Just finished a 6hr round-trip drive to pick up a KV-32FV310 in pretty good shape. Got it home and did a very quiick and rudimentary calibration. I'm somewhat...disappointed?
For comparison I started with a PVM-2530 (nice, but could be sharper), then a PVM-14l5 (sharp but too small), then a 20M4U (good size and very sharp, but feels...lifeless?). I was hoping this 310 would be a good middle ground.
It's sharp enough, and certainly large enough, but I'm finding the picture less enjoyable than my 2530. I'm trying to put my finger on why this might be. I think I'm attracted to the 2530's curved screen (can't really do anything about that for the 310) and the bloom. The 310 has a voltage regulator that prevents bloom, and I feel this ends up with a picture that is more reminicent of emulation on an LCD than the real thing on a CRT.
Am I alone in feeling this way? I had no idea that part of the appeal of CRTs to me is the inherient bloom. I'm assuming the 2530 has no such circuitry, or maybe I'm way off base as to why I prefer the 2530 to everything else...
- Is there a way within the service menu to disable, or tone down the voltage regulator? I have the service manual but nothing is jumping out at me.
I also hear that disabling velocity scan modulation can help with artificially boosted sharpness, but can't locate an on/off for that either.
Can someone recommend me some settings/adjustments?