[wbassett]

Well I have everything setup and connected. No calibration as of right now. I wanted to check things out right out of the box.

First SDVD, Die Another Day from the newest Bond collection- it looked very good. I can't tell right now if it is really upconverted and better or if I am in a placebo mode. I think over the weekend I will drag my 36 inch Toshibha back in the room and compare them side by side.

First impressions, and I am going to start a thread on this set too... it was a wow at first... Like I said I intentionally set things up straight out of the box to get an initial user experience. The set was a floor demo model and I can say everything we have been told and know is true. (I did know this for a long long time now), in store setups are really bogus. They pump up everything.

After five minutes I had eye fatigue. I checked the settings and of course they were set to vivid picture, max everything. This just proves that the instore display sets are setup to wow people and not to have a realistic picture. Tomorrow I will go through a calibration of the system.

Okay, so other than that how was it and upconversion? So far with viewing just a couple SDVDs, it looks like the PS3 and the set is improving the image over what I recall from 480p.

I'll have to play around with things more, but SDVDs do look nice. Also the PS3 (I know this isn't a thread about the PS3) performs nicely after some initial setup. It auto resumes very well, something the Toshiba A1 doesn't do.

Am I pleased? Yes. Do I think it's all sunshine and roses? I still would like to see a side by side comparison. In May my brother is coming to visit and he said he would bring his Toshiba HD DVD player and some movies. Right now I have 30 days to decide on the PS3, but it is looking okay for now.