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[shaiju_o_thomas]

Time to welcome you once again.

:clapping::clapping::clapping:

 

[Mannu]

Thanks teky and shaiju, well i wanna try and help so that someone can learn from my experience and that will make me happy, and yes i am going to do something about the power cord, the reason is that in a month's time i am going to get my house whitewashed so that's why i didn't do anything about it, and yes i will post some pics with some kind of content being played , the reason i posted those pics was so that people could see the reflection and make it out for themselves, i hear lots of people asking for this on the forums, so this will help them decide for themselves.

 

[Mannu]

UPDATE 5 -->Here are some pics with all the settings set at 50, brightness contrast sharpness etc, the pics being displayed are full HD pics taken with full HD DSLR's, i am posting pics in different viewing environments.

Also i see a lot of TIR on this set, a little bit of line bleeding as well, not very noticeable from my viewing distance, but from close up it is there. The menu for the slideshow had been up for only around a minute or so and when i switched off the display there was a clearly visible TIR.

 

[teky]

Second picture is amazing - But I think the first picture was captured from a side angle because I'm missing the light completely.

 

[Kittu]

Mannu ,


Congratulations .....

TV looks :licklips: awesome or shall I say kickarse

Enjoy the TV and post more pics. :yahoo:

Kittu

 

[Mannu]

Thanks Kittu and don't worry teky i am gonna upload lots of pics of different viewing content, i am gonna play some break in images for the first 100 hours or so, but since you asked to see a few pics of different viewing content so i had a few full HD pics with me, i will post more in the future with different viewing content, i have PS3 as well ,so i can post pics of blu ray movies as well, also my camera has the ability to record 720p videos, so will post those as well, although they will be small but still can reveal a lot of things.

I can confirm that this set gets a lot of IR, i used color wash to get rid of it, ran it for around 2 mins, although it faded but hasn't gone completely, as far as reflection is concerned it is not an issue for me, but it will be for those who have light entering right in front of the display.

 

[idlebrain]

Its Huge and it looks great. Congrats again Mannu. You will have a bash of weekend.Enjoy..

 

[BLASTO]

Hi Munnu, Congrats.

Can you post a pic with majority black screen like a night sky or something like http://itsrahul.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/the_dark_knight_4.jpg in both light and dark?

Initial impressiions are impressive.

 

[Mannu]

UPDATE 6 -->

First of all is a close up of the front of this display with the highest lighting conditons available in my room, all light sources turned ON much like what you see in a show room, also flash of my camera turned ON. This I posted so that a comparison could be easier

Now as requested by BLASTO

Here are some Full HD pics that i had which had a reasonably black background to it
In the first pic i have both the fluorescent lamps ON, one lamp is just above the display and the other one is right opposite to it, but the flash of my camera is off therefore u can see a clear difference in the color of my wall ( since the side walls are green in colour which gets reflected on the adjoining wall resulting in the change ) by comparing it to the above pic.

Now this is the same pic in total darkness

And here is another comparison , NO FLASH, and only 1 lamp that is above the display is ON

And now in total darkness

P.S -- > Also do keep in mind that this is in the break in period so all my settings are turned to below 50, and all dynamic options and other advanced options are turned OFF

 

[BLASTO]

Now as requested by BLASTO

Here are some Full HD pics that i had which had a reasonably black background to it

Now this is the same pic in total darkness

Also do keep in mind that this is in the break in period so all my settings are turned to below 50, and all dynamic options and other advanced options are turned to OFF

Sorry to sound pessimestic, but do your camera enhance brightness to the focussed area?

I ask because the foto you posted surpasses the kuros on black levels! If this is anywhere close to what you see (which only you can confirm), this is a great TV. I will have to find one and demo it this weekend. The PJ series which I demoed did not come anywhere close to the black levels in the pics you posted.

Can you place place your laptop close to it so that I can guess your camera resolution if that is not a problem?

 

[vramak]

UPDATE 6 -->

First of all is a close up of the front of this display with the highest lighting conditons available in my room, all light sources turned ON much like what you see in a show room, also flash of my camera turned ON. This I posted so that a comparison could be easier

Now as requested by BLASTO

Here are some Full HD pics that i had which had a reasonably black background to it
In the first pic i have both the fluorescent lamps ON, one lamp is just above the display and the other one is right opposite to it, but the flash of my camera is off therefore u can see a clear difference in the color of my wall ( since the side walls are green in colour which gets reflected on the adjoining wall resulting in the change ) by comparing it to the above pic.

