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Jul 21, 2004, 12:11 PM

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I have had the TV for almosts 2 weeks now, pretty much pleased with it other than SD picture quality which is a function of the satellite quality, not the TV.

Did notice that on some stations, it tends to favor the greens. Played around with the settings (set Tint to R3-R4), lowered the brightness, and picture looks very good now...HDTV looks excellent. Also, am using DVI cables to hook into the TV, would either go with that or component instead of S-Video

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Jul 21, 2004, 7:59 PM

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Thats a great idea posting your tint levels on here. If all of us mess around with it a little bit, and post our findings,we will all have one hell of a great picture.

I think tomorrow I'll order it...that means I'll have it next Monday. I am getting so pumped!

pete

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Jul 21, 2004, 8:09 PM

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Did you guys see this?Brand new as of today on BB's website. Man they are making this difficult for me.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1083713246603&skuId=6621907&productCategoryId=cat03006&type=product

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Jul 21, 2004, 8:23 PM

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This email thread is wonderful. I too was in a dilemma of whether to buy the unit or not. I was concerned about dropping 2300 on a set that I know nothing about. I've also searched the net and this was the only place I could find info on the unit. Given the price and the features that the unit has, I'm very close to snatching up this monitor as my first large screen TV. Hence my apprehension. I'm also concerned about the green hue, but the advice on how to set the color is very helpful and reassuring. I met a BB sells woman who said she purchased the unit. She did indicate that the service plan doesn't cover a single pixel that goes out but only when a group of them does. That is somewhat concerning to me as I've seen a computer monitor with a pixel out and it was rather bothersome. For some reason I don't care for DLP technology so I'm sticking with LCD for now until the price of plasmas drop. So, I'll keep checking this thread to see if more info pops up that pushes me over the edge to get the unit.

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Jul 21, 2004, 10:37 PM

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Glad to offer any assistance I can , in any recommendations on the Zenith. The person earlier is right - there is a not a lot of support on the Web on this new TV. Sometimes I look ath picture and go WOW and sometimes I go so-so. Tonight I am leaning towards the WOW side - but my D* is showing good signal strength.
Anyway here are my current setting. I should be getting my copy of AVIA this week and will try to cotnfigure it again.

Here are current settings:

Contract 84
Brightness 42
Color 70
Sharpness 54
Tint R3 - as mentioned earlier to ease the Greens out
Color Temp Medium
IIP On

Hope this helps. Always looking for suggestions. Another one, I watch ALL my SD channels in either 4:3 or Horizon - 16:9 seems to distort the picture to much. HD automatically expands to 16:9 when using DVI

Good luck guys -- I am always looking for additional tips. - like the fact that I read that someone had got to access the Service Menu using a ALL IN ONE unified remote. Also, if anyone has professionally calibrated the set - please post your findings

Gary

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Jul 22, 2004, 4:33 AM

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Thanks a bunch Gary and others. Your success with configgin the TV to get rid of the green hue gives me more confidence in buying the set! BTW...What's AVIA?

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Jul 22, 2004, 9:25 AM

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AVIA is a DVD that comes with filters that allow you to properly set Black Levels and Color values properly. Its like the THX setup software that comes with the Star Wars and Toy Story 2 DVD , but only more detailed oriented.

The green hues I was able to minimize, see it sometimes, but I am hoping the AVIA will improve it.

The brain is a strange thing. Once you read something - your brain just looks for it with painstaking detail...

Good luck !!

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Jul 22, 2004, 9:29 AM

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AVIA and DVE are DVD's you can buy to properly set black levels, contrast , and colors to their optimum settings.

Hope the settings I posted help anyone who has the set. It help to greatly minimize the greens, but not totally eliminate - but IMHO you have to be looking out for them to notice it (Like Screen Door Effect, Rainbow effect, Artifacts, Stuck Pixels, Clay Faces - all of the anomolies of RPTV)

Gary

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Jul 22, 2004, 1:42 PM

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i know there was a place online to get those dvd's for cheap but i cannot find it anymore. any suggestions? also i read a posting on the other site about what happens when a pixel goes out. what is the deal if a pixel goes out on an lcd set?

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Jul 22, 2004, 2:16 PM

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Don't give up, I just purchased a Samsung HLN43DLP from www.digitalkings.com for $2050.00
(no tax if you live outside NY) plus $179 for shipping.
Great picture and DLP is a better technologie than LCD.

