Official Pioneer PRO-1540HD/1140HD/940HD Owner's thread/merged thread - Page 2

O.k. is ANYONE having issues with artifacting and muddy images with this set. The scaler is either broken or it is total crap. The only signals that look good are true native 1080i signals on some of the HD channel(and these do look good). Even upconverted images on HD channels look like crap(was watching kill bill on TNT and almost kicked the t.v.). Normal nonhd channels are just unbearable. They look very "soft" and blurred. Is this everyones experience or do I have a bad set??? Also, is anyone running theirs though cablecard..maybe this is the problem??

I just got the 940 HD and the tech who installed the set told me it was ok just out of the box-no special settings, etc. The picture looks great to me but now you have me wondering if he was wrong?

Adam,
Have you turned the set to 'Pure' mode? If not, do so. Also, remember the GIGO credo. If the cable or satellite signal coming in to the set is crap, it will still look crap when displayed. I use a combination of Directv, OTA and basic cable, (which also gives me my locals in HD). HD looks spectacular, even the upconverts on TNT-HD look good. A good SD feed whether from Directv or my Cox cable, (their digital channels), also looks good, but of course nothing like true HD or the HD-Lite that Directv foists upon us. Analogue cable looks terrible on my system however. When in 'Pure' mode, use D-Nice's basic video settings that can be found here within the many Pioneer threads; you may even find more extensive settings specific to the Elites.
Bish

I picked my 1140 up yesterday and spent the evening getting everything set up and running.

I'm one happy camper, HD, DT and SD all look great on this set.

I was bummed when I first fired it up because the SD looked like mud. But after I let it do a channel scan, made some basic setting changes, from various recommendations on this site, and then turned off a large share of the automatic "adjustments" the picture is super!

The only time things look bad is with a bad channel feed, but otherwise great.

My cable system passes network HD and DT in the clear and the built in tuner can receive the cable HD without a cable box or CableCard. I'll be contacting my provider tomorrow to arrange a switch to digital services and get the CableCard installed which will add more HD channels.

It's eye opening to do a side by side comparison of OTA stations analog SD vs DT as my system puts them side by side in the channel line up. Flipping between the two is interesting, to say the least.

I'm still in play mode with the various settings, seeing what they all do and so on, but I did dial the contrast down to 27 from the factory setting of 40.
That alone helped tremendously without compromising picture quality.

I'll be doing a rough calibration with the Digital Video Essentials in a few days, but right now I'm just enjoying this new toy!

Ted

Still waiting on my 1140...

I'm a newbie so please be patient with me. It seems to me that on 940 the PURE mode is the way to go but what is the difference between the PURE and the factory setting out of the box? If it does make that much of a difference I'll use D-Nice's settings for 200hr burn in. But can anyone explain to me what is difference because right now I still have not adjusted any of the picture setting (left at factory setting) because that is what I was told by the installer and don't want to screw anything up. The picture looks fine to me right now and it always shows 1080i on the 8300hd although when watching some HD channels from a local outlet feed (NBC, etc.) I do get the side bars. Is this right?. Can anyone decipher this for me?

Local stations are not HD except maybe 2 in the nation. Local network stations relay the HD of its' network. Local news, etc. are done in a non-HD format with side bars. Some network programs are also in SD. If picture looks fine to you, leave it alone for time being. You can turn down brightness and contrast for first 100 hours but remember what your present settings are. Remember what is important is what looks good to you and not to others. But do not stray to far from 'dead' center on settings.

Thanx

Pure mode turns off most if not all of the video processing software built into the set; it looks much better without it, imho. You should turn down the contrast at least from the factory settings for the first 200 hours. I would strongly recommend D-Nice's settings; when you become used to them you will see that they give a much more 'natural' look to the picture. When watching SD material on the set, especially for the first 200 hours, use the 'Size' button on the Pioneer remote to stretch the picture to fill the whole screen. This will lessen the small chance of 'burn-in' early in the panels life cycle.
Bish

Mines mounted on a Salamander triple cabinet using their flat panel mounting kit. A very sturdy arrangement that keeps the cabling nice and tidy.

