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bramble (archived2)

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Posted January 31, 2015 at 16:55 GMT

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Hiort,

Just chop the dimmer switch (out) and replace with lc2, worked fine on both my lamps.

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BeoGreg (archived2)

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Posted January 31, 2015 at 17:01 GMT

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Hiort wrote:
Is that a Globall lamp? I never managed to control mine with a LC2. Mine has a dimmer on the cord. Maybe that is the problem?

Yes Hiort it's my good ol' Glo-ball from Jasper Morrison.

Easy for the LC2 : you unscrew the original dimmer, fix the wires on the LC2 instead and voilà.

The LC2 replaces the original rectangular black dimmer.

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Severian (archived2)

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Posted January 31, 2015 at 17:05 GMT

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kallasr wrote:
It was only hd ready, not full hd. As far as I can tell no improvement on picture quality. Still have to "play" with the picture settings, but no idea where to start...

What do you mean by HD Ready as opposed to full HD? Curious as that description can mean different things.

FWIW, I still have my original non-HD Panasonic, 480p EDTV, and my late mother's 720p Panasonic, both plasmas. To my eyes the 480p set still looks great. If you sit far enough away, that is not right on top of it, it looks better as the contrast and black levels are better, which is why I chose it over a 720p set in the first place. It almost rivals my newer VT series 1080p Panasonic plasma but not quite the black levels, though considering the age it comes closer than you'd think, and the VT is the best television I've ever seen, with perhaps the exception of the BV12 which has the same panel but B&O video processing.

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kallasr

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Posted January 31, 2015 at 17:25 GMT

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Sorry, you are right. I was referring to the panel resolution.

And black is black on the Kuros...not dark grey 🙂

It was a D8 panel (the BV 4), for sure a VT50 will be great, too.

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Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096
Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55
Home Office: BeoVision 11-46, 4 x Beolab 3, BeoCenter 9300 (BLC 1611/ML/NL)
Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted)
Dart Room: BeoPlay V1-40 on floor stand
Guest Room: BeoVision 7-40 MK IV, Beolab 7-2, BeoSound Ouverture

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Severian (archived2)

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Posted January 31, 2015 at 18:03 GMT

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kallasr wrote:
Sorry, you are right. I was referring to the panel resolution.

And black is black on the Kuros...not dark grey 🙂

It was a D8 panel (the BV 4), for sure a VT50 will be great, too.

I think the VT series is the first Panasonic panel to fully match the black level performance of the Kuros. If I recall, the previous Panasonic panel was only 0.5 IRE different than the Kuro, measurable but undetectable by eye. I've never seen the next years ZT panel, which was supposed to be slightly better than the VT. There was a very short window between the arrival of the ZT and when Panasonic dropped plasmas altogether sadly.

I'm happy with the VT, it's a 65 inch version. Blade Runner looks awesome on it!

The ISF lists things that matter most to a picture quality for a panel, and resolution is down the line after contrast/black level and color purity. I can agree with that after having lived with my 480p set and still finding it to have a great picture. Nothing will spoil an image like gray blacks, washed out colors. No matter how many pixels there are. I can't wait for the hype surrounding low end 4K sets with execrable black levels.

I can see upgrading in your case, even though the early Beovisions looked pretty darned good. I think B&O used better video processing and better anti reflective screens over the panel.

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