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Jul 22, 2004, 7:34 PM

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Hey, sorry to bother you. But I have a couple of questions about this TV. They delivered it today and so far I'm happy. My questions are: Does the red "standby" light stay on all the time? And does the "screen door" effect go away after awhile as you get used to it? I've got it hooked up using component hook-ups, DVI isn't available on my HD cable box yet. I've noticed the screen door effect, but as I watch it, I think I'm getting used to it. So far, I like it. It's a different display than what I'm used to so I think most of the adjusting is on my end as opposed to the set itself.

Thanks for any help you can give me. And thanks for your previous posts! They've been most helpful.

Chuck Smile

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Jul 22, 2004, 10:34 PM

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Don't forget to mention that the samsung 46" from digitalking is a refurbished unit. I'm not sure if that is good or bad but the price seems like a good deal.

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Jul 23, 2004, 3:57 AM

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I've had the Zenith for over 2 weeks now and love it. It is my first big screen tv and see the screendoor effect on some cable channels. I have it hooked up to my hdtv cable box through dvi and have never seen such a clear picture on the hdtv channels. Too bad timewarnercable only has 10+ HDTV channels. Can't go with voom at my apartment. It almost seems a 3-d effect on some dvd movies (spiderman superbit dvd) with my sony progressive scan dvd/vcr combo. My xbox is awesome in 16:9 screen. (hooked up xbox by component video) I will definitely have to try your settings as above, to see if any difference. I haven't noticed a green hue, but am looking. I got it at bb when it was on sale.(under $2200+ 400 service plan) I love how lcd's are having better refresh rates, viewable practically from any angle and better contrast rates now. (700:1) One thing I do wish it had was a dts audio output. Oh well. Am a happy customer so far.

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Jul 23, 2004, 9:07 AM

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If you want to see what the green hues look like...

Look at the local news at standard definition (not HDTV). If the guy is wearing a black suit, stare at it, like one of those 3D pictures). If it is there, you will see green intermingled in the black.

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Jul 23, 2004, 9:09 AM

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Answers are

1) Red light on all the time - YES, as long as the set is plugged in

2) Screen Door effect go away over time - NO, but I think you get used to it

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Jul 23, 2004, 2:58 PM

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I'm also interested in getting this TV. I've seen it at two different Best Buy stores, which is where my concern is.
At one store, the picture looked almost perfect. At the other, however, the picture was dull and not very good. I played around with the settings and got it to improve a little, but it still wasn't as good as in the first store. I'm hoping this is just my lack of tuning skills and not typical of the TV itself.

I'd really like to get more information, but it seems info is limited to this site.

If more of you could post your opinions about this TV, I'm sure a lot of us would appreciate it.
Thanks,

Mark

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Jul 23, 2004, 5:32 PM

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Please stop posting about how good the TV looked picture-wise at best buy! These sets are not always set up in the optimum way (i.e. input, cables, settings, location etc.)

I'm considering this TV as well and have a best friend at best buy who says its a great deal, especially with the service plan since that covers replacement bulbs.

And has anyone tried this out as a computer monitor yet???

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Jul 23, 2004, 8:18 PM

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Here is a 10% coupon for Best Buy.

http://postpublisher.net/h/bestbuy/adhoc/200407/ESE/coupon2.htm

BTW, how long the bulb last for a regular LCD projection TV? How about a DLP set?

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Jul 23, 2004, 9:10 PM

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Thanks for the coupon for the discount at BB. I guess I have no reason to keep procrastinating the purchase now!

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Jul 23, 2004, 9:52 PM

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I've looking to get this TV for the past 1 mo...
but been procrastinating...got this 10% coupon
in mail so might get this one tommorow..
Do they still have the Home-Theater Deal at the
store. I thought it was only online.

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Jul 23, 2004, 10:06 PM

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BTW, how long the bulb last for a regular LCD projection TV? How about a DLP set?

I believe they all have a MTBF of 3000 hours

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Jul 24, 2004, 1:44 PM

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i plain on getting this tv next week and im wondering if i should buy a 24" tv stand or put it on top of my 42" dresser? im just concern that if it is up to high i might get a ugly screen effect.

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Jul 24, 2004, 2:07 PM

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i bought one 2 weeks ago and am very happy with it. DVD movies are fantastic, even some analog cable channels look very good.

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Jul 24, 2004, 2:59 PM

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Great Thread, very helpful info.

Does anyone have any links to that AVIA DVD?

Is that 10% legit?

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Jul 24, 2004, 3:16 PM

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The coupon is legit, BB sent them out to mailboxes as well. Only good this weekend. I sux soooo much that I get paid next weekend.

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