QUALIA 006 Owner's Thread - Page 200

Proper calibration is key to getting the best performance. I would suggest anyone with this set strongly consider doing this right.

D-Theater is one of the best sources available to the consumer. I would suggest getting a D-VHS player and looking at something like U-571 over i.Link. That will show you what your TV is capable of with a high quality source.

Ben Dover -Thanks for the suggestion about the OTA antenna to rule out the satellite as the source of the problem. The best hi def picture in town with an over-the-air signal comes from the local public channel WQED in Pittsburgh but their antenna went down last night. The other OTA channels are at this time of the day (noon) all broadcasting upconverted signals. I'll check again later and report back.

umr- I don't think I want to pay for a D-VHS player with the Blu-Rays coming out fairly soon... (I don't need to archive and have the Dish DVR 921), but I am getting the proper calibration done next month ($400 with a Photo Research PR650 SpectroRadiometer ) and will also post on those results.

Have you seen this watching a DVD or any other source besides sat?

UMR- ever since Eliab calibrated my set, I strongly prefer viewing HD material over an HDMI connection rather than via iLink. There is no way to calibrate an iLink input is there? I tried the same user menu settings I have for the HDMI input for my iLink input, but the HDMI picture is still better.

Yes, but you need a reference source for i.Link like I have.

Joel,

The only stand out quality of the Qualia over the other digital sets was slightly more resolution. If I came into that store to buy a set I wouldn't consider it worth the premium price for the difference. If one knows to look for it, and I don't see how one could miss it, the haloing (extreme edge enhancement ) was something not on the other sets. On a similar note I have never seen a CRT-RPTV in a store that comes close to the picture I see at home. The Mits CRT-RPTVs in most cases need a lot of calibration to come up to their potential. I'm sure in most cases the Qualia will show better than the Mits in the store, probably much better. It is unfortunate but true. I'm assuming the Qualia needs tuning (or something) like the Mits. Either that or one has never seen a Mits that looks like mine.

The Set makers can not compete with the digital sets out-of-the-box quality with CRT-RPTVs out of the box, hence the end of expensive, high quality CRT-RPTVs. I, so far, rue the end of CRT-RPTVs but I obviously am in the minority.

jb007- You are completely correct in not looking for the scars or defects for the reasons that you mentioned and I hope that my mentioning this doesn't interfere with others enjoyment of their sets or ruin it for them. But I'm convinced that the problem I discussed really does exist and another Qualia owner has sent me a private message acknowledging that it is annoying to them also.

It is also seen on OTA high def broadcasts and in my opinion and others is not related to the source. I'm pretty sure that it bothers me enough that if I would have seen this before I bought it, I probably would not have purchased the set. I pointed it out to the wife and she sees it but it doesn't bother her at all. But that's just me and my personality. I tend to sometimes see the glass as half empty and it is a curse especially considering all of the great positive things that have been said about Qualias.

I think it should be mentioned though so that others can look for this problem before they purchase a Qualia. Then they can see for themselves whether they see it at all and if they do, whether or not it is bothersome to them.

I assume you are referring to your DVHS machine. Correct? Do you have a calibration tape that you can use in the DVHS machine over an iLink connection to a RPTV like the 006?

That is correct. I have two of them. One is for 720p and the other is for 1080i.

Hello Veinboy,
Have you noticed any difference or have any preference with 480i vs 1080i output from your Sony DVD player to the 006?

Veinboy,

Is it a "shimmering" type of effect? I noticed this type of effect on my Toshiba LCoS and now on my Sony GWIV RPTV on bright, solidly colored areas. My assumption was/is that it was due to the combination of fixed pixels, polarized light, and the lenticular screen. The Toshiba had a pitch of less than .1mm if I remember. I think the polarized light is key too because I've never seen this effect on DLP's.

I can easily see the effect on the GWIV when displaying a 100IRE field, especially if I move my viewing angle horizontally. Lowering the White Level seems to minimize it to a degree, but doesn't eliminate it. Do you see the same thing?

