"the V10's spec sheet includes mention of a 600Hz subfield drive. Our best advice is to ignore this spec--it has no visible bearing on picture quality, aside from a slight improvement in motion resolution that's extremely difficult to see."
instead of telling readers to ignore this spec, i wish they wouldve explained exactly what it does. consumers and sales clerks are probably the only people who read and trust cnet's reviews, and that comment doesnt help anyone.
anywho, it vexes me how cnet doesnt adjust any settings for their test displays (outside of the user menus) and can judge these with a straight face...
I think testing with out of the box settings is totally a fair way to rate tv's. Kuro's come nearly perfect out of the box. Although you can go through the settings with a reference disc but a full professional ISF calibration costs in the range of about 400 dollars. I dont think its unreasonable to assume that most consumers are not going to modify their television very much. I for one would like to see more of this. Far too many TVs come set to torch mode which for all the crap Plasma gets for its energy rating is way worse for your energy rating than any other factor. I understand how somebody could be frustrated by cnet not modifying their tvs but i think its on the OEM's to do a better job putting their tv in a setting that is ready to look good in your home.
From my observations on the floor of my big box store, the 600hz motion seems noticeably smoother than previous (last year's) plasmas, without the blatant ultra smooth look that the 120hz and 240hz tvs sport. In essence, it preserves the fluidity without making a movie look like it was shot on a Handycam in someone's garage.
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corey smith @ Jun 9th 2009 2:43PM
"the V10's spec sheet includes mention of a 600Hz subfield drive. Our best advice is to ignore this spec--it has no visible bearing on picture quality, aside from a slight improvement in motion resolution that's extremely difficult to see."
instead of telling readers to ignore this spec, i wish they wouldve explained exactly what it does. consumers and sales clerks are probably the only people who read and trust cnet's reviews, and that comment doesnt help anyone.
anywho, it vexes me how cnet doesnt adjust any settings for their test displays (outside of the user menus) and can judge these with a straight face...
normychas @ Jun 9th 2009 2:51PM
I think testing with out of the box settings is totally a fair way to rate tv's. Kuro's come nearly perfect out of the box. Although you can go through the settings with a reference disc but a full professional ISF calibration costs in the range of about 400 dollars. I dont think its unreasonable to assume that most consumers are not going to modify their television very much. I for one would like to see more of this. Far too many TVs come set to torch mode which for all the crap Plasma gets for its energy rating is way worse for your energy rating than any other factor. I understand how somebody could be frustrated by cnet not modifying their tvs but i think its on the OEM's to do a better job putting their tv in a setting that is ready to look good in your home.
Ironhide @ Jun 9th 2009 6:42PM
From my observations on the floor of my big box store, the 600hz motion seems noticeably smoother than previous (last year's) plasmas, without the blatant ultra smooth look that the 120hz and 240hz tvs sport. In essence, it preserves the fluidity without making a movie look like it was shot on a Handycam in someone's garage.