harryt said:
Just received delivery of my new 436 XDE and would like to know any info about do's / don'ts in the 1st few weeks, how to avoid image retention/burn and any advice i can give my good lady about using the tv when i'm at work.
Any advice, greatly received.
Many thanks
Harryt
Somewhere in the menu (I forget where, maybe in the power saving section) you can get the screen to turn itself off if a remote button hasn't been pressed for three hours. Safe and sure.
Other than screen 'care', some does and dont's. Basically, turn every one of the 'image enhancement features' like DNR, MPEG noise reduction etc off. They ruin the image. Also, turn Pure Cinema off. Make sure you have Sky/Freeview connected to RGB Scart sockets and make sure the box is outputing RGB via the scarts (check the Sky/Freeview setup menu).
Get a good DVD player if you dont already and connect via three lead component or even better HDMI/DVI. Set DVD player to progressive output. If you have a lesser DVD player then output interlaced and try maybe turning on Advanved Pure Cinema.
Watched Sin City yesterday and I have to say the image was jaw dropping and my screen has an allegedly lower contrast rating to yours, although I do have the Lumagen working its wonder.
Get an ISF, if nothing else then for peace of mind- you'll know the screen is set up as best it can and there will be no more need for constant fiddling with the settings.
Damo
PS, as an aside, I do think a good DVD player (if you cant stretch to a scaler) makes a big difference. My £200 CA Azure was a very well recieved DVD player at the time, but its progressive output was pretty poor actually- the Diner scene in Star Wars Episode II showed horrendous stepping of building edges in the initial panoramic pan. The £600 Pioneer showed none of this nonsense.