Can anyone confirm if the 006 is using a lenticular screen or some type of diffusion screen? If it is a diffusion screen than the cause of what your are seeing must be something else.

Sean

Just wanted to post on the 300th page! Go Qualians!

Hi everyone,

Mini Dive is having a cookout to celebrate the 300th page

Ya'll are invited . . .

Penton-Man ... After very close examination of both the 480i and the 1080i outputs from my Sony 975 to the Qualia, I can honestly say that I see no difference at all ... although I realize that most people favor the picture from the 480i output.

Sean S ... The graininess that I see on light colored backgrounds when the camera slowly pans isn't really a "shimmering" effect that some people might even call moire. Occassionally I can see some shimmering with striped shirts or car grills on the Qualia but that doesn't bother me much. (I do see a lot of moire, however, on my perforated Stewart screen that I use with my DILA G 15 projector in my theater and Don Stewart told me that's never been described before with that set up, so maybe I'm crazy) ...or just tormented!

nice...getting a jump on the memorial day weekend?

Page 300!!!

I wonder what the AVS record is?

--Dwayne

P.S. Only 200 posts to be #2 ahead of kaduku! But we all know that NO ONE will out-post Penton-Man on this thread . . . .

I didn't even know I made the list! JB, are you sure about this tally.

Hey Divedud, sign me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my WEBER too!

Smooth Convergence Between HD Gaming Computers and Home Theater Projectors

"With all that horsepower and a Blu-ray drive, you'd think the PS3 might be able to play HD material, and you'd be correct. In fact, I hear it will only output 1080p from its dual HDMI outputswhich is somewhat puzzling when you consider that the Sony's finest RPTV, the Qualia 006, can only accept a 1080i input."

http://www.guidetohometheater.com/news/052005e3/

i suppose by the time any of these gaming systems come out there *might* be a TV set that can accept 1080p, but for now it doesn't appear that anything currently available, or even available in the immediate future, can/will accept 1080p.

I'll have to connect it to my 23" HP LCD.

i just cooridinated for my Q to get calibrated. i called the isf tech who did it for my xbr 60" lcd.he did an excellent job. after i called him this time and told him it's a Q006 that i want calibrated , he said he would call me back. Today he called back to inform me that the isf founder (a friend of his) himself will be comming with him to do the actual calibration. Wow! nice. i feel confident that it will be calibrated precisely. The calibration is cooridinated for next week. i will let you all know how it went.

BenDover

I got my Sharp LC45GX6U to successfully accept 1080P. I bypass the AVC unit and drive the panel directly.

Where are you located? Sounds great that you will have two ISF techs there, no less the ISF founder himself

They must have been "itching" to get their hands on a Q. Maybe they can do some Service Menu tweaks!!!

OK, you have my attention

Can you elaborate on this?

Hello All,

I received my Q006 today. It is wonderful, even though I haven't watched any HD content yet (tomorrow).

I am having problems with lip sync. I have a HD DirecTV TiVo connected via HDMI. The TiVo is connected via an optical cable to a Denon reciever. If the TiVo is outputting in a format that is interlaced (480, 1080i) AND direct mode is off there is about a quarter of a second delay in the lip sync. It is very noticeable.

If direct mode is on, the lip sync is perfect.

If the TiVo is outputting at 480p or 720p the lip sync is perfect.

1) Is there a disadvantage to direct mode? Does it lower the picture quality?

2) What format should the TiVo output ideally (even if lip sync was perfect for all)? My thinking was that since the scaler in the Q006 is probably better I would output in the same resolution as it was broadcast in.

3) What height stand do you guys recommend? Our stand is 28" and seems a little high.

Thanks for all of your input,
dan

I believe that be Joe Kane of North Hollywood?.....and Digital Video Essentials fame.

Oops,
I think that there were actually co-founders of the ISF...... Joe Kane and Joel Silver (currently in the Boca Raton area ?).

DBordello...Is direct mode a DirectTV HD Tivo term/setting? I am not familiar with this setting on the Q itself.

Can your Denon receiver compensate for the lip sync delay?