ChrisCoaster:
Not everyone's eyes sees the same things in the same ways just like not
everyone's taste, hearing, feeling, reaction to medicines, etc can all
be quite different..... for example, the colors that people choose for
their home decorating, or types of food they like, etc, etc.... so,
while "standard settings" and presets are wonderful and a good standard
place to start, it is imperative, for me at least, to be able to adjust
colors, intensities, hues, sound parameters and all of those things to
my own taste and preference.... not to mention that not all program
material will look the same or sound the same. Just flip through a
dozen or so channels on your television, or play a dozen or so DVDs,
VCR tapes, CDs, etc, etc..... they can be vastly different in the way
they present themselves. So in conclusion, I could care less about
having a televison or sound system that is "perfectly" calibrated or
has absolutely "flat response" (the proverbial strait wire) and for
whatever (personal) reason I don't like the result.... I feel quite
free and not guilty at all to be able to adjust things the way I like
them according to what I see or hear with various sources.
electricitym
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ChrisCoaster wrote:
With all this talk about gray-scale and 6500K color temperature and ISF
and calibration, what is more important to most people?

Accurately and objectively presenting the intentions of directors,
producers, and writers of movies, plays, and shows for broadcast on TV
- or - allowing TV owners to adjust their sets to look they they "feel"
they should look.

One interesting factor here - most people - and probably none that
visit this newsgroup, are AFRAID to adjust the 5 basic controls. Or if
they are accessible only by hiting "Menu" on the remote as on all
modern sets, owners simply don't know how to get to the picture
controls. They assume that the picture as out of box is the "best" and
looks the way it's supposed to.

I'll open the floor with what matters to me: Getting as close as I can
to the 6500 ideal with the User controls and allowing as much of the
artistic intention through as can get through.

But again, what I want is not what everybody wants.

Opinions?

-ChrisCoaster