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draganm




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PostLink    Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:08 pm    Post subject: Vizio 43" LED Reply with quote


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what is the deal with these new sets, skin tones are really weird and colors in general are extremely over-saturated. Is this even adjustable or are they just made this way?

Wife and kids just had to get a new TV, even though our 32" CRT works fine, does 1080i, and looks more natural. The one place the LED seems to do well is 1080P graphics on video games.
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garyfritz




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PostLink    Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like it just needs a calibration. The question is, how calibrate-able is it? You didn't say what model it is, but it looks like most of the Vizio's can be adjusted. See e.g. http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/vizio-e-series-2015-picture-settings-642363/
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did you just buy this set? Frankly, I'd take it back. Vizio main boards fail like crazy. Given what sets I get in here for service, I recommend LG or Samsung. Sony has LCD issues, so I don't recommend them either.
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

garyfritz wrote:
Sounds like it just needs a calibration. The question is, how calibrate-able is it? You didn't say what model it is, but it looks like most of the Vizio's can be adjusted. See e.g. http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/vizio-e-series-2015-picture-settings-642363/
it's an M43-C1 "4K Ultra" . I'm not sure it's color balance, I can spot that pretty quickly and it's not pushing green or Red, peoples faces just look "pasty" and from what I've read "pasty face" is just a hallmark of digital sets.

Curt Palme wrote:
Did you just buy this set? Frankly, I'd take it back. Vizio main boards fail like crazy. Given what sets I get in here for service, I recommend LG or Samsung. Sony has LCD issues, so I don't recommend them either.
yeah aint gonna happen, the ole lady knows everything and anything i say is " unhelpful" and just intended as criticism anyway . Rolling Eyes
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

draganm wrote:
I'm not sure it's color balance, I can spot that pretty quickly and it's not pushing green or Red, peoples faces just look "pasty" and from what I've read "pasty face" is just a hallmark of digital sets.

"Pasty" was also how I described my 8500 before I put color-filtered lenses on it. The color calibration can make a BIG difference.
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I described the digital pasty thing as faces looking like they have a film of oil on them, as if they were about to break out with a bad case of acne.. I see this all the time with digitals, but haven't noticed it in the digital commercial cinemas/theaters. it drove me nuts though about 10 years ago, as they all did it, including a lot of flat screens.
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah, what curt said.

My 8500 is not filtered and I've never seen anything like it before, not even close. I don't think it's entirely a color issue, there's just some really weird phenomenon happening here that is a combo of color and contrast working together in a very wrong way.

I bet Craig Rounds would know.
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