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New pix posted at:
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skool - most excellent!
Is that an HD or ED plasma? Do you have an HD feed yet? The trip you are making to DVD and HD on this plasma will be incredible. Enjoy.
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It's an ED. Couldn't yet justify the HD upgrade. However, my next purchase (unknown to the wife...) is HD DirecTivo and the DVI blade for the panny plasma. Just when I think I'm done...
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I hate to break this to you, but you're NEVER done. 
Really nice set. Enjoy!
Jack
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skool - how does it go so far. Everything work well & knocking your socks off? Have you looked ay any HD signals with it yet?
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display is awesome. Just like the m22 immerses you in sound, I'm now immersed in TV!!
DirecTivo in SD using composite is good, svid is worse. Don't have component, planning to do the $99 HD upgrade w/ DirecTV this week. That'll prepare me for HD DirecTivo in a few months. SD shows a lot more compression artifacts, CRT does have it's advantages.
out of the box, screen is a little bright for my taste, had to tune it w/ Avia to bring it down (and increase the life span). I'm trying to tweak it to get the absolute WOW factor that I've seen w/ some other users and this display. Glad I've got a 3 day weekend!
First I wasn't an audiophile, then I get the Axioms and I'm obsessed on this board. Get a plasma and I'm obsessed on AVS. Didn't think I was a videophile that would get picky and here I am spending hours tweaking colors, hues, etc. My wife's gonna kill me...
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Nice set!!
Composite looks better than s-video? Isn't that strange?
I am waiting for HD DirecTiVo before I make the plunge.
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yeah, weird. someone on AVS made a good case that the Panny has a better decoder than what exists on the DirecTivo so composite ends up being better. I tuned it tonite (yes it's midnite) and now it's even better in composite and component.
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I have a friend with a digital satellite receiver who hooks it into his vcr via the composite cables although he also has the option for svideo.
Upon using the "better" svideo connection, the picture becomes more pixelated, almost grainy. Even after removing the vcr as a possible source of error and hooking up svid directly into the tv from the satellite, the picture difference b/w svid and composite was still the same.
So much for svid being the better connection here. I think the internal decoders on the digital box are most likely to blame but still, very unexpected.
The day that HDtv becomes commonplace in Canada will probably be the day i retire.
"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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oldskool,
I've had the same experience from my hookup. I found the svid connection from my Bell Satellite Receiver was noticebly poorer than using composite.
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