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Just got the" 42 G 20,Im wondering what the best settings are?I sit 4m away and have 360 BD player,ps3,skyhd + a Denon 1910 receiver,thanks folks!

 

[Anonymous]

you could try these ....
Mode: THX Contrast 36
Brightness: 0 Colour:
30 Sharpness:
0 Vivid
colours Off Eco-format Off P-NR Off Intelligent Frame Creation On/Off Panel
On R-gain
+3 G-gain
-2 B-gain
0 R-cutoff
+2 G-cutoff
-1 B-cutoff
0

 

[Frank Harvey]

The best settings for any TV or projector will always be different due to varying ambient light and how much your room reflects light back to the screen. Even if you found the best settings, these settings wouldn't suit both daytime viewing and night time viewing, so if your TV has a memory for a few different settings, it's worth playing with them and storing settings for sunny day time, cloudy day time, and dark night time viewing.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

I know Maxflinn is trying to help (and we have had this discussion before) But I would strongly discourage you from adjusting the RGB Gain/Offset(cutoff) without the use of a colouromiter as this will affect the whole white ballance of the TV and this con't be done by eye.

A good starting point is to use the THX test paterns found on numerious DVDs as from my experience there is not a set of settings that will work on every TV(even the same model) as there are many other factors involved in calibrating you TV correctly.

 

[Anonymous]

good point david , i should have added the usual caveat , these settings are for hd in a dimly lit envoirement

somewhere to start anyways ...

 

[D.J.KRIME]

maxflinn:

Mode:
THX

Contrast
36

Brightness:
0

Colour:
30

Sharpness:
0

Vivid colours
Off

Eco-format
Off

P-NR
Off

Intelligent Frame Creation
On/Off

Panel
On

R-gain
+3

G-gain
-2

B-gain
0

R-cutoff
+2

G-cutoff
-1

B-cutoff
0

Having had a chance to have a closer look at these settings I can't see how the adjustments to the greyscale (RGB gain/offset) can be correct as when making any adjustments to the whiteballance of a TV the Green is never altered and adjustments are made to the red and blue which inturn alter the green, so seeing as these settings tell you to alter the Green in both Gain and offset I would be very dubious indeed.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

For a indepth and informative read about just how to properly calibrate your TV and just how your TVs greyscale affects other aspects of your TVs picture have a read HERE

 

[Anonymous]

i got those settings from a website that rhymes with fatcamels

...

ive used their settings for my g10 , and to me its a great picture , ive messed around with the settings myself too , but nothing looked better than those settings , i just will not pay for a calibration , 99% of people probably wont either ..

the reviewer on that site certainly seems to know his stuff dj , id be surprised if hes changing something he shouldnt be ..

 

[D.J.KRIME]

Maxflinn, if you read through the site on the link I posted you will see what I mean

To quote"Note that we only adjust red and blue. Green is typically the reference and should be left alone as adjusting the green RGBHighEnd control (and balancing the red and blue levels to match) has the same effect as simply adjusting the overall contrast."

I'm not in anyway sugesting that the vast majority of people will opt for a trained calibrator to visit their home, but for a small investment of say £100ish for a colourometer/sensor you will be amazed just how good you can get your TV looking. I'm merly trying to point out that after having calibrated many TVs using ColorHCFR and my Spyder that I have never once altered the Green Gain/Offset levels to obtain as near to D65 as the TV could muster.

 

[Anonymous]

sure dj , no problem ..

i wish you lived near me