Kuro Owners/Users

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On your set (ours is a 4280XD) which Drive Mode do you use? Does anyone know the difference between them?

 

[Anonymous]

Look up Pioneer 8G Owners on Google and you'll find your answer.

 

[Sorreltiger]

Drive Modes only affect 50Hz signals (not Blu-ray, for example). ÿThe general consensus is that Drive Mode 2 is best - especially for sport. ÿThey should have an effect on motion/judder. ÿSome folk use 1 for film material (DVD), and 2 for video. ÿAnother little tuning tip is to have Pure Cinema OFF most of the time, but set it on ADVANCE for Blu-ray.

You can find all of this information (and the calibration settings) on a specialist forum for the 8G Kuros.ÿ

 

[topbloke55]

Here's the settings I use:

ÿ

CONTRAST ÿ30

BRIGHTNESS ÿ 0

COLOUR ÿ-2

TINT ÿ+2 Towards Green

SHARPNESS ÿ-15

PRO ADJUST > PURE CINEMA

FILM MODE ÿOFF ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ(BLUE RAY/HD DVD Smooth or Advanced)ÿ

TEXT OPTIMISATION OFF ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ

INTELIGENT MODE ÿOFF

PICTURE DETAIL

DRE ÿOFF (Low if you prefer)

BLACK LEVEL ÿOFF

ACL ÿOFF

ENHANCER MODE ÿ2 (1 if you prefer)

GAMMA ÿ2

COLOUR DETAIL ÿMANUAL (HOLD ENTER FOR 3 SECS)

COLOUR TEMP ÿ

ÿR High ÿ-2

ÿG High ÿ 0

ÿB High ÿ+2

ÿR Low ÿ-1

ÿG Low ÿ ÿ0

ÿB Low ÿ -1

ÿ

ÿ

ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿÿ

CTI ÿOFF

COLOUR MANAGEMENT ÿ

ÿR ÿ 0

ÿY ÿ 0

ÿG ÿ 0

ÿc ÿ 0

ÿ ÿB ÿ 0

ÿM ÿ ÿ ÿ -7

COLOUR SPACE ÿ1

NOISE REDUCTION

Field NR ÿOFF

All others ÿOFF

OTHERS

IP MODE ÿ1ÿ

 

[drummerman]

topbloke55:
Here's the settings I use:

CONTRAST 30

BRIGHTNESS 0

COLOUR -2

TINT +2 Towards Green

SHARPNESS -15

PRO ADJUST > PURE CINEMA

FILM MODE OFF (BLUE RAY/HD DVD Smooth or Advanced)

TEXT OPTIMISATION OFF

INTELIGENT MODE OFF

PICTURE DETAIL

DRE OFF (Low if you prefer)

BLACK LEVEL OFF

ACL OFF

ENHANCER MODE 2 (1 if you prefer)

GAMMA 2

COLOUR DETAIL MANUAL (HOLD ENTER FOR 3 SECS)

COLOUR TEMP

R High -2

G High 0

B High +2

R Low -1

G Low 0

B Low -1

CTI OFF

COLOUR MANAGEMENT

R 0

Y 0

G 0

c 0

B 0

M -7

COLOUR SPACE 1

NOISE REDUCTION

Field NR OFF

All others OFF

OTHERS

IP MODE 1

Hi topbloke55,

how did you come to those settings? Are they your preferences or have you calibrated with soft/hardware?

regards

 

[Anonymous]

topbloke55:
Here's the settings I use:

ÿ

CONTRAST ÿ30

BRIGHTNESS ÿ 0

COLOUR ÿ-2

TINT ÿ+2 Towards Green

SHARPNESS ÿ-15

PRO ADJUST > PURE CINEMA

FILM MODE ÿOFF ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ(BLUE RAY/HD DVD Smooth or Advanced)ÿ

TEXT OPTIMISATION OFF ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ

INTELIGENT MODE ÿOFF

PICTURE DETAIL

DRE ÿOFF (Low if you prefer)

BLACK LEVEL ÿOFF

ACL ÿOFF

ENHANCER MODE ÿ2 (1 if you prefer)

GAMMA ÿ2

COLOUR DETAIL ÿMANUAL (HOLD ENTER FOR 3 SECS)

COLOUR TEMP ÿ

ÿR High ÿ-2

ÿG High ÿ 0

ÿB High ÿ+2

ÿR Low ÿ-1

ÿG Low ÿ ÿ0

ÿB Low ÿ -1

ÿ

ÿ

ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿÿ

CTI ÿOFF

COLOUR MANAGEMENT ÿ

ÿR ÿ 0

ÿY ÿ 0

ÿG ÿ 0

ÿc ÿ 0

ÿ ÿB ÿ 0

ÿM ÿ ÿ ÿ -7

COLOUR SPACE ÿ1

NOISE REDUCTION

Field NR ÿOFF

All others ÿOFF

OTHERS

IP MODE ÿ1ÿ

I think our settings are very similar, if not the same for our Pio. I found these on "another site" and they seem to have worked a treat, although our room is pretty bright so they were tweaked to preference.

Thanks for your replies, I'm going to switch to Drive Mode 2 and will see how it goes.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm experiencing some problems in setting the IP mode to 1 and the Pure Cinema Film Mode to Advanced - all the options are greyed out. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[FuzzyinLondon]

IP Mode and Pure Cinema only affects interlaced signals. With Blu Ray at 1080p24hz, the TV automatically processes the signal correctly. For Sky Plus/Freeview, I leave it at IP Mode 1, Drive Mode 2 and Pure Cinema Off. For PS3/Blu-Ray I leave Pure Cinema Off, Drive Mode 1 and IP Mode 1.

 

[Anonymous]

Fuzzy - it won't let me change the IP mode to 1! I've tried resetting the settings but something seems to be up. Thanks for putting my mind at rest regarding the Pure Cinema =P.

 

[Sorreltiger]

The people "in the know" recommend Pure Cinema ADVANCED for Blu-ray. ÿI also prefer to go with the option of setting DRE to "low" and bringing the sharpness back up to 0 from -15. ÿFor me, it seems a punchier picture.