Ah, that's why.
I read a while back, cannot remember if it was CNet or another site, that you can calibrate your TV settings to any Pixar or Star Wars movie. I did this with my old Panasonic 42 in. plasma and my Vizio M652i-B2 was just delivered today.
Today I used the THX optimizer found on Star Wars III and checked it again using the THX optimizer on Pixar's Monsters Inc. and the picture looks good to me, and this from a person that went from plasma set to non-plasma set.
To get to the THX optimizer on these movies you go to the main menu>setting or options>and you should see THX Optimizer. The optimizer will also walk you through the steps of each setting, you can go back and forth through the steps using the chapter skip button on your DVD remote. Once finished it will play a demo of the movie with the new setting to test in case you need to make any other minor adjustments.
Like I said, this has always worked for me with different TV's, let me know how this works.

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