$1500 in hand. What is the best 50" plasma I can buy?

[davidxiphoid]

Thanks Sonny! Can't wait to fire it up. I have my break in and spears and munsil blu ray disc ready to roll!

I was surprised to see that they actually shipped it out today. I may actually get it by the end of the week.

[Turnda643]

Congrats David on the Kuro steal!! Ill have to check out that Sam's Club outlet thingy when Iam reay to upgrade. Enjoy!! I know it wont be hard. lol

[bds59]

I have one of these and I KNOW you will enjoy it! I've had mine for 6 months now and am still in awe of the PQ!

[ShockWave]

Congrats!! Just in time for the great football games ahead. Well if College had a playoff LOL!

[davidxiphoid]

Getting my Kuro delivered tomorrow! Looks like I jumped on that Sams club thing at the right time. seems they only had 3 left to sell after I got mine and are now out of stock.

I welcome any tips or tricks on picture tweaks, break in etc, but right now I have a break in disc which Crackinheadz suggested that I will run during the day while Im at work, and will watch TV like I regularly do when I get home.

Do you guys think I should run the break in disc overnight as well? or just overnight and not during the day so I can keep an eye on it?

Also have the spears and muncil HD calibration disc that everyone seems to reccommend. So stoked! Can't wait to remove my wrecked Sony XBR4 and replace it with the Kuro.

[BLUCanadian]

unless you are trying to accellerate the breakin period in order to get it professionally calibrated ASAP, there is no reason to do the breakin as you have stated...
Just avoid black bars on top/bottom/sides & static logos/tickers for extended periods of time

[nugent]

Originally Posted by davidxiphoid

Getting my Kuro delivered tomorrow! Looks like I jumped on that Sams club thing at the right time. seems they only had 3 left to sell after I got mine and are now out of stock.

I welcome any tips or tricks on picture tweaks, break in etc, but right now I have a break in disc which Crackinheadz suggested that I will run during the day while Im at work, and will watch TV like I regularly do when I get home.

Do you guys think I should run the break in disc overnight as well? or just overnight and not during the day so I can keep an eye on it?

Also have the spears and muncil HD calibration disc that everyone seems to reccommend. So stoked! Can't wait to remove my wrecked Sony XBR4 and replace it with the Kuro.

I bought this set via Sam's back in May for my parents for apx. the same price delivered. The picture is beautiful! Congrats!

The set has a USB port on the left side. If you are going to do the break in slides I would just put them on a flash drive and run them off of that. No need in having a DVD player running just to do that.

The value of the break in slides is arguable. But, I am a geek about stuff like that and liked the concept of the screen being "broken in" evenly with the solid colors.

Lot's of what we do in this hobby doesn't always make sense, but it's part of the enjoyment.

Once I did the break in I just applied the settings from AVS. My parents are about 70 and had a 50" Sony SXRD prior to this. They are not videophiles by any stretch but they were both amazed at the picture on this set compared to the Sony.

Once again, congrats and enjoy tweaking and viewing!

[online365daysayear]

Originally Posted by davidxiphoid

Getting my Kuro delivered tomorrow! Looks like I jumped on that Sams club thing at the right time. seems they only had 3 left to sell after I got mine and are now out of stock.

Do you guys think I should run the break in disc overnight as well? or just overnight and not during the day so I can keep an eye on it?

Happy that I got when before they sold out. That was close. I have been running mine 24 hours a days until the 150 hour break-in period finishes. I did the same with my parents Kuro and then applied D-Nice's settings from AVS. Picture looks fantastic.

[aj slick]

Im glad you got a pioneer. The panasonics used to be very good plasmas, but now they are made really cheap and can't touch a kuro.

[CallingMrBenzo]

i just read this thread and i am soo jealous, what a tv you got there and what a price you def made the correct choice!

[online365daysayear]

Originally Posted by davidxiphoid

Thanks Sonny! Can't wait to fire it up. I have my break in and spears and munsil blu ray disc ready to roll!

I was surprised to see that they actually shipped it out today. I may actually get it by the end of the week.

They did not use FedEx or UPS to ship They shipped using CEVA and I had to call and setup and appointment for a residentail delivery. They delivered my Kuro from Sam's Club two day ago and have been running the break-in DVD for two days now. Under $1,500 for a Kuro is a great price. I actually got mine after losing so many times for $1,311.46 with tax and shipping. Congrats on the Pioneer. I may have to look into an extended warranty too. Thanks for reminding me.