The Official Pioneer 8G Kuro Settings/Issues Thread - Page 133

For those of you on the fence with regard to having your display calibrated

I had UMR Jeff from AccuCal www.accucal.org out to my home last night to calibrate my Pioneer PDP6010FD Plasma display and Yamaha home theater audio systems. While I was expecting to see some improvement in both the video and audio qualities of my home theater system I was not prepared to be blown away like I was after Jeff worked his calibration magic on them.

As I explained to Jeff, I thought I had done a pretty decent job on my own by using the auto configuration settings for my receiver and the recommended display setting found on this forum with some slight tweaking I had done after using the AVIA DVD as a guide. I was obviously very wrong in both of these assumptions.

Jeff's attention to detail discovered an internal wiring error in my JBL subwoofer that had my entire audio settings flawed as well as some user inexperience and reliance on the auto configuration features of my receiver. I was always pleased with the way my sound system sounded. Now I am in awe of how it sounds after Jeff's calibration.

In my opinion the display from my Pioneer Kuro PDP 6010FD plasma now rivals the display of the Elite series models.

Jeff's love of home theater and his desire to share his years of experience with his clients and fellow AVSFORUM members in a meticulous manner makes him stand out above the rest. He was able to explain very complex technical terms and processes to me in layman's terms. The five hours he spent with me went by so fast and I learned so much as he shared his thoughts and recommendations with me.

I try to spend my hard earned dollars as wisely as possible and this was one of the wisest investments I have ever made.

Thanks Jeff!!! You are the best, and I highly recommend you and your services to anyone interested in having their home theater system calibrated.

Hello Everyone, just bought a 5080 and began running the burn-in disk. It's been running for 24 hrs now.

My question has to do with my HD receiver. It's a bell express vu 6100 receiver (older model). Do D-Nice's settings for the newer receivers (V221, 622, 722) work well for burning the 5080 with my 6100?. I'm trying to limit my actual tv viewing as much as possible but now and again, I'd like to watch some tv while I wait for that 150hr mark to go by.

Thanks for the help

Thank you. It is always a pleasure to help a fellow enthusiast.

Anyone --bump?

Thanks for your report. I've included it in the list of owner's calibration reports that is linked at the bottom of my post.

Enjoy

D-Nice, what happened to your toshiba HD DVD settings?

Any thoughts on why this seems to be working for some people and not for others?

So far I have been told it works for 2 people and not for 1. You are using a 5080 is that correct?

I used this file.

_Breakin_DVD_R_ISO.zip

I recommend just buying one off of the website. They're $6.50 shipped, which isn't much more than the price for a forum member to ship one to you. Go to the home page and click Buy Now on the right-hand side.

I've heard of others running The Incredibles on their TV to try to remove stuck pixels. Something about the colors in that movie seem to help unsticking pixels. I have no idea as to the likelihood of them becoming unstuck.

Here's a post by Roman that explains more about Pioneer's dead-pixel policy.

I think there are just different version of the same file, and support docs. Different file type depending on your DVD burning software.

Is anyone using the new Panasonic BD30 blu ray with a Pioneer 5010/6010. If you are can you post the video settings you are using for? Thanks in advance.

Pre-aging (Burn-in prevention) is extremely simple. Use a 100 IRE full field white image for 200 hours. Don't reduce any settings, even increasing contrast is better.........

Did you get an answer yet? I think the 3 files are basically the same. It is just a matter of which format you can work with to burn your DVD. I used Disc Copier in Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 to burn the ISO file to the DVD.

Kalrith,

Thank you very much for your response. Will try your suggestion.

So, new member, hi everyone. I'm considering either a 5010 or a pro110, and want to know about the "Pure Mode". Is this part ofthe ISF capability of the Elite, or is this some other picture mode that the 5010 doesn't have?

Hello.

I just want to make sure I have some things right here. I just got my Elite Pro110. I am using the settings from D-Nice for the breakin with his disk. How I understand from everyone here when I want to do some normal viewing during this process of TV and DVD I can use the other settings and then just go back to the burnin settings when I return to the disk burnin process. My question is I have a Tosh X2, a Elite 95 BR player, and the SA 8300 HD/DVR box. 1. Am I going to use his new day, ref, and night settings with me tweeking them as I see fit? I see with the other panals there are various unit settings, but with the Elites he has the Moto box settings and the other 3 I mentioned above. 2. Anyone try the Moto settings with the SA 8300? Or do I just stear clear of these?

Thanks alot,

This tread has been THE most detailed discussion I have ever seen for a product.

Thanks!

It's a picture mode that the 5010 doesn't have.

I've been out of the loop here for a while (been in the speaker forum) and here I see one of my quotes on the last page...? LOL - cool.

