Customer Reports About Their Professional Calibrations - Page 21

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Does one have to be a friend to call him Mr.?

Over the years I have had folks from Lion Audio and Video Consultants calibrate my displays and continue to be impressed with the results. First I had Chuck Williams calibrate my Mits 65" RPTV to clean up the work of the first person who worked on my first HDTV. What a difference, Chuck made my Mits sing! When I wanted to have my 58" V10 Panny calibrated earlier this year I called Lion again and this time Gregg Loewen http://www.lionav.com/mgreggloewen.php turned a great image into a truely fantastic masterpiece. Both Chuck and Gregg take great pride and interest in their work and share that enthusiasm with their clients as they work. I was enthralled as they connected their instruments and began the calibrations explaining exactly what they were doing and why along the way. All of a sudden all the terms and expressions I had been reading about for years on this forum started to fall into place and make sense.

Then I got the 3D bug and moved up to Panny's flagship, the stupendous 65" VT30. Wow, the picture of this set looked the best of any coming out of the box. Having seen for myself what a difference Gregg made for improving enjoyment of my V10 I contacted him immediately to have him work his magic once again. Gregg had already calibrated several VT25 and VT30 sets so he was very familiar with their settings and the latest versions of software from CalMAN and ControlCal. He explained how each worked or in this case did not work and proceeded with his manual calibration of my set accessing settings from the regular and service menus to do his thing. I looked at some material before and after his calibration and could tell a huge difference in the brightness, black levels, and clarity he achieved. He also did a "before" calibration using the automated software and methodology so I could see the difference in the auto and his manual results. He easily proved to my eyes that his instruments and manual adjustments got noticeably better results than the auto cal software. Gregg left me with seperate settings for 2D and 3D viewing to take into account the darkening effect active shutter glasses have on images just in time for me to see Federer and Rafa get nailed at Wimbleton in 3D! I knew what a great picture Gregg could deliver for 2D watching; I now know what an awesome picture Gregg can calibrate for 3D viewing too!

Now after several days of watching my calibrated VT30 I can say with conviction that having panels calibrated is money very well spent! If you are sitting on the calibration fence, do not hesitate, go for it! And if you are on the fence trying to decide who to hire to transform your panel look no further than Gregg Loewen at Lion Audio!

Calibration by Gregg Loewen

Well, just had my VT30 calibrated by Gregg. I have to admit I was one of those who wanted to see if the VT30 would give the reference Kuro a run for it's money. Placed my order three months ago and sat back and waited. Then I made the dreaded mistake....I started reading the forums. Fbr, color, can't use built in calibration, firmware change, future firmware change needed..OMG. Did i make a mistake, should i have purchased the sammy. Now don't get me wrong, I read all the forums and have learned a great deal but it seems like we all want the perfect display and if there is the slightest issue, we tend to want to leap off of a tall building. I guess when you spend that kind of money you want the best possible picture. Well I digress, this was my third experience with Gregg. He had previously calibrated my nine year old pioneer Elite 64". So after about two hours and a great time with Gregg explaining each and every step of the process, all I can say is WOW!!!! No fbr issues, blu ray and 3d are out of this world. Do yourself a favor and give Gregg a call. You wont be sorry.

I recently had my Sharp 17000 calibrated by Greg Erianne of All High Def calibration service. He spent over 5 hours calibrating and explaining the process to me. The results were excellent and I recommend him highly. He was punctual,very neat and very reasonable cost wise. He is located in Connecticut.

Want to give a shout out to calibrator donnymac51 on a job well done. He was on time and came prepared with all the necessary equipment to calibrate my new Samsung PN59D7000 plasma TV.

I am a complete noob when it comes to this type of television and all this calibration terminology. He explained everything he was doing and what all the various charts and settings meant.

He was extremely thorough and took as long as it required to squeeze as much perfection out of the TV as possible. I would highly recommend his services if you are looking for someone in FL and/or southern GA. He is a perfectionist and when it comes to calibrating a TV this is a definite plus quality you want in your calibrator.

Thanks again donnymac51 for all your help. The TV picture looks awesome.

Scott

Thanks Scott you were a great customer. Enjoy your new display.

Just want to thank DroptheRemote from Clearly Resolved Image & Sound for an excellent job on my panny V10 and my sammy D7000. Picture is great! I highly recommend DroptheRemote for your calibration needs! Doug thanks again for the excellent service. I'm a happy camper!

Another positive experience working with Doug from Clearly Resolved Image and Sound. It's been a couple of years since Doug was at my house, but I was really pleased with the results.

I have since switched projectors. I've talked to Doug about a trip to Kansas City in the fall. Is there anyone else that would like to use Doug's services in the KC area (and surrounding communities). My hope is to get a small group of members who would need a calibration to help bring down the overall cost of travel. If you would be interested (not necessarily a commitment), please send me a PM. I would be happy to take the lead on this and work with Doug on timing etc.

Ron Boster

George,

Many thanks for the kind words -- I really appreciate it. One of the best parts of my job is the friendly and interesting people I get to meet around the country. Thank you again.

Ron,

Wow a two-fer! Thanks for chiming in. I'm already looking forward to seeing you again AND meeting and working on your new projector this fall.

I also appreciate your offer to coordinate the KC trip this fall and I'd be happy to work with you in ensuring that I can accommodate anyone else in the KC area who might be interested. Just let me know what I can do from my side.

Thanks again, guys!

looking for a calibrate for vt25...................34609 fl... 3D is so freaking dark

Errr... He said 34609 FL.

Larry

I PM'd him. He's right down the road.

Based on the positive comments in this forum, I got Chad B to calibrate my Sony 929. Chad did not disappoint. He arrived on schedule Friday night and promptly went to work. He was very patient in answering my questions and in explaining each step of the process. The calibration (including 3D) took about 2 1/2 hours..
After calibration, the picture had more pop and depth. The improvement was subtle but noticible. My mother was amazed by the picture.

Great thread Mr. HTWAITS!

Thanks for all the work you continue to put into maintaining this one.

I have an old warhorse Hitachi RPHDTV with DVI input. It took me a while to find a calibrator who would tackle this beast at a reasonable cost.

Doug Weil was recommended to me and I have now used him twice. He diligently fixed my beast to where it is now a beauty. He has all the right equipment and knowhow to do excellent calibrations. I highly recommend him.
His user name here is droptheremote.