Morning Everyone
OK so we got it on the wall (stud wall) which was a laugh as we couldn't actually find the studs to drill the bracket into.. however after 20+ small holes ( I'm renting this flat
) we discovered two so phew that was becoming a problem... after drilling the steel bracket to create 2 new holes to line up with the studs that were too far apart (thanks cowboy builders) the TV was up.
Everything went smoothly, yes it is annoying having the HDMI ports on the far left as you can see my gear is on the far right but the lengths of cable were just OK.
I have discovered a couple of bugs/issues though. The first is similar to what AVFJAY has mentioned about the screen not returning the the correct black level, for example the Oppo blu-ray was paused and my girlfriend turned the touch pen on which opened some TV message saying something about the pen, when the message went off the blacks were clearly washed out and appeared whitish grey! Turning the TV off solved it, is there an easier way to fix this?
Second issue I have and this is far more of a problem that did NOT occur with my Pioneer is this - The Oppo is connected to the TV via HDMI out one and to the Arcam avr600 for sound via HDMI out 2. Now for some very irritating reason if I start a film everything is fine HOWEVER if I press the menu button on the TV remote then the TV, Oppo & Arcam start to get stuck in an HDMI handshake loop and the picture just keep cutting in and out on the TV and the sound cuts in and out on the Arcam! I've solved it for now by using the multichannel analogue outputs from the Oppo to the Arcam to cut down on the handshaking. Please remember this did not happen with the KRP.
You may be thinking why I choose to use both HDMI outputs from the Oppo and no it was nothing to do with the purist dream of separating the two from each other (audio and video). It's for convenience. You see, I have the game consoles running through the arcams HDMI ins and therefore the Arcams HDMI output to the TV has it's "game mode" and any picture mode to suit it. The Oppo has it's own HDMI port on the TV and therefore has it's own THX cinema and other picture adjustments to suit. This way i don't have to think about changing picture modes... and nor does my girlfriend more importantly. If anybody knows how I can fix the above pls let me know.
Otherwise coming from a KRP 600 the picture is very smooth, it's nice to see less dither/PWM noise although I will say that there is a lot of dithering in the darker areas which JUST becomes undetectable at 8-9 feet. You can see the fast vertical scans (reset pulses) on black parts of the image from a maximum of a 2 feet away.
The remote is superb but not as good as the KRP remote which was more substantial in every way.
It would be difficult for me to genuinely say this is a worthwhile improvement over the Pioneer for the extra cost but it does improve in most areas and anyone looking to replace their Kuro I would advise to check out the VT/ZT first before making that move blindly.
Harry.