Honestly, I have not thoughts. I have a 5080HD and it should work for all of them. In fact, I would imagine it works for any pure line Pio.

Who is having an issue with setting the side masks to black?

Here is the procedure I used to do you for my 5080HD:

Enter the service menu as follows:

Have the TV off and hit the "Display" button on the remote. Wait 3-6 seconds (6-8 if that doesn't work) and then hit left, up, left right on the remote control. Then power on the TV and you'll see the service menu appear.

When you enter the service menu, use the "mute" button to navigate the the "Side Mask Level" menu and then enter that menu by hitting "enter" on the remote. Adjust the numbers down to 0 using the left arrow and the side masks will turn black. Then hit the "Home Menu" button to exit the menu.

Done deal.

Hope that helps buddy.

Why not just turn side bar detection off in the option menu?

anyone with the 1080p elites and tosiba hd dvd players, what are your settings with pure mode?

Thanks for all the help D. You've been a good info man for someone who's just starting to get video "interested". You've been awesome, humorous, and helpful! I'm sure all of us Pioneer owners owe you big time. Kuro is a nice place to stop.

Thanks again.

tried to PM, but D-Nice wisely has turned that feature off.

First, congrats on the retirement!

Second, with the addition of the D65 reference settings for the 60" Elite Kuro, it looks more promissing for a general, all-in-one setting that'll work for the majority of sources.

When mine shows up (sadly, was delayed, hopefully will get it by Friday) I'm going to be hooking up my oppo/SA HD box/BD10/A1 via a monoprice switcher, running a single HDMI cable to the panel. I'm hoping, then, to have a utilitarian calibration that can serve as the benchmark, tweaking my -players- if required to this standard.

With the brighter settings as well there are no doubt added concerns about image persistance - as this is my first plasma (coming off of CRT RPTV) I'm more than a little bit paranoid. Ignorance, as always, will make you more fearful.

Similarly, I plan on using the break in DVD in conjunction with normal 16:9 viewing material over the first few weeks of the set, but won't be doing the full-on, 150 hours from first setup "baking" of the set (nor did I, say, blast white noise through my speakers to soften them up prematurely... ). It may be superstitious, but I'm taking your recommendations and partially adhering to them, the way that many of us (rightly or not) take the advice of our Doctor.

Oh, yeah. I should really see a Doctor one of these days...

At any rate, if you have any new advice for noobs given the additional settings that you've contributed (save the cryptic DON'T USE WITH MOTOROLLA BOXES, eesh) it'd be much appreciated.

Thanks again to all that pushed me over this precipitous edge of plasma ownership...

Thanks a lot! It's much appreciated.

This won't make em black. Just one shade of grey.

Thanks for all your help, D-Nice. What a resource you have been. I hope you enjoy retirement.

Enjoy your retirement, D-Nice. You were a valuable asset to this forum and we owe you a huge debt of gratitude. Take care man.

You still may be able to take it back and exchange it depending upon where you bought it. I have a 950HD and the first one I bought had two stuck pixels and I exchanged it at Tweeter. This time I had them turn the TV on there so I could check for stuck pixels before I brought the 2nd one home.

Good luck!

I watched Troy last night on my 150FD, to see if the panning of the walls had less judder in Standard, Smooth, or Advanced. I have 1080i input from a Toshiba HD-A1 via HDMI.

The conclusion -- each was slightly different, but I don't believe any of them totally eliminated the 3:2 pulldown judder. I'm not really sure which was best. There is no way that any of them gave smooth 24 fps playback, though none was terrible (deinterlacing was done properly).

My question is whether I should bother upgrading to a 1080p24 player, like the Toshiba HD-XA2. If I am truly getting 72 Hz, 3:3 pulldown, without artifacts just by going to Advanced mode, then I am disappointed. Things just have to be better than this.

Question: Has anyone noticed an improvement on movie playback in Advanced mode, going from a 1080i60 player output, to a 1080p24 player output?

Hi all. I finally joined the Kuro Club! This is my first plasma panel and so I'm both ignorant and paranoid. I'll be getting my PRO 150FD tomorrow and so I'm trying to prepare for the break-in process.

Just a few questions:
1) D-Nice specifically mentioned to use the break-in disc with a DVD player. Does it matter that I will be using a Tosh HD-A2 HDDVD player?

2) I will be using an HDMI cable for the break-in process and have the HDA2 output at 1080i. Is it pertinent to use a player that outputs in 1080p or perhaps is component cables better during the break-in process?

3) I understand that the break-in process is 150 hours, however, does this mean continuously (6 days straight...talk about heat build up ) or will 12-15 hours a day suffice?

Thanks everyone and I must say to D-Nice, if we ever meet, the drinks and dancing girls are on me.