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HD A1 Owners: Do you use Enhanced Black Level?

Old 09-11-06, 12:20 AM
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HD A1 Owners: Do you use Enhanced Black Level?

Just curious how many people use the Enhanced Black Level option on your player. I do. On my CRT it seems to add to the depth of the picture, and it looks like the other colors are a bit richer.
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Nope. I try to shy away from any kind of enhancements or reductions whenever possible.
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I haven't tried it since I usually try to stay away from filters/enhancements and the like but I might give it a shot when viewing via my HDMI-DVI connection to see what kind of difference it makes.
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I looked at a few different pictures with it on and off and i really prefered it off. I have a Pioneer PDP 5060 which displays dark areas really well i think. when I used the black enhancment with films like Sin City which have alot of black it seemed to muddy them up alot. I definitly prefer it without. I think it might be better for LCD over Plasma.

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That particular setting has no effect on the HDMI output.
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If your system is setup and calibrated properly, then you technically should not be using enhanced black.
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Isn't "Enhanced Black Level" a setting to not clip BTB in component? Or is it a 7.5/0 IRE type switch?
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
That particular setting has no effect on the HDMI output.

I didn't know that Josh. Thanks for the info.

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