The Official Pioneer 9G Elite KURO Owner's Discussion Thread - Page 186

If you could have it all.....

Just a short putt, not a long drive, right Waboman? 409 miles according to yahoo maps.

Bill

Use an AMEX Card or some other credit card. They will add 1-2 years of warranty on top of the Pioneer one automatically. Warranties are a big markup for the dealer. You effectively will have 3 years. If you make it that far - chances are you will be fine.

q1 2009

Are their any good demo videos of the 151 i can watch online, that shows how deep and incredible the black levels are?

That's right Bill. It's just a hop, skip & jump away.

I thought you went and bought one today? No?

P.S. You can't replicate the image very well on a computer monitor. What you'll really be seeing is how deep the blacks are on that....

Now, if he could make a southern trip about 650 mi s from you in the same time period......

If I choose to take a road trip instead of flying....it's definitely a possibility.

PM me when you decide.

Will do.

Thanks for checking. Also, I think that's good that you're able to forget about the dead pixel you can't normally see.

Is that the time frame you're thinking for a Twin Cities visit?


Rock n roll D!

I just bought my new Kuro 151 tonight and I am just wondering about a few things like wall mounts. there is so many out there and at so many price points how do you decide?

yes everyone, i bought my 151 but i have not received it yet, next tuesday!

Update on my Pioneer customer care adventure:

So there is no secret that I have a buzzing 151. I contacted Pioneer 2 weeks and three days ago, and nobody has made to my place to check out my TV yet. I called twice to remind them that I have an issue with my TV, and they submitted a request for a local service. A person from that local service has not showed up, and most likely he will make it only sometime next week.

For an Elite price, I got a buzzer and almost useless customer service. Great job, Pioneer.

Does mean above 40ftl on a 151? If that is the case I will eat crow!

That blows. Keep us posted- I really hope you get some sort of satisfactory resolution.

Even on my 24 lcd monitor that picture looks really good. If getting beyond the 30ftl is achieved by isfccc, SIGN ME UP! If that is not the case then I could care less.

You know New York and New Jersey has some of the best pizza in the land man. I don't think you want to go through life without having sampled some of this good pizza up here and oh by the way if you do come up here .....

scary...

Yeah but D-Nice has already mentioned something about maybe being in Chicago sometime in the future, which also has many places with even better pizza offerings than NY or NJ. (not to mention our Chicago style hot dogs and outstanding Italian beef sandwiches)
So you might need to offer something better than just the 2d best places in the land for pizzas......

Okay, I'll give you pizza - but we definitely win hot dogs. Nothing beats a New York hot dog!

For once I gotta agree with John. Chicago pie is something special. In fact, when D-Nice swings thru Chi-town, I recommend he stops by Gino's East Side and picks up a couple of pies on his way to Minneapolis.

Nothing that is, except for a Chicago hot dog!.....

The vienna is suppose to be the best hot dog Italian food you can't go wrong with either ny or chicago. I give chicago the edge. Both places take their food seriously. Funny artical.


"'The mustard has been flying since last week's announcement by the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council that Americans think New York City offers better hot dogs than Chicago.

It feels like a personal attack to Jim Bodman, chairman of Vienna Beef, and Howard Eirinberg, president of the company that practically invented the city's trademark Chicago-style hot dog. Questioning the validity of the Council's findings, today the pair threw down the ceremonial poppy seed gauntlet to New York City's hot dog community: "We challenge any New York hot dog to a taste-off any place, anytime. It's time to set the record straight about the world's best hot dog."

"People are absolutely outraged," says Vienna Beef chairman and owner Jim Bodman. "We've had calls from people telling us we need to defend Chicago's honor."

Chicagoans are, indeed, passionate about their hot dogs, with their odd mix of ingredients and complex blend of flavors that create that oh-so-wonderful Chicago hot dog experience: an all-beef Vienna Beef hot dog in a steamed poppy seed bun, topped with mustard, bright green relish, chopped onion, tomato slices, a pickle spear, sport peppers and celery salt. Vienna hot dogs are available nationwide through independent retailers, grocers and now, in more than 1,000 Target stores.

New Yorkers prefer their hot dogs with steamed onions and pale yellow mustard. But they lack Chicago's passion, according to Janet Riley, senior vice president of public affairs for the Council. "As a former Chicagoan, I have strong sympathies that my hometown favorite didn't win," she says. "We've had an enormous outpouring of disappointment and we're going to have a rematch."

Eirinberg is so serious about the issue, that he's already placed calls to the office of Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley, requesting assistance in the taste off and plans to call the office of Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City.

"I am sure that once folks taste the Chicago-style hot dog, there will be no question," said Eirinberg. "We are simply the best."

According to the Council, 28 percent of Americans prefer New York City hot

dogs, followed by 26 percent who voted for Chicago dogs."

I was with the same dilemma and based on my needs or wants I ended up getting this one sanus VMDD26. I bought it here Many people prefer the low profile but I choose the Full Articulating Arm because of my particular layout. This wall mount has very good ratings. A bit pricey but... Food for Thought.

So I received my Pioneer Elite PRO-111 today just got home and unpackaged installing speakers (any clue why it says not to screw all the way and to leave 5 mm of gap?) Unfurtunaly its a built jun 2008 with a hepm.

So I guess im getting ready to use the break in settings ( are they diffrent if you have hepm?) But i'm tempted to "cheat" a bit and see kuro heaven, would this drift my color shifting point making the break in disc irrelevent?(assuming by doing D-nice break in with reference provides 95% of D65k)?

Last night after calibrating the 151FD KURO with the Pure mode settings D-Nice recently posted in the Calibration Forum...I went ahead and had a movie-watching marathon (with a few breaks in between, of course ); viewed a DVR recording of "Manhunter," which is being aired by the HDNet Movies channel this month, and "The Towering Inferno" on D-VHS (also aired by the HDNet Movies channel but which I taped a few years ago).

To say that this is the first time that I've been almost fooled into thinking I was watching real film via a video display in my own home is an understatement!
I mean, the darned HD videos looks so close to film that is truly scary!
If it wasn't for the few tell-tell signs of 1080i's artifacts and odious edge "enhancement," the presentation otherwise looks like one is watching real film through a crystal clear window!

Now, if I could only find a front projector that can provide me with the sort of image quality like the KURO does...even when projected onto a 12 foot wide screen and at an affordable price...I'd be in sheer video haven!

Can't hardly wait to have my KURO calibrated by a pro...

-THTS

You can achieve above 40 ft lamberts on a 151 without clipping or discoloration. Got 42 ftl to be exact. Here's a link to grayscale and gamma / luminance charts for a 151FD I just did yesterday. This is ISF Day mode readings.

Pioneer PRO-151FD ISFccc Day