Why no TV tweaks

Originally posted by Hex Spurt
Sharpness First, turn off any noise reduction facilities on the TV, then choose any film except Pirates of the Caribbean or StarGate, or watch some TV through your ariel and then look to see if people and objects have a 'readybrek' halo around them. If they do then the sharpness control is adding false contours to the image to make you thing it is sharp.
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Why Pirates?? Is that as it's so razor sharp (digital enhancement I reckon???) anyway - I was gobsmacked at how that looks on my Pioneer 656/housemate's (goldfish bowl) Mitsubishi widescreen - Keira Knightleigh - phwoar - and she's single according to Zoo Weekly :)
 
Not much can be done for a domestic tv - short of setting the brightness/colour/contrast/sharpness correctly as was mentioned earlier...
If you want to see tv pictures as they would be seen by a broadcaster the only way is to buy a broadcast standard monitor! I have seen them at only £100 each from specialist pro-video 2nd hand dealers - check the back of Broadcast or Sight and Sound for ads, though that would only be for an older Barco 4:3. Only problem is they have no tuner - in which case pick up a pro (probably ex BBC) tuner from one of the old transmission suites - and they have no provision for sound (boohoo - that's what your hifi's for!)..
Only other prob is WAF... They weigh much more than a domestic, and are about 3' deep! Still, setting them up is a doddle with (usually) a range of built in test signals - and there's none of the ubiquitous silver plastic, just good old fashioned metal plate!
 
Originally posted by domfjbrown
Why Pirates?? Is that as it's so razor sharp (digital enhancement I reckon???)
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Pirates is plagued with too much artificial sharpness. It ruins what would have been a reference transfer. It's just no good for acurately judging the sharpness setting of your TV.

And yes, Keira Knightly is a babe :D
 
Ferrites on both ends of the TV's power lead and a Silencer from RA on the next outlet did improve the image of my Loewe TV... :MILD:
 

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