What is your opinion of the "out of box" picture and color quality? Does it take much tweaking to make things look good?
741879
Picture and color quality is great. Barely any tweaking involved. Very happy with my purchase
741880
It takes virtually no tweaking to get great picture and color quality, provided you're using the HDMI or Displayport connection (digital). D-sub (VGA) is another story. You may need to do some tweaking to meet your needs, but then that would be the case with any monitor using an analog connection.
741881
I didn't tweak much at all. I was content with the out of box picture but most importantly I LOVE this monitor and I'd recommend it 10 times over.
741882
I think the monitor is awesome. The colors are great and I have no major issues with the display. My minor complaint is that the display is exceptionally bright. I have my brightness setting set to zero and it was still a little too bright. I got used to it after a few days though.
741883
In my opinion the colors are very good out of the box, it does need some tweaking if you're looking for 100% color accuracy but it is more than capable. Personally when I got mine it was close enough that I haven't touched it since I'm not doing anything requiring perfect colors. I will say that I did a bunch of research on this monitor before I bought it and some people have said that their backlight can be somewhat uneven which can impact the colors. I don't seem to have that problem but be warned that some units may have the issue.
741884
I did play around with it as my MacBook Air has the adjustment features but out of the box it is great. I left it in default config as it looks best.
577535
What's the good effect? Is there an advantage in the image or resolution improvement?
867499
I didnt see much of distortion. It just crops a bit from top and bottom. U can even chose not to be on full screen.
2014212
Wrong. It looks great at any distance and the improvement over 1080p is obvious at 10'. I have one and I know this. I recommend you go to Best Buy and see for yourself. There has been a lot of nonsense about people can't see the difference at more than (pick your number) feet. Simply not true.
172957
What about the picture quality? My TV is coming in a few days and the HDMI ports and all the other stuff is not a problem for me. Im just concerned about the picture because the store didnt have a floor model to look at.
355164
I'm not really a techie person. I've seen it on display at Costco and it looks really good to me. Definitley as good or better then the Samsung units they also have on display.
971152
Actually, Matthew Swalwell is right! I tried setting it to standard and things look drastically better! Even when I set the output on my cable box to 720p :)So far my vote for the fix to this problem is setting film stabilization to standard, if you turn it off, the the 240 setting goes off too and I think it looks better with 240 on and FS at standard.
5166
I think the "blooming" issue is overblown. I hardly notice it at all...even with white credits on a completely black background. Who reads the credits anyway? If that's all the "experts" can find to complain about...that says a lot about this TV.
267519
No, it's not a high-def projector, (not sure precisely what it is) that being said, HD images through it do still look darn good, and considering the cost of actual HD projectors, this is a pretty good deal, one thing I should mention, make sure your source is on before the projector, i.e. - Amp/DVD-Blu-ray and projector last (said it did not support my Blu-ray player) shut everything off and turned projector on last, bingo! Worked great!
1919240
Yes, I have, that's why I bought it. A few things. There aren't any DVI ports so you'll have to connect either RGB or HDMI. My video card only has DVI ports so I had to get a DVI-HDMI connector. Also, I have played with the adjustments a lot. My nvidia settings report the native resolution being 1920x1080, but it's actually 1366x768. Anything higher or lower and the text looks really crappy, blurry and whatnot. This is when you connect it via HDMI. To tell you the truth, it's not too bad, I have only had it a couple of weeks as well and I am still adjusting it. Haier's website is no help though.
2124442
Viewing from the side is fine. The colors are good but the contrast is noticeably worse if you aren't sitting in front of the TV. It's not enough of a problem to really affect the viewing experience though.
786680
Yeah I dont have any problems with my display, but make sure your camera is decent and adjust to the light so the image looks good. Camera quality makes a difference.
1467731
The picture from an angle is more than acceptable. My TV is setup on the short wall of a rectangular room, so it's not really an issue for me, but having just stood and watched for a while on the side of the tv, it's not that bad. The picture/colors don't degrade much until you reach an almost unwatchable angle, so it's almost a non-issue. Aside from the issues I've had with the networking rendering the TV useless, I wouldn't hesitate to purchase this tv again.
1924986
It depends on the lighting. I have filmed indoors with decent lighting and when I upload it doesnt look hd either. Although when I am outside, the quality is very good
1682503
I have been tweaking my new set's picture for 3 days now. The high def is terrific but I only get 12 channels of HD. Since 50% of my viewing will be standard def cable channels, I am very disappointed that I can't get the SD picture to a level of acceptability. (I feel compelled to go to another room and watch non-HD programs on my old 36" CRT.) Any suggestions on setting changes for SD programs? A lot of the screen is blurry and pixelated (with or without the 120-Hz on).
75492
You can adjust the aspect ratio so that it fills the entire screen, but that would distort the picture somewhat. I like to put it in 4:3 mode, so it looks like a normal picture. Burn-in warnings be damned! But you'll be watching the important stuff through the HD air antenna anyway.I think the SD picture is just okay. It's a bit pixelated (probably because of the size of the TV) and the colors don't seem as sharp as my 23-year old Sony Trinitron. Once you see the HD picture, SD will look that much worse.
592584
I'm in the same boat as you - I'm ready to buy, but the lack of an updated color screen is the last obstacle preventing me from doing so. I sent a message to Gracie asking 'bout a color display - will post back if / when I get an answer.