HI all.. I've been reading the forums for some time now but Just recently became a member. I have been in the market for a 55+ plasma for some time now. I owned a hitachi 42 inch plasma for about 4 years now and it was a nice fit at the time but we moved last year into our new home and have more than twice the distance from the couch to the TV, 18 ft away. So I started the search for a bigger plasma to replace the 42 with a budget of around 4k. I liked the Pio and the samsung but they were out of my range and I didn't think a 50 would have been enough tv for my family room. I was tossed between the 55 hitachi directors cut and the 58 panny 600u both were in the 3600-3700 range online before shipping and before warranty. So I walked into my local brandsmart to take a look for maybe the 5th time and than the guy points out the the LG 60 incher. At 1st I said no cuz I wanted to stick with what I had read about but than I stood back and took a look at this LG next to a 63 inch samsung plasma, panny 58inch 60u I stood back and really enjoyed the color and pq from the tv comared to the others. Also they had all their sets connected through component cables splitting the feed to the game last week on NBC. I honestly really loved the pq and finish of the tv. He gave me a price that I could just not walk away from $3198.00 So I jumped on it and took it home same day in my pick up.
I got home hooked up my Directv dvr through hdmi just in time to watch my Giants lose to the Eagles yet I loved every second of it..LOL. All in all I really love the set I just have to get used to looking at such a big picture screen.
I also picked up the HD dvd player for my xbox360 and the hd movies play awesome on the set.
HD channels play really well on the set but some channels look better than other but I guess thats expected from what I have read here.
SD chaneels actually surprised me cuz they play really well. This set has a zoom option called horizon which really makes the fat looking people look normal which I love, only problem is that if you flick to a hd channel you have to put the zoom back to 16x9 otherwise they look weird.
My question is about color and black level shading. Sometimes the people look a little too redish but sometimes they looks fine. Could this be the channel or the set needs color adjustment?
Does shading have to do with sharpness or contrast. Sometimes I see shading in people faces but other times I don't.
Last question does anyone with this set know where my setting should be or have any suggestions. I read that people calibrate their tv's what does this mean exactly?
I'm sure that their are better tv's but the deal being offered to me at the time was hard to walk away from.
I got home hooked up my Directv dvr through hdmi just in time to watch my Giants lose to the Eagles yet I loved every second of it..LOL. All in all I really love the set I just have to get used to looking at such a big picture screen.
I also picked up the HD dvd player for my xbox360 and the hd movies play awesome on the set.
HD channels play really well on the set but some channels look better than other but I guess thats expected from what I have read here.
SD chaneels actually surprised me cuz they play really well. This set has a zoom option called horizon which really makes the fat looking people look normal which I love, only problem is that if you flick to a hd channel you have to put the zoom back to 16x9 otherwise they look weird.
My question is about color and black level shading. Sometimes the people look a little too redish but sometimes they looks fine. Could this be the channel or the set needs color adjustment?
Does shading have to do with sharpness or contrast. Sometimes I see shading in people faces but other times I don't.
Last question does anyone with this set know where my setting should be or have any suggestions. I read that people calibrate their tv's what does this mean exactly?
I'm sure that their are better tv's but the deal being offered to me at the time was hard to walk away from.