Value Electronics Holds Flat-Panel Event In September
By TWICE Staff -- TWICE, 8/17/2011
Scarsdale, N.Y. - ValueElectronics.com, an independent flat-panel retailer, is holding its seventh annual flat-panel shootout Sept. 17-18.The retailer has contracted with a charter member of the Image Science Foundation (ISF) and other video engineers to evaluate the newest flagship flat-panel HDTVs from the five leading manufacturers on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m.
The shootout, at Value Electronics' retail location, here, will use Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers' (SMPTE) evaluation standards, the only accredited calibration standards set by the consumer electronics industry.
The televisions featured are all 55- to 65- inch high-end LEDs and plasmas from Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Sony, Sharp and Pioneer. The events will be streamed live over the Internet at www.valueelectronics.com and made available at the same website for future viewing.
Consumers and media representatives are also invited to attend; however, seating is limited to 30 per event and available on a first-come, first-served basis by registering at www.valueelectronics.com.
The event will involve Kevin Miller of ISFTV and TweakTV, along with calibrators D-Nice and Ed Johnson, who will calibrate the seven flat panels and provide their findings and other key background information in individual presentations. National trainers and product specialists from the manufacturers have been invited to present product features as well.
Evaluation of contrast ratio, peak brightness, black level, color accuracy, color saturation, motion resolution and energy efficiency will be measured and discussed. All the high-end models to be tested are 3D capable, so ValueElectronics will be evaluating 3D performance as well. The audience will vote on each of the four picture quality attributes, with the winning panel crowned "King of HDTV."
All tested panels will be concurrently fed through a professional HDMI distribution amp from the same Blu-ray player using the exact same HDMI cables for all panels. The power supply will be a dedicated 20- amp circuit run through a power conditioner.
A Q&A session will be held at the end of each presentation.
"In addition to the tested panels, several manufacturers are expected to display and provide information about advanced products that will launch in the future, with image and audio that provides a true reference quality for the audiophile and videophile," Mr. Zohn added.
Shootout findings will be available within one week of the events for members of the press who contact ValueElectronics.
The public and press can register online to attend at www.valueelectronics.com.
Talkback
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I just spoke with Kevin Miller, our keynote speaker and leader of our professional calibrating team, who unfortunately is in the hospital in Indianapolis, IN. Kevin had an emergency appendectomy operation last week and was readmitted today with complications.
Kevin is essential to the shoot-out event, so we are rescheduling the event to accommodate the recovery time. Fortunately, this gives LG the opportunity to have their Nano 55LW9800 and Panasonic to have the 65VX300 added to the shoot-out evaluation.
The shoot-out event is now rescheduled for Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 6 PM and Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 1 PM.
Very sorry for any inconvenience and we hope it’s possible to adjust your schedules to accommodate for this change of date for the event. If you have not signed up to attend the shoot-out yet you can do so on our home page.
We very much look forward to having your participation on 10/8 and 10/9.
Robert Zohn
Robert Zohn - 2011-12-9 17:08:46 EDT -
This is a truly unbiased event, all panels are displayed equally. The presenters are all long standing calibrators, and approach the calibration of these sets with the same integrity and desire to achieve the maximum performance from each panel presented.
Mike Boles - 2011-18-8 10:36:46 EDT
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