Bought one of the above before Christmas. Despite several adjusting sessions, I'm still not convinced I'm happy.
My source is the in-built Freeview (only SD at the moment, no HD until 2012 here)
It just seems too dark somehow.. In low light scenes, peoples faces often seem to have a greenish hue, often with a slightly misty appearance across the entire scene. Indoor shots on dreary soaps look terrible. Conversely, bright, outdoor scenes look great.
I'm no home cinema geek, but I know relatively well what I'm doing. I've tried all the preset "scenes" (mostly horrid), so used the "cinema scene" as a basis and tweaked everything from there. The best compromise I've found is backlight on max, contrast around 90, colour and brightness around 60 - 70 each, white balance neutral, and I've knocked the hue a couple of stops away from green into red. I also turned down the two green sliders slightly in the advanced settings. I think I have white booster on high too, in an attempt to lift the blandness I'm experiencing. All the other filters are off.
Is this to be expected in SD? Only my 8 year old 28" Sony CRT gives a much more satisfying picture with its inbuilt freeview tuner, not as sharp granted.
Comments welcome.
My source is the in-built Freeview (only SD at the moment, no HD until 2012 here)
It just seems too dark somehow.. In low light scenes, peoples faces often seem to have a greenish hue, often with a slightly misty appearance across the entire scene. Indoor shots on dreary soaps look terrible. Conversely, bright, outdoor scenes look great.
I'm no home cinema geek, but I know relatively well what I'm doing. I've tried all the preset "scenes" (mostly horrid), so used the "cinema scene" as a basis and tweaked everything from there. The best compromise I've found is backlight on max, contrast around 90, colour and brightness around 60 - 70 each, white balance neutral, and I've knocked the hue a couple of stops away from green into red. I also turned down the two green sliders slightly in the advanced settings. I think I have white booster on high too, in an attempt to lift the blandness I'm experiencing. All the other filters are off.
Is this to be expected in SD? Only my 8 year old 28" Sony CRT gives a much more satisfying picture with its inbuilt freeview tuner, not as sharp granted.
Comments welcome.