Steven Simon, Hometheaterforum.com Moderator
Mitsubishi 46805 Owner |
Around
May of the year 2000, I took the plunge
into the world of 16:9 Widescreen Anamorphic
Television. I purchased a Mitsubishi 46805 RPTV.
On first inspection, I was amazed at such detail
that could be achieved with a Progressive Scan
dvd player, and a 16:9 RPTV. I soon
realized that a Progressive picture was the only
way to go as far as viewing dvd. You completely
loose all of those annoying motion artifacts that
flew around on an interlaced picture. Beyond
loosing artifacts, you will be treated to the
most film like image one has ever seen. I
calibrated my Mitsubishi with Video Essentials
and basically went on my merry way.
I read a little about these ISF calibrations
on Home Theater Forum and other places. I
soon realized that for the good money I spent
on my RPTV, a relatively meager investment
of $400 would be in order. To be completely
honest with you, I was on the fence on calibrating
my TV. I was a bit pessimistic about doing the
calibration. If it wasn't for a few of my friends on
the HTF convincing me, I wouldn't have never taken
the next step. Thanks Jay.
I had David Schultz from Audio Video Synergy,
an ISF Certified tech over my house to do the
calibration in December of 2000. He spent 4 hours
doing various calibrations, most of which was spent
on Grey Scale. He set the IRE range from top to bottom
to a close 6500K. He did an electronic focus, and set
the controls on my front panels. (Color, Sharpness, Tint Ect.)
I came out of the calibration liking what I was seeing.
In my mind, I thought my RPTV had been improved around 25
Percent from where it was before. Colors look a tad more
rich to me, and black details were more defined, and
noticeable. Movies like Gladiator, were there were tons
of grainy scenes, we more detailed, and vivid.
I lived with my set for well over one year, never really
thinking I needed any additional adjustment. I had a few
convergence drift issues which I corrected through the 64
Point Convergence user menu,and the slight red push
problem of the Mitsubishi sets.
Around 4 months ago, I entered the world of High
Definition Television. Via DirecTV and an Over the
Air Rooftop antenna. I now have 5 full channels of
High Def. It soon became evident to me, that I needed
this section of my Mitsu calibrated.
Enter my fellow administrator Gregg Loewen. Gregg
is on his way to soon being the top ISF Tech in the field.
He will be certified as an ISF tech in appox. 5-6 weeks.
Through many conversations we have had, and reading
about his work, I decided to let Gregg have a crack at my
RPTV for the purposes of recalibrating the dvd output,
and for the first time, calibrating the High Def section of
my RPTV.
Gregg spent around a total of 6 hours on my RPTV.
He performed a multitude of calibrations spanning
from Electronic Focus, Mechanical Focus, cleaning
the Optics of my guns, convergence of DVD and High
Def Sections (In service Menu), Color Decoder
adjustments, Lens Stripping, and Front Panel Adjustments
(Setting them to an even 0 in the Service Menus). He
also set the Grey Scale as close to 6500k on the DVD and
HD as humanly possible. Geometry and overscan were
also worked on, improving them greatly.
Gregg Loewen goes way beyond the average calibration.
He basically tweaks your TV to the max, and achieves
the maximum quality out of your Rear Projection Television.
I immediately noticed differences between my first techs
work, and Gregg's extensive calibration. First off,
his convergence work was done in the service menu, where
as the first tech never did that. This enabled him to do
the convergence on green, something that really needed to be done.
Black levels had an amazing amount of detail, something I had never
seen after the first calibration. My picture is now super sharp,
without having the need for Edge Enhancement.
In summary, I would recommend Gregg to anyone thinking
of greatly improving there Monitor. He will take your RPTV
to the next level of quality, which is not possible with
just buying a RPTV out of a box. One can spend anywhere
from $2000 to $6500 dollars on an RPTV. For basically 10
Percent of the value of your monitor, you can improve it's
performance by making it look 3 to 4 times better, post calibration.
Gregg's passion for doing the best possible job he can, just exudes
out of him. After watching him in action for 6 hours, I can
tell he is going to go far in this field. His expertise
is unmatched, and his methodical approach to detail lends
him well. Highly recommended..
Thanks,
Steven Simon
HTF Administrator |
