got worse in most aspects of picture quality.

http://www.tlvexp.ca/

The article is posted on Michael Chen’s website.

And the article is called "The fruits of copying settings- The pioneer Lottery"

Wanted to ask for those in the know, how does a Kuro owner know that the power supply board has failed on their panel?

Just asking because I purchased a used Power Supply Board for my Pro-111FD (as back up only in case of failure) and I want to know what blinks or behaviour the panel would exhiibit for a power supply failure.

Thanks
Edited by Edllguy - 3/10/13 at 3:34pm

I think there might be a few different "blink codes" that can be traced to a power supply failure....mine was 8 red blinks on a 6020fd.

I'm looking to wall mount my 111FD in the near future. Any mounts you guys recommend? I've heard monoprice is a good place to look at but there are so many choices

Personally, I wasn't impressed with the last Monoprice mount I bought. I have also heard that some of their mounts will not work on certain Kuro's, so be careful. I have a Sanus mount on my 141 & on my 5020. I have been happy with their quality & I also own their 27U A/V component rack.

I purchase a CLO X-Arm for my 151 and hopefully she'll be hung this coming weekend!

Im trying to get my 151 so I can watch Comcast Cable and play my Xbox 360 via split screen. Ive had it work in the past but for the life of me cant seem to figure out how to do it anymore. Anyone use this kind of setup with your TVs?

Never mind, found my answer.

Maybe this has been asked before, hence i'm sorry ... But can the Elite Kuro act as a DMR (Digital Media Renderer)? Can you push audio and video to the unit?

No. It only does DLNA.

Thanks JazzGuyy ...see you in the Oppo 105 ( or is it the 103) forums...or is it maybe Anthem D2v forum? This gets confusing after a while!

I have a 105 but also frequent the 103 forum because the video side of the 105 is the same as the 103 so that virtually everything that applies to the 103 is relevant to the 105. It is a bit of a pain but with a 105 you really need to track both forums.

My AVR is currently a Pioneer SC-68.

Is the Oppo 103/105 with the 9G a thing of beauty I presume. Looking to pair them up myself soon.

Also can I ask if anyone has used one for putting their broadcast SD/HD programming through it's processing with happy results ?... :-D

Thanks

So my son decided to put his hand directly on my kuro screen last night. It left a hand print that normally would wipe away with a microfiber cloth. Well it seems to have spread to a big blue blotch/smudge after trying to wipe. From what I've read here others have used distilled water and microfiber cloth? I find it odd that it didn't wipe away like it normally would. I hope the coating didn't get damaged.

Sent from the Nodes of Ranvier

I use a small spray bottle with distilled water & the Kuro microfiber cloth. Don't use to much water or run hard. You will get it out it will just take time. I doubt it is damaged, but these are a pain in the butt to clean if they get dirty.

Yup, they smear hideously easily.

This has happened to me a few times. I always accidentally touch the screen. The glass is so sensitive.

Keep wiping, it'll fade away. Not completely though. But it will get lighter.

Did you use distilled water?

Sent from the Nodes of Ranvier

I didn't put any liquid on the screen. I would never do that. I just used the microfiber cloth that came with the TV. I rub for awhile until that greasy feeling goes away. Which takes about 2 days by the way. I was looking at one spot where I had a HUGE blue smudge and I can't even tell there was anything there. Others I can still see tiny bit but they're so light and faded. The reason for that I think is because with the huge smudge I literally sat there for 3 hours rubbing the screen.
Edited by saprano - 3/20/13 at 8:26am

I’m going to be installing my 151 on a bracket this weekend and would appreciate it if someone can provide me with the mounting bracket dimension (or link) on the back of the unit? I can’t tell for sure with a stand installed and I’m also attaching a sound bar below it and want to get the mounting point as low as possible to obtain the lowest viewing angle. Thanks for your help guys! David

What do you mean exactly? The distance from each mounting hole?

Just to add to this
I Have a Pro 111-FD and after purchasing it I ran the break in images posted in this thread for a week and then entered all of the calibration settings that D-Nice posted in the calibration thread.

After i was finished I wasn't really happy with the picture, especially in dark scenes where I was losing a lot of detail.

I decided to get a professional calibration done to fix the settings and the results were dramatic. Before and after readings are posted below.








Edited by conors - 3/23/13 at 10:44pm

@ conors


Thanks for posting you calibration report makes for interesting reading.



I noticed you said you used slides, was/is your tv very (recently) new or am i reading thing's wrong ?

***sigh***

I would love to speak to Mr Chen regarding his little article.... so many holes in that article. 50 display's eh? Were they all measured by the same person and meter? What meter(s) were used for the measurements? If I recalled I used a 5nm PR-655 to create the 111FD settings. Did Mr. Chen forget about tolerance values for each meter.... and I'm speaking strictly of two identical modeled meters. Expect large variances when using a different brand meter. Hell Two identical modeled meters will never measure exactly the same.

I really don't want to get into the silly "sharing settings" discussion again as I have no desire to hand anyone their ass again (not you vega509).

Reality check... sharing settings is not a substitute for a real calibration. I have ALWAYS stated that. Anyone doubts that, show me one of my posts that says otherwise. However, I do know that in 93% percent of cases where the exact measurement device used to published settings is used to do the actual calibration, my posted settings are better than any stock video mode OOTB on the display.... that includes the fairy-taled THX mode.

I would love to know exactly what meter was used to do this calibration.