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Starting this thread a little late, but if anyone has one or gets one, this may help (have only had mine since February). I have also decided to get back into the amatuer calibration game and will have a new meter and signal generator here this week. So I will be posting charts as I perform the work, right now a 2D and 3D cal are on the todo list. UHD is out for me, the color accuracy on the 15's and even 16's is not very good, and considering 1080p blu-ray looks outstanding, I am probably gonna choose accuracy for now unless something changes (FW update, etc...).
Anyways, here are a few starting points:
Use ISF 1 and 2 modes.
In 3D, all the above settings match pattern results which I guess is due to it being passive 3D. Not sure how grayscale adjustments will compare between 2D and 3D, but I plan on checking that with the meter.
The 2015's have two defenses against IR, granted they don't seem to pick it up as easily or retain it like my 2012 plasma:
Service Remote (Image attached):
MKJ39170828
Only real benefit for this is more detailed panel info and changing comp cycles, hours of use are in the normal user menus.
Anyways, here are a few starting points:
Use ISF 1 and 2 modes.
- Gamma 2.2 (not as good as 2.4 IMO, but it looks nice)
- Brightness 49 (in 2.2 this will clip a little more black than 2.4 Gamma, but it is far better on these than showing too much black)
- Contrast 78
- Oled Light 40 (this is a starting point and may be too bright for some; adjust up or down as needed)
- Gamut controls do not work well on these, but color accuracy is very good stock
- Cut off noise reduction features
- TruMotion offers full motion rez (650 lines like an LCD; this is a 120hz panel) with Deblur 10. Dejudder 1-2 is ideal, granted 2 may be a little too soapy for some on 60hz content and 1 would be best. 2 looks best to me on 24hz content.
- Gamma 2.4 is the better mode IMO, the image is very rich and contrasty and the only difference is Brightness needs to be 52 with Gamma 2.4.
In 3D, all the above settings match pattern results which I guess is due to it being passive 3D. Not sure how grayscale adjustments will compare between 2D and 3D, but I plan on checking that with the meter.
The 2015's have two defenses against IR, granted they don't seem to pick it up as easily or retain it like my 2012 plasma:
- Compensation cycle - Some type of panel voltage regulation that occurs after every 2 hours of uptime. You will notice the red optical port stays lit after you cut the display off, for about 10 mins, and then you will hear a click when it shuts off. The only way to increase or decrease this interval is to use the service menu remote. I intend on leaving mine alone
- Screen dimming - after 75 seconds or so of a static image the screen will dim itself down, once the image is active again it will brighten back up.
Service Remote (Image attached):
MKJ39170828
Only real benefit for this is more detailed panel info and changing comp cycles, hours of use are in the normal user menus.
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Finally dipped my feet in last night with the new gear. Considering this was my first time using the new CP software, and my first time using an accupel 5000 controlled by CP, I kept it simple.
ISF Warm 2 Gamma 2.2 Stock Settings grayscale dE 5
ISF Warm 2 Gamma 2.4 After Cal Grayscale dE 0.39
When you look at the as found 2.2 gamma Warm 2 mode, there is a reason these look so good out of the box. But as reported, the low black is green.
- I set brightness
- I set OLED Light (35) to give me 42 fL with an accupel window. 40 measured about 47fL.
- I measured the as found mode with a 2.2 gamma (the way I was watching after I bought the display) and warm2
- I then changed to 2.4 gamma, set brightness (moved from 49 to 52), cal'd 2pt and then 20pt.
- I used the color and tint module on CP instead of messing with the CMS, and found 54 to give a dE of 2. I think Chad used 53 IIRC. This brought red and green more in line and pushed blue out a little, but it is a tradeoff.
- I had a bit of an issue with my windows display scaling last night and could not mess with even measuring Gamut, but I got that worked out late and may mess with it tonight.
ISF Warm 2 Gamma 2.2 Stock Settings grayscale dE 5
ISF Warm 2 Gamma 2.4 After Cal Grayscale dE 0.39
When you look at the as found 2.2 gamma Warm 2 mode, there is a reason these look so good out of the box. But as reported, the low black is green.
Well this cal went more smoothly, just tedious. I can't imagine having to do this with a blu-ray disc as your source...
Pre Cal Gamma and Grayscale (2.4 gamma and Warm 2)/2.37 gamma 3.99 dE
Post Cal/2.33 gamma dE 0.60
Pre cal Gamut dE 2.63
Post cal dE 1.65
Pre cal color checker
Post cal color checker
- I did 2pt high for 80%
- 2pt low to get 5% close
- Adjusted greens in 20pt to get gamma right
- Then started with 95% 20pt and worked down getting 20pt right. I did not use 100% or 5% controls
- 80 Contrast, 35 OLED light and the 2.33 final gamma ended up around 40.5fL with a standard 100% window
- Using the Accupel brightness patterns, I did not move Brightness from it's normal 52 spot for 2.4 gamma after the cal was complete
- For the 11-21 1% step pattern, I could see 4 bars. So basically 18, 19, 20 and 21. 16 and 17 were dark
- For the 6-26 2% step pattern, I could see 5 bars (18, 20, 22, 24, 26)
- IMO, the key is to make sure 17 is dead to protect yourself on poor sources
Pre Cal Gamma and Grayscale (2.4 gamma and Warm 2)/2.37 gamma 3.99 dE
Post Cal/2.33 gamma dE 0.60
Pre cal Gamut dE 2.63
Post cal dE 1.65
Pre cal color checker
Post cal color checker
Did a new cal last night, I was not happy with that 2.35 gamma target, just too dark. After reading some more and looking at what Chad does, it seems to be normal to ramp up from a gamma point around 2.1 to 2.2 and then settle out to come out of black better. So that is what I did here, and it looks a lot like Chad did on my VT50 and his OLED cal. Will probably prefer it all around. This will also be my UHD/HDR mode, since the cal controls are locked out once HDR kicks in, but the settings seem to xover well. Wide color gamut setting really just track 709 out wider but makes color worse, or less accurate, so I will leave it off when watching HDR.
Will try this out on Deadpool UHD Sunday night.
Will try this out on Deadpool UHD Sunday night.
For some reason the 2nd image is having issues:
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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