How to greatly inprove the performance of your LCD or plasma

David wrote:

"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
.. .

Realcycle worked for me.

Do you mean the web site FREEcycle?
That is a good place to get rid.

No, but it works in the same way.

http://www.realcycle.co.uk/

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

Bill Wright wrote:

Adjust the contrast, brightness, and colour for the most realistic effect.
Usually this will mean setting all three a long way below the manufacturer's
default.

At the moment I have mine set to the figures recommended by
Which.

As we don't seem to have a test card any more, what are the
suggestions for a suitable image source for setting up? It can
be like trying to hit a moving target.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

On 8 Jan, 11:34, "David" wrote:
"Dr Hfuhruhurr" wrote in message

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Since I can't see myself moving to HD for a while yet, I want
something that does the best possible with SD until it dies (and being
a 8 year old Philips screen, could be any moment now)

Has it died now?

Nope it still worked this morning.

Lol
Think you done well getting 8 years. I went off Phiilps at about the time
you must have bought it, due to bad reliability and poor quaulity pictures
compared with Panasonic and JVC.

Aside from reliability concerns It had a better picture than the
equivalent Panasonic and Sony models. JVC weren't even in the running

Are Philips better these days with thier LCD/Plasmas?

Haven't the foggiest.

Doc

"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
...
Bill Wright wrote:

Adjust the contrast, brightness, and colour for the most realistic effect.
Usually this will mean setting all three a long way below the
manufacturer's
default.

At the moment I have mine set to the figures recommended by
Which.

As we don't seem to have a test card any more, what are the
suggestions for a suitable image source for setting up? It can
be like trying to hit a moving target.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

Digital Video Essentials (DVE) is supposed to be very good. Also, some of
the big blockbuster movies on DVD (such as star wars etc) have 'setup'
routine which is a basic version of DVE

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:01:01 GMT, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

As we don't seem to have a test card any more, what are the
suggestions for a suitable image source for setting up? It can
be like trying to hit a moving target.

You do as I've suggested a number of times during the last week and in
this thread and elsewhere.

See http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/TV_Setup.txt

I used News 24 studio shots as an initial source and then 'tweaked' on a
number of other 'live' sources plus 'Bleak House'. It took about two
days of intermittent 'tweaking' to set up my Sony Bravia KDL-V32A12U to
my satisfaction. I ended up with the best picture I've seen outside a
studio production control room.

--
Alan White
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Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
...
Roderick Stewart wrote:

I have a couple of CRT computer monitors that I'd be happy to *give*
away, but have so far found it impossible to do so.

Realcycle worked for me.

I fell off.

Bill

"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
...
As we don't seem to have a test card any more, what are the
suggestions for a suitable image source for setting up? It can
be like trying to hit a moving target.

That bloke in Liverpool managed it.

Bill

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 02:55:44 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:

Eeeee, I've caused a right debate haven't I?

Bill

I'd call it a mass debate :-)

Marky P.

Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 7 Jan, 12:21, bugbear wrote:
Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 7 Jan, 10:25, Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 7 Jan, 02:45, "Bill Wright" wrote:
Adjust the contrast, brightness, and colour for the most realistic effect.
Usually this will mean setting all three a long way below the manufacturer's
default.
"Flog it and buy
a CRT"
Cool. Can you point me to a 42" diagonal CRT
with geometry (linearity etc) as good as a LCD or Plasma?

There are no perfect TVs (yet?)

No but I can point you to a 32" flat screen CRT with near perfect
geometry with far superior contrast, picture quality and natural
movement compared to any LCD or Plasma i've seen using SD input.

Doc

This looks interesting...


http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/13/s...0-32-inch-crt/

Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 7 Jan, 12:21, bugbear wrote:
Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 7 Jan, 10:25, Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 7 Jan, 02:45, "Bill Wright" wrote:
Adjust the contrast, brightness, and colour for the most realistic effect.
Usually this will mean setting all three a long way below the manufacturer's
default.
"Flog it and buy
a CRT"
Cool. Can you point me to a 42" diagonal CRT
with geometry (linearity etc) as good as a LCD or Plasma?

There are no perfect TVs (yet?)

No but I can point you to a 32" flat screen CRT with near perfect
geometry with far superior contrast, picture quality and natural
movement compared to any LCD or Plasma i've seen using SD input.

Doc

This looks interesting...


http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/13/s...0-32-inch-crt/