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Philips 29" Pixel Plus (29PT9420)Anyway, I'd just like to share with you my first experience with this set. The moment the unit arrived, I installed the stand & mounted the set right away! Can't contain my excitement talaga hehe.
Was really worth the wait! The following day an installer from Philips came by to check the unit. To his surprise everything was set up na (channels, picture & sound)! I just asked the guy to adjust the internal picture settings (v&h-shift, parabola, etc.) using the service mode but he had no idea what I was talking about. I displayed some test patterns from S&V Home Theater Tune-Up and he was like DUHHHH!
He had to call his supervisor & the guy even thought that I was a technician & that I inadvertently misaligned the set! After talking with the guy, he promised to send another personnel the following day pa. I was actually hesitant to play around with the service mode, although the settings were already posted by
jpadua, before an installer showed me how & what to adjust to get the "more accurate" & aligned picture.
After successfully aligning the set, I had no further reason to complain. The whole picture perfectly fits into the entire screen with the test patterns I used. The picture is indeed very sharp & movements are very "life-like".
The only problem now is that the matching TV stand is quite low from my viewing position so am still planning to buy a separate platform to place the whole set-up on to increase its height.
BTW, I have a few questions or clarifications and included some of my observations as well for my fellow Pixel Plus owners. Would really appreciate your feedback guys.
1. Tried to connect my laptop to my set using a VGA connector cable & noticed that the set can only receive a resolution of 640x480 only. Aside from this, the picture looked like it was in widescreen mode (didn't occupy the whole screen vertically). Is this really the case or should I adjust or program something pa?
2. Do you prefer turning on the DNR, Active Control, Active Contrast & Color Enhancement modes? I opted to turn-on only DNR & Color Enhance coz I noticed some improvements on picture quality but ain't I distorting the picture somehow? Active Controls seem unstable & confusing.
3. I also turn-on the Antenna Attenuator to decrease noise & overlapping caused by strong signals between two channels.
4. I set the Picture Format to 4:3 (LB) coz the picture looks more natural this way.
5. Lastly, here are my picture settings calibrated using S&V. Try & see if this works for you too.
Contrast - 45
Brightness - 55
Color - 50
Sharpness - 3
Hue - 0
Tint - Normal
Come & enjoy the Pixel Plus experience!