Now this is the same pic in total darkness

And here is another comparison , NO FLASH, and only 1 lamp that is above the display is ON

And now in total darkness

P.S -- > Also do keep in mind that this is in the break in period so all my settings are turned to below 50, and all dynamic options and other advanced options are turned OFF

Just wondering if you've turned up the contrast with some image editing program for the pics clicked in darkness. Because, in these pics the detail in the light areas is completely blown out - just compare the wooden part of the matchstick and the centre of the galaxy between the two sets to know what I mean.

If you've not tweaked the contrast, try putting your SX20 into manual mode and click a pic that represents what you really see. Full Auto mode will have lots of trouble judging correct exposure in the darkness and will almost never click the pic like what we really see.

 

[Blackpearl]

Happy to see you happy end of the day Mannu. Or should I say Its a begining for you with your pK550R. The pics also clearly shows the FULL HD logo on left bottom for those who wanted to see it mentioned. I agree the IR is there for a while when you have a static black and white OSD menu of any AV receiver displayed for some time (5-10mins). But this product is a great VFM.

 

[Mannu]

BLASTO all these pics have been shot at auto mode with my Canon powershot SX20IS camera, the only thing that i did manually was opening the flash or keeping it closed, so i can't tell whether it does add any effect.

As far as the difference in balcks you are asking, the thing is that i have ventured into HDTV's only a few months back, so i am not very knowledgable about this stuff, but to my eyes the blacks are very good, i mean when it's dark and the pic is also dark i can hardly see the frame of this TV, i have the break in images as well and it also had some fully black images and when i was running them in the dark i could hardly see the bezel of this TV and it went pitch black in my room. Although i don't think that an entry level plasma can match the balck levels of Kuro but to my eyes they are quite good.

Now as far as the resolution goes my camera is a 12 M camera, and i went in the setting to see the resolution it was clicking pics at and it turned out to be a resolution of 4000 x 3000, now when i am posting the pic i upload it on tinypic and choose the option to resize the pic to 640 x 480 resolution, now that can be one of the reason why the blacks seem so enhanced, Sorry i don't have a laptop and only have a PC since i don't have much use for a laptop in my field of work, but i hope this can help in answering some of your questions, or if you have something that you think i can do with my current resources i will be glad to help you.

 

[Mannu]

Just wondering if you've turned up the contrast with some image editing program for the pics clicked in darkness. Because, in these pics the detail in the light areas is completely blown out - just compare the wooden part of the matchstick and the centre of the galaxy between the two sets to know what I mean.

If you've not tweaked the contrast, try putting your SX20 into manual mode and click a pic that represents what you really see. Full Auto mode will have lots of trouble judging correct exposure in the darkness and will almost never click the pic like what we really see.

Hello Vramak, well to be honest i have downloaded these full HD pics from the internet and i have not shot any of these with my camera, so it is possible that the pics have been edited, but i can't say that for sure since i only downloaded them.

i will post a pic tomorrow with manual settings so that u can judge better, and if u guys want i can post the original image without compressing it, it will be around 2 MB i guess.

As far as black levels of this set goes, ChadB from avsforums had got a reading of 15ftl if i remember it well, whereas Kuros are said to have a value of .001 ftl, i am not sure of this info since i only read it on avsforum, so please don't flame me if i am wrong

Thanks !!

 

[Mannu]

Happy to see you happy end of the day Mannu. Or should I say Its a begining for you with your pK550R. The pics also clearly shows the FULL HD logo on left bottom for those who wanted to see it mentioned. I agree the IR is there for a while when you have a static black and white OSD menu of any AV receiver displayed for some time (5-10mins). But this product is a great VFM.

Thanks for your well wishes, it was a hectic day for me but it's all good in the end i guess, the set has no specs of dust like some of the people with US models have reported, no dead pixels, no flashing pixels, and very little line bleed which is anyways inherent to plasma technology so no grudges there, the only issue i see is of screen uniformity, but it's impossible to see that until you are totally staring with your nose stuck to the panel, also there is absolutely no Buzz, i could hear my hard disk spinning even when the screen was displaying a full white coloured image, the set is so quiet.

 

[vramak]

Hello Vramak, well to be honest i have downloaded these full HD pics from the internet and i have not shot any of these with my camera, so it is possible that the pics have been edited, but i can't say that for sure since i only downloaded them.

i will post a pic tomorrow with manual settings so that u can judge better, and if u guys want i can post the original image without compressing it, it will be around 2 MB i guess.

As far as black levels of this set goes, ChadB from avsforums had got a reading of 15ftl if i remember it well, whereas Kuros are said to have a value of .001 ftl, i am not sure of this info since i only read it on avsforum, so please don't flame me if i am wrong

Thanks !!

I guess you misunderstood what I meant. I wasn't talking about the pics being displayed in the TV; I was talking about the pictures you've posted.

