I bought a Z2 yesterday and have watched almost 8 hours already - there are some advantages to "working" from home! It looks GREAT so far, no VB or dead pixels spotted either (I had seen VB in the demo I had in the shop). Just watching through prog scan component input from a Sony 730.
I haven't yet calibrated the PJ although I did reduce the contrast to -30 and increase gamma to +7, which removed the overly hot image I had at first and opened up the dark areas. The only negative issue I'm having is the reds, which are too strong and make everyone look sunburnt. Just turning down the red setting doesn't really do the trick. Setting the color temp to "high" overrides the other colour settings and helps a bit but not enough. Has anyone else spotted this and sorted it out?
Also, I'm wondering whether it would be best to calibrate with the 730 in Standard image mode or in Cinema mode. The latter looks better in terms of black detail but I don't want to have two offsetting compensations when I come to calibrate the PJ (if you know what I mean).
I also haven't worked out how to get into "factory mode" or "service mode" which I sometimes see referred to in Z2 postings.
Thanks for all of your help in getting this far!
Andrew
I haven't yet calibrated the PJ although I did reduce the contrast to -30 and increase gamma to +7, which removed the overly hot image I had at first and opened up the dark areas. The only negative issue I'm having is the reds, which are too strong and make everyone look sunburnt. Just turning down the red setting doesn't really do the trick. Setting the color temp to "high" overrides the other colour settings and helps a bit but not enough. Has anyone else spotted this and sorted it out?
Also, I'm wondering whether it would be best to calibrate with the 730 in Standard image mode or in Cinema mode. The latter looks better in terms of black detail but I don't want to have two offsetting compensations when I come to calibrate the PJ (if you know what I mean).
I also haven't worked out how to get into "factory mode" or "service mode" which I sometimes see referred to in Z2 postings.
Thanks for all of your help in getting this far!
Andrew