[Fins^]

Just had my Pioneer 520 calibrated by Mr Busch and all I can say is WOW! When he first pulled up the convergence grids, they were a royal MESS. He said they were the worst he had ever seen and I believed him. Hours later he had everything looking great. I still can't believe how much better the picture is.


Highly recommended and a nice guy as well.

 

[zxe018]

Fins,


Is Robert Busch still located in the North Bay?


I've noticed that you're in the South bay and was wondering if he charged any traveling fees? What did you have him do to your set? Was his fees reasonable?


I have a 510 and contemplating whether or not to have it ISF'd.

 

[Fins^]

He's up in Santa Rosa and yes, he figured in some travel costs. I think his fees are resonable for the level of expertise that he brings.


A summary of what he did (best that I remember, including the order)


- Verified system setup and swapped my HD & DVD inputs to the TV.

- Set baseline settings on my Panny RP-91 to work best with the TV.

- Did some initial cable testing and replaced one set of cables that was causing ringing. I paid for the new cables.

- Set baseline settings on TV (SVM, flesh tone, black enhance, color temp etc.)

- Removed SVM wires in set

- Measured color temp

- Checked mechanical focus, no adjustment

- Setup grayscale (brightness & contrast)

- Setup color (Hue & Tint)

- Setup screen size and orientation/alignment, adjustment needed.

- Setup convergence (all 3 guns) for HD, MEGA adjustment needed!

- Setup convergence (all 3 guns) for DVD, adjustment needed.

- Setup convergence (all 3 guns) for NTSC, adjustment needed

- Verified HD results with live video feeds from HDNet, PBS-HD, etc.

- Verified DVD results with Fifth Element Superbit DVD

- Made sure I was happy with the results