The cable company is coming Friday to install the CableCard so I can get access to Discovery HD, etc.
For the time being I leave it on the PBS HD feed quite a bit for break in purposes. But I mix it up. Spent last evening on the CBS HD feed to see what that was like. Watched a lot of the HD sports feeds on Sunday. Absolutely no hints of any IR showing up even with the Sunday dose of prolonged graphics, tickers, etc.
DVD's are super through the HDMI cable. I'm feeding it a 1080i signal but haven't experimented with the resolution settings on the DVD player too much. 1080i looked the best of the various resolutions I could feed it on a quick test.

I'm still in awe of the HD picture quality. The SD is good, but HD spoils a person.

I haven't had a chance to play with the Home Media yet. I have to run a cable from my router to the panel, which will take some work. Fortunately the two rooms are side by side.

So far, nothing but solid performance from the 1140. No, glitches, hitches or picture problems like macro blocking, pixelation, freezing, etc. It seems to handle fast motion very well and while there's some degree of jaggies on some material, there's nothing that's been really objectionable.
I haven't deeply explored the settings for NR and such to see what effect those would have.

Ted

wondering if you had a choice between FHD1 or the 1140?

Just got my 1140 from Magnolia. Convinced myself that the 1140 will do better with standard definition (SD) and almost as well with HD. From an authorized dealer, The FHD is not worth double the price. If cost is no object, get the FHD as it is the best picture on the planet right now. I am watching at 10 feet and at 10 feet, I am told it is very, very difficult to tell the difference between 740 and 1080 resolution. At 5 or 6 feet, it is easy to see that the 1080 set is better. Hope this helps a bit.

I had the same idea in regards to the 1140 and FHD1, I found a deal on the FDH1 for about 1000 more but I do like the media deal also.

just had my 1140 delivered. I'm upgrading from the 1120. Looking forward to getting it hooked up tonight. I'll post some pics later

marty

Got delivery of my 1140 today. Am totally pleased. WOW what a picture in HD and the SD picture is pretty good. I replaced a Samsung 43 inch DLP which in fact was pretty good. The 1140 is just better.

What is the media center that the 1140 has?

Ok thanks. I want to see the 1140 in action and maybe soon i can get to look at it.

A few people mentioned they were able to get or negotiated a good deal on the FHD1. Why is this? No demand? Big markup on the FHD1?

Russ-

Thanks for the information on hooking up the HTPC to the 1140, very useful! Now I just have to decide house or 1140 first..lol All of these wonderful posts are torturing me!

-DrPyro

Does anyone know the "dynamic" settings of the 940hd? They are greyed-out.

Just received a 940hd today and here are my observations and question:

-The blacks on the Pio are very nice

-I would describe the colors as lush or rich compared to other plasmas. There seems to be a red hue that I have adjusted down via the yellow/magenta control

-Objects are a little less crsip compared to other sets. I had a similar issue with focus on a Sony CRT 34XBR960. There were two settings in the XBR service menu that fixed that problem and the picture became very focused.

-Is there a similar setting on the Pio 940hd? I have no intention of going into the service menu and am having UMR calibrate this set in December. I just want to know that there is something that can be done to improve this focus issue

Are you in Pure mode? If not, try that first.
Bish

Thinking about the 1140HD, but I need to know the exact height when it is on the stand. Can anyone here help? Measurement with stand is not on Pio's website! Thanks!

I also am planning on purchasing the 1140HD and have a stand question. Is the mounting configuration/design on the back of the 1140HD the same as it was on the back of the 1130HD? I am looking at purchasing a Chief Mfg. PDR-2081B (B is only for Black) dual arm mount (this is the mount specified for the 1130HD) and want to make sure I order the correct mount. Also, any site sponsors a good source for this equipment?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.