Color Calibration on a Panisonic TV

renowilliams
renowilliams Posts: 920
edited January 2010 in Electronics
I was just wonderring if anyone here has a panisonic TCP-42U1 TV and has done a color calibration. I am new to this whole concept. Any advice would be greatly appriciated.


Tim
"They're always talking about my drinking, but never mention my thirst" Oscar Wilde


Pre-Amp: Anthem AVM 20
Amp: Carver TFM-35
Amp: Rotel RB-870BX
Fronts : SDA 1B w/ RDO-194s
T.V.:Plasma TC-P54G25
Bluray: Oppo BDP-93
Speaker Cables: MIT Terminater
Interconnect Cables:DH Labs Silver Sonic BL-1isonic
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,411
    edited January 2010
    If you are not going to have a ISF calibration ( which I am ISF Certified) then I suggest you pick up a Joe Kane Video Essential's disc and attempt to calibrate it yourself. Watch the entire video before making any adjustments. This will warm up your tv and you will learn about the wonderful world of video( I prefer audio over video any day of the week)

    Also wait at least 200 plus hours before calibrating. The tv needs to break in.
    Dan
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  • renowilliams
    renowilliams Posts: 920
    edited January 2010
    mantis wrote: »
    If you are not going to have a ISF calibration ( which I am ISF Certified) then I suggest you pick up a Joe Kane Video Essential's disc and attempt to calibrate it yourself. Watch the entire video before making any adjustments. This will warm up your tv and you will learn about the wonderful world of video( I prefer audio over video any day of the week)

    Also wait at least 200 plus hours before calibrating. The tv needs to break in.

    Thanks for the reply Dan. Now how do I use this disk? Do I put it in my pc that is connected to the tv or my dvd player?
    "They're always talking about my drinking, but never mention my thirst" Oscar Wilde


    Pre-Amp: Anthem AVM 20
    Amp: Carver TFM-35
    Amp: Rotel RB-870BX
    Fronts : SDA 1B w/ RDO-194s
    T.V.:Plasma TC-P54G25
    Bluray: Oppo BDP-93
    Speaker Cables: MIT Terminater
    Interconnect Cables:DH Labs Silver Sonic BL-1isonic
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,343
    edited January 2010
    mantis wrote: »
    If you are not going to have a ISF calibration ( which I am ISF Certified) then I suggest you pick up a Joe Kane Video Essential's disc and attempt to calibrate it yourself. Watch the entire video before making any adjustments. This will warm up your tv and you will learn about the wonderful world of video( I prefer audio over video any day of the week)

    Also wait at least 200 plus hours before calibrating. The tv needs to break in.

    Perfect advice.
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  • Krazyz1
    Krazyz1 Posts: 256
    edited January 2010
    In total agreement.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited January 2010
    Just to give you some idea, this forum has a thread 287 pages long about the Panny that I am waiting for Sears to get back into stock.(TC-P50G10) I've never seen so much discussion on a single topic, besides Emotivas!:D If you want to know of other's experiences with your model, I'd try there.Link below:


    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1128052
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  • louhamilton
    louhamilton Posts: 209
    edited January 2010
    I've used the DVE disc and the Spears & Muncel discs. I think the S&M disc is easier to follow. I've also used a colorimeter for fine tuning the White Balance settings on mine.

    BTW, my final results and the stuff you find on TweakTV.com are drastically different. Don't buy into the fact that you can share calibration settings and have a good looking TV. Each set is slightly different and needs to be addressed individually.

    You may be able to use others settings as a baseline, but you will need to do your own fine tuning in your home. Lighting, wall colors, etc. all influence how a TV will look in a room.
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