UPDATE 6 -->

And now in total darkness

In the second pic, notice how the detail in the centre of the galaxy has got blown out and looks like a white cloud but the black levels remain consistent.

This usually is an indication that contrast has been cranked up(in the second pic). Since you said you've not tweaked the pics, only resized it, I guess your cam isn't exposing properly in the darkness. So, as I said before keep the cam on full manual mode, lower the ISO to 100 (to avoid noise) and adjust aperture and shutter speed till you get the correct exposure.

And buddy, I'm not trying to trash your TV; it's a great set no doubt. Just want to make sure potential buyers don't overestimate the TV's performance after looking at these pics. Hope you understand.

 

[Mannu]

Well if u are asking if i have edited the pics then honestly i haven't done anything to them but the same cannot be said about my camera since i took these pics in auto mode.

Also i totally understand your point of view and i wouldn't want it any other way, as you can see from my earlier posts, i have posted every single detail, so i am also unbiased here, i just want to contribute cos i know how confusing all this can become and if i can help anyone in any way i will be happy to do that, so there is no need to apologise about it, that is the whole point of making this thread, it would make me more than happy to see someone benefit from all of this,

I will post the pic tomorrow, the wallpaper is of a halloween pumpin with a pitch black background and i will take this using manual settings and under controlled light environment. I will post the settings as well so if u think something need to be changed, you can suggest that as well.

P.S --> (This is for all who are reading this thread) i just wanna say that I am not trying to do any kind of marketing for LG or for any other company, neither do i prefer anyone over the other, in my eyes all these companies be it sony, samsung,LG, panasonic or any other for that matter are filled with money mongers, low life, trash people for whom words like honesty, faith, trust don't hold any water, and trust me i have had my share of dealing with these people, and i have perfected my skills of how best to deal with these retards and that is the only reason (hands on experience) i got the replacement set in 1 day straight.

I am just a regular guy who wants to share his experience with all you guys, so that all those interested in buying a HDTV in the near future can maybe avoid the mistakes that i have made.

 

[vramak]

No probs Mannu.

I actually think clicking pictures of a TV showing images is not such a good idea. It's kinda like playing a song on your high end speakers and then asking a friend on phone, "How do my new speakers sound?"

 

[Mannu]

Yes i couldn't agree more, to see the display in person is a totally different experience, plus it is still in the break-in period and i haven't installed Tata sky as of yet that's why as of now i am running pics only on this set, so if anyone will be interested then i will oblige whosoever wants to know anything from a regular viewer's perspective ( since i am no expert at this ), either way i am also happy and hope the same for others as well.

 

[BLASTO]

BLASTO all these pics have been shot at auto mode with my Canon powershot SX20IS camera, the only thing that i did manually was opening the flash or keeping it closed, so i can't tell whether it does add any effect.

As far as the difference in balcks you are asking, the thing is that i have ventured into HDTV's only a few months back, so i am not very knowledgable about this stuff, but to my eyes the blacks are very good, i mean when it's dark and the pic is also dark i can hardly see the frame of this TV, i have the break in images as well and it also had some fully black images and when i was running them in the dark i could hardly see the bezel of this TV and it went pitch black in my room. Although i don't think that an entry level plasma can match the balck levels of Kuro but to my eyes they are quite good.

Now as far as the resolution goes my camera is a 12 M camera, and i went in the setting to see the resolution it was clicking pics at and it turned out to be a resolution of 4000 x 3000, now when i am posting the pic i upload it on tinypic and choose the option to resize the pic to 640 x 480 resolution, now that can be one of the reason why the blacks seem so enhanced, Sorry i don't have a laptop and only have a PC since i don't have much use for a laptop in my field of work, but i hope this can help in answering some of your questions, or if you have something that you think i can do with my current resources i will be glad to help you.

Auto dimming is enabled in some cameras. To know if yours has it, Just perform this on your camera and let me know your observation. You dont have to click any pictures for this.

Just focus a camera to an area quite away to a light source (say tube light). Now move the camera to focus the tube light. Did the overall brightness of the picture you see in the preview screen of the camera decrease?

Now move again and focus something other than the light. Do the brightness of the picture increase?

If the above is true, your camera is adjusting the overall picture brightness in accordance with the focussed object. Any hotos in that mode will not be useful.

And yes, it is hard to showcase anything by photos as vramak says. You can only give a rough idea which I think you already gave.

If you are not able to see the frame, well yes that is a good indication of a good black level. Iam surprised LG could pull in this much in a year's time comparing with their TVs last year.

Will demo and tell. BTW, Any guys in hyd acquired one and willing to give a home demo?