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Pioneer KURO PDP-5020 Plasma Calibration vs. Best Buy Comparison Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Miller   
Sunday, 20 December 2009

pioneer_pdp_5080hd.jpg You may have already read in some editorials I wrote on this site on the Kuro 20 series plasmas that Pioneer attempted to lock out professional calibrators from being able to work their magic on these sets. Enter a small software company out of California named ControCal who figured a way around the lock out. I decided to do a short review of the 5020 for two reasons. Firstly, they are still available for sale although that won't last long. Secondly, the set I calibrated having been originally calibrated by Best Buy, I wanted to share the technical data of the Best Buy post calibration compared to my post calibration results with our readers.  

Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 )
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Panasonic TH-85PF12U First Look with Primary Colors Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Miller   
Saturday, 12 September 2009

panasonic th-85pf12u.jpgPanasonic debuted their new 85-inch plasma, the Panasonic TH-85PF12U

The list price is $29,000. Joel Silver of the ISF said, "it's the sweet spot for size in PDPs. Realistically large!"

Our own Terry Paulin provided some preliminary measurements on the primary colors, which were somewhat disappointing.

Red   X=0.656. Y=0.334

Green X=0.263. Y=0.659

Blue=. X= 0.143.     Y=0.058

Is this what we can expect from Panasonic for now on with their high end displays?

Keywordds: Panasonic TH-85PF12U, Panasonic Plasma, Panasonic Review, Panasonic TH-85PF12U calibration settings

Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 )
 
VALUE ELECTRONICS / TWEAK TV ANNUAL FLAT PANEL SHOOTOUT RESULTS Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Miller   
Tuesday, 14 July 2009

pioneerkrp-500m.jpgThe annual flat panel shootout at Value Electronics in Scarsdale, New York on June 26th  and June 27th was more ambitious than ever before. This year, I was ably assisted by two other calibrators, D-Nice of AVS Forum fame, and Edward Johnson from North Jersey. We calibrated, measured, and tabulated data on eight of the industry's leading Flat panel TVs: Four of the top plasma panels, the Samsung PN50B860, the Pioneer KRP500M, the Panasonic TC-50V10, and the LGPS60, and four of the top LCD panels, the Samsung UN55B8000, LG55LH90, the Toshiba 55SV670U, and the Sony KDL-52XBR9. We measured Black level, Contrast Ratio, Grayscale tracking, Gamma, and Color space on all the panels and tabulated the results. Rather than give the test results first, we thought it would be fun and interesting to have the audience cast their votes based on both viewing test patterns related to each parameter, and also reference Blu-ray movie material like "The Dark Knight", and others.

 

 

                                  

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 July 2009 )
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What is Professional Calibration? Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Miller   
Saturday, 18 April 2009
blackandwhitepattern.jpgProfessional television calibration takes what we, at TweakTV, are suggesting as a starting point to the highest level of system performance and accuracy. It is essentially a fine tuning of your entire video system by a qualified trained technician with reference level test equipment. What we are providing with the User menu settings for digital cable and/or Satelllite via the HDMI inputs of HDTVs is just a basic start in what we refer to as “System Calibration”. A full professional system calibration includes setting up all the video sources including the cable box and/or satellite receiver, DVD player, and calibrating each input on the TV with a variety of sophisticated TV test equipment.
Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 )
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Pioneer: Exiting The TV Business (Kuro / Elite) Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Miller   
Sunday, 22 February 2009

pioneer_logo_kuro.jpgBy now it is likely that many of you have heard that Pioneer recently announced that it will be exiting the TV business. Last year at this time the company announced that it would no longer be manufacturing the glass for its plasma panels, and that it would instead be OEMing glass from Panasonic in an effort to streamline their plasma business. There was a lot of speculation then that Pioneer would ultimately be leaving the TV business, and as it turns out that speculation has come to pass. I have been talking to industry pundits this week to get an idea of how this came to be. It appears that a series of large mistakes led to the ultimate demise of the Pioneer plasma business.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 February 2009 )
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The Digital TV Transition: What Is It and How Does It Effect Me? Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Miller   
Saturday, 07 February 2009

dtv.jpgMost of you have probably heard about the transition from analog broadcasting to digital. After all the transition itself has only been postponed about eighteen times. It was most recently scheduled to happen on February 17 of this year, and congress has postponed it yet again until June 12th, 2009. The consensus is there are still too many people in the U.S. that are not prepared for it, and will loose their TV programming if it is done too soon. The question is how long do the folks that have prepared for the change over going to have to wait? I don't know about you but I have no confidence in the June 12th, 2009 date as it has already been postponed many times.  

Last Updated ( Saturday, 07 February 2009 )
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