Finally tidied er up

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,222
    ChrisD06 wrote: »
    Willow wrote: »
    Chris, are you still in school. If I remember it was electrical related, no?
    I'm sure you are looking forward to a new TV with your plasma being that way.

    I applied for electrical, yes! I revoked my application after being told to pay yet another application fee, even though I was told I'd go on yet a 3rd year of waitlist.

    Been graduated for nearly 2 years now. I make very good money (as much as my mother) and thoroughly enjoy my job. Will eventually get back to school, but I want to explore and actually experience different career paths before making a long-term decision.

    Very smart, take your time. Congrats on the new TV. Set up is looking great!!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,967
    ChrisD06 wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    Definitely show us after the new TV is in place.

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    $1400 for the TCL 75QM7K, $140 for the Sanus BLT3-B1 mount, and $75 for the Geek Squad to come to my home and ISF calibrate the display. Plus tax, of course. All Canadian rubles.

    AND I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER! THIS THING IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!

    They will not calibrate a new TV here, they highly recommend 300hrs of viewing on the full panel first. Full panel means no bars at top or sides, they need every pixel activated.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,692
    Living your best live man! I’m still rocking a 65” Panasonic plasma from 2010 lol.

    Looking to move up to a 77” LG C4 or one of those 98” QLEDs lol
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,486
    edited December 21
    Looks really nice. However, I think the Geek Squad is false advertising an ISF calibration. Can't really do that for $75. A proper ISF takes hours to complete and requires a lot of specialized equipment/training.
    Luckily most TVs these days are coming out of the box looking pretty good once you turn it to Film/Cinema mode and disable all the enhancement and motion smoothing features.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,523
    I keep reading this thread as: "Finally diddled her up."
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  • CottageChz
    CottageChz Posts: 416
    Nice work on the basement setup, enjoy that new tv!
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  • ChrisD06
    ChrisD06 Posts: 926
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    ChrisD06 wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    Definitely show us after the new TV is in place.

    n4qrcd98uk3j.jpg
    lc74tz2ubwmp.jpg
    m7gq00k6nn66.jpg
    vatyxtbn289e.jpg

    $1400 for the TCL 75QM7K, $140 for the Sanus BLT3-B1 mount, and $75 for the Geek Squad to come to my home and ISF calibrate the display. Plus tax, of course. All Canadian rubles.

    AND I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER! THIS THING IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!

    They will not calibrate a new TV here, they highly recommend 300hrs of viewing on the full panel first. Full panel means no bars at top or sides, they need every pixel activated.

    Similar situation to my shelf— worthy tradeoff.

    In order to get it for $75 the guy said he could do it within the next week otherwise he wouldn't add it to the order. Fair enough, I work commission sales and I assume he earns commission on these add-ons.

    I figured that the drift of the values after the 300hr break-in period would be minor, compared to the large corrections needed to be made from the factory.

    These newer QD-Mini LED TVs TCL puts out have a lot less drift in their white balance after break-in compared to previous models and even just older TVs in general.

    I will say, it looks excellent now! I'm quite happy with this setup 😁
    My gear:
    • TCL 75QM7K TV
    • Onyko TX-NR656 AVR
    • RT3000p Front
    • CS1000p Center
    • RT35 Side Surrounds
    • RT35 Rear Surrounds
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  • ChrisD06
    ChrisD06 Posts: 926
    billbillw wrote: »
    Looks really nice. However, I think the Geek Squad is false advertising an ISF calibration. Can't really do that for $75. A proper ISF takes hours to complete and requires a lot of specialized equipment/training.
    Luckily most TVs these days are coming out of the box looking pretty good once you turn it to Film/Cinema mode and disable all the enhancement and motion smoothing features.

    Based on the guy who came in and the little amount of time it took him, yeah, you are correct. Not an actual ISF calibration.

    He did have a genuine colorimeter and showed me the graphs generated as he was doing his thing.

    What he actually did (the main thing I was happy to pay for) was adjust the 2-point White Balance for SDR and HDR. The panel leans red extremely heavily, and now it's a very nice neutral tone. TCL TVs (except their low-end) seem to have good color accuracy and white balance from the factory, and especially after calibration, from what I've read on Rtings.

    Oppenheimer looks better than the theatres now 😉
    My gear:
    • TCL 75QM7K TV
    • Onyko TX-NR656 AVR
    • RT3000p Front
    • CS1000p Center
    • RT35 Side Surrounds
    • RT35 Rear Surrounds
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,486
    Sounds like it was worth the extra $75 if he actually did some colorimetry measures and got things looking neutral.
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