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RE: By the way, what did you do with the speaker that comes with the 5010? NT

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Russell

In Reply to: RE: By the way, what did you do with the speaker that comes with the 5010? NT posted by Jazz Inmate on January 20, 2008 at 16:06:04

Wow--seems like your contrast and color settings are a little high. Did you try D-Nice's settings there? Did they seem too bland to you? As for the hum (buzz, really)--it's there, but very faint and only really audible when the sound's very low or off. Strangely enough, the buzz is more prominent from my seating position than up close. A LOT has been written about the Kuro buzzing on AVS--it's evidently louder for some than others.

As for the speaker, I just attached it. I've got the display on a TV stand, and the speaker fills out the unit nicely--it looks kind of ugly without it! It's quite adequate for 'normal' TV broadcasts. I've got my BD player hooked to my (2-channel) audio system, of course.

Russell

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Actually D-Nice has his settings a bit more aggressive than mine - Jazz Inmate 19:16:39 01/20/08 (3)
D-Nice recommends:
Contrast: 45
Brightness: -2
Color: +10

I'm at 43, -1, +3...so while I'm at very similar brightness and contrast, I backed off the color a bit. I did this after calibrating using the tool on Ratatouille, which is pretty handy.
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"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
- No, no, no! Those are settings to be used ONLY with the break-in DVD! - Russell 22:11:30 01/20/08 (2)
  His 'reference' settings are:
  
  Contrast: 29
  Brightness: 0
  Color: -13
  Tint: Red 2
  Sharpness: -11
  
  Those other settings are meant to be used with the break-in DVD only. (Something I haven't used.)
  
  Russell
  - And here are the rest of his reference settings: - Russell 22:18:01 01/20/08 (1)
    The reference settings are in USER mode, BTW.
    
    PRO ADJUST:
    
    Pure Cinema:
    Film Mode: Standard (I use this for cable; I have it set to 'Advance' for Blu-ray)
    Text Optimization: Off
    
    Picture Detail:
    DRE Picture: Low
    Black Level: Off
    ACL: Off
    Enhancer Mode: 2
    Gamma: 3
    
    Color Detail:
    Color Temp: Low
    CTI: Off
    
    Noise Reduction:
    3DNR: Off
    Field NR: Off
    
    Power Save Mode: Off
    Orbiter: Mode 2
    
    I know D-Nice isn't the be-all, end-all with respect to these things, but I figure that he's got more experience than I have, and that these settings are a good starting point. As I've mentioned before, I think the picture looks pretty damn good with these settings!
    
    Enjoy,
    Russell
    - Ok, thanks...this does help the reds which were too strong before - Jazz Inmate 22:41:42 01/20/08 (0)
      It is a more natural picture to drop off the sharpness and color. Thanks for alerting me about that.
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      "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)

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