Well, before you think you got duped, did you actually look into what calibration is? If you Google calibration and what it is and what it does, I'm sure you will be surprised as to what you find.
Once the Sharp 70" is calibrated it looks pretty darn good. I was looking at it today and out of the box there are many errors in colour saturation, colour temp, black levels and grayscale. The "blue" colour overall is pretty high, much higher than all the other colours and needs to be adjusted. The TV's not even in the right aspect ratio when watching a BluRay disc.
The preset AV Modes are at best just ways to make the TV bright and shiny or brighter and shinier...which is great for buying a car, but not great for a TV.
Here's what I would suggest. First, watch some sports. Look at the team colours and ask yourself, are the colours accurate. Is that really Leafs blue or Packers green and yellow. Do the ads/sponsors on the boards look like they should?
Next start watching movies and shows that are dark. Harry Potter, The Dark Knight and CSI work well. Are you seeing detail in the dark shadows of the picture or are the blacks washed out and dull.
And finally, put a picture of yourself or someone you know really well and look at your skin tone and texture, hair colour and texture, the highlights on the face...the colour of your clothes.
If you do all of these things then you should be able to see a difference in the pre programmed modes to the calibrated mode if done correctly. I would maybe have the tech or a different tech come out and tell them what you think the problems areas are. They should be able to address the issues and correct for any problems. He should be able to show you exactly what they are doing on each step of the calibration. Scamming people isn't good for business so they tend not to do it, you may be unaware of what was actually supposed to happen because it wasn't explained very well.
And for the record, if you go into the advance setting on that TV, I feel confident in assuming that you don't really have an idea as to what all those CMS, Gamma and Colour Temp settings are for...most people don't. But I do, and they are all for calibration, put there by Sharp so you can have your TV properly tuned for your room and to the sources (BD, sat, DVD, etc.,) you are using.
Please don't take this like I'm questioning your knowledge or ability. I've been in the industry for a long time, have taken courses, read the books, done the grunt work and I know a few things. I know what is accurate in a picture and your TV out of the box...isn't. Why isn't it...thats a question for Sharp.
I would be happy to offer any advice and answer any questions I can for you.
Regards
