I am no technical expert when it comes to plasma, I just know that I prefer it to lcd/led. I'm also not your expected follower of this forum, being a beyond sixty-year-old female! I had an Hitachi 42PD9700 up until a week ago and loved it dearly. When I bought that, I was on here reading everything I could about the set and settings etc. and I found it all very helpful. The picture was superb and still is but unfortunately, the screen filter has started to break down and so needs a replacement screen. The screen is no longer available so the decision had to be made to search for a new TV. None of this is relevant to this thread until I reveal the fact that my replacement is a VT50. You are all responsible for my purchase of this TV because, along with all the reviews, I have read every post on this thread and it seems that the VT50 is the dog's whatsits when it comes to new plasmas!
Now, being female, style is quite important to me and I love the styling of the set. However, I have a few niggles about the actual picture and the dimness thereof. I have tried all the different modes and "out of the box", it appears that THX Cinema Bright Room is the only acceptable one to use. Dynamic looks as though the whole thing is set to explode and using Cinema means that it's impossible to make things out, it's so dim. The modes in between are just so-so but still very dim. I'm talking both day and night here as it appears just as dim when the room is dark. Surely this can't be right, especially as all of you praise the picture quality for it's clarity and vibrance. It seems to me as though there is far too much green tint in the picture making everything seem dull, although there are no green splodges. It's just the overall appearance. There's a sort of softness about the picture that just doesn't seem right. On my other set, especially on close-up shots, you could make out every hair and skin detail super clearly. I don't see that on the VT50 and I feel that it should be a huge improvement on the Hitachi.
My question is, if I had the set calibrated, would it make a huge difference? Would we be able to see the detail that we're used to and would the greenish cast be neutralised? I'd love one of you enthusiasts to see it and give me your opinion because I just don't know enough about the subject. Are any of you anywhere near Southport? I just know what I like and at the moment, I'm not as thrilled about this telly as I should be. I know that different channels broadcast different quality and even some programmes on the same channel can look very different but watching "Hunted" the other night was not the experience that it should have been. Good programme, terrible picture. It was so dark, I had to use the dynamic setting to make anything out at all and it still wasn't bright.
Oh, by the way, I did the Munsell visual acuity test and scored a big fat zero, meaning I have perfect colour recognition. That's just before anyone says that because I'm an old lady, I don't recognise colours very well!
Help!
Now, being female, style is quite important to me and I love the styling of the set. However, I have a few niggles about the actual picture and the dimness thereof. I have tried all the different modes and "out of the box", it appears that THX Cinema Bright Room is the only acceptable one to use. Dynamic looks as though the whole thing is set to explode and using Cinema means that it's impossible to make things out, it's so dim. The modes in between are just so-so but still very dim. I'm talking both day and night here as it appears just as dim when the room is dark. Surely this can't be right, especially as all of you praise the picture quality for it's clarity and vibrance. It seems to me as though there is far too much green tint in the picture making everything seem dull, although there are no green splodges. It's just the overall appearance. There's a sort of softness about the picture that just doesn't seem right. On my other set, especially on close-up shots, you could make out every hair and skin detail super clearly. I don't see that on the VT50 and I feel that it should be a huge improvement on the Hitachi.
My question is, if I had the set calibrated, would it make a huge difference? Would we be able to see the detail that we're used to and would the greenish cast be neutralised? I'd love one of you enthusiasts to see it and give me your opinion because I just don't know enough about the subject. Are any of you anywhere near Southport? I just know what I like and at the moment, I'm not as thrilled about this telly as I should be. I know that different channels broadcast different quality and even some programmes on the same channel can look very different but watching "Hunted" the other night was not the experience that it should have been. Good programme, terrible picture. It was so dark, I had to use the dynamic setting to make anything out at all and it still wasn't bright.
Oh, by the way, I did the Munsell visual acuity test and scored a big fat zero, meaning I have perfect colour recognition. That's just before anyone says that because I'm an old lady, I don't recognise colours very well!
Help!