Home Cinema Guru's Tips And Observations
Flat Panels
CCFL Not LED LCD Best Choice For Color
Aug 2nd
“For high-end colour accurate reference displays, the best choice for stability, ease of colour management and ability to match existing monitor systems remains CCFL backlighting.” – Cine-tal
http://cine-tal.com/trainingsupport/whitepapers/LED_vs_CCFL_white_paper.pdf
Reducing Plasma Buzz
Jun 10th
I have found two things that can reduce plasma buzzing sound levels. One is to reduce the contrast (light output). The second is to eliminate a ground loop as shown here http://homecinemaguru.com/?page_id=211.
LED LCD Display Observations
Feb 11th
I am seeing LED based LCD displays now that are over a year old. It appears that they are losing light output much more than expected. On/off contrast also seems to fall significantly along with an increase in the corner flashlight effect with time. The most reliable flat panel technology I have More >
The End Of An Era
Feb 7th
For years Pioneer strived to make the best flat panel display. This culminated with the 9th generation Kuro plasma displays.
When properly setup these products emulated a Sony reference CRT monitor. Unfortunately, these products were discontinued last year. It appears that almost all have been sold now. Hopefully, another manufacturer will More >
A Problem With The Monitor Kuro’s
Feb 7th
The Pioneer Elite plasma displays are the highest quality flat panels ever made. Unfortunately, the monitor version of these displays have a problem that can complicate the setup. When you connect a device that is RGB it will not detect the RGB mode properly and go to PC mode for More >
