OK, I'm REALLY seeing the difference now!!

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I went deep into the Denon 5900 setup and played around with it a little more tonight. Set the IRE to 0 and black level to +1 then recalibrated my Sony 34" XBR in Movie mode using a calibration DVD from Sound & Vision (Ovation Software). Adjusted contrast, color, hue, sharpness. The picture looks fantastic!
I also compared the component video input at 480p vs DVI at 720p. No contest! The upscaled signal via DVI at 720p is great!
I thought I liked 1080i but on this set I noticed a very slight intensity 'pulsing' or modulation in darker scenes, almost like a slow beat frequency interference on screen. Thought it might be 60Hz interference from somewhere.... not sure but at 720p it's not there and still considerably better than 480p over component video inputs. It's not quite HDTV but a big improvement over standard 480p. Thanks everyone for the pointers on getting the DVD5900 set up. It may not be perfect yet but it looks very very good to my untrained eye.
Here's another interesting bit for you Sony XBR owners. With the Movie mode calibrated per the calibration DVD, the brightness and everything in Movie mode is identical to the factory preset Pro mode EXCEPT that in Movie mode things have a little 'warmer' look.... Pro mode is a bit 'cooler'.
Going from the DVD-2900 to the DVD-5900 was worth it not just for the improved audio but more significantly, the improved video performance. I'm a happy camper.

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Topic - OK, I'm REALLY seeing the difference now!! - AbeCollins 23:57:38 05/22/04 (2)

Re: OK, I'm REALLY seeing the difference now!! - kmmd 09:46:57 05/23/04 (1)

Re: OK, I'm REALLY seeing the difference now!! - AbeCollins 10:16:57 05/23/04 (0)

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