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Calibrating An HDTV

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Originally posted by: tenshodo13
Holy. The Black Looks like Pure Black. I was flabbergasted.
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That is good. The HLS set's black levels are on par with LCD screens. :thumbsdown:

I kinda learned everything I should have known about hdtv's after I made a purchase. Even still, I believe leds are the future of dlp sets. The HLS set is good for most everything, just not dark scenes. But I watched the blu-ray Goodfellas the other night, and enjoyed it. That movie, though, certainly exploits the benefits of movie mode, while all other modes were awful, the reds were unbelievably overblown in the dark scenes.

My master plan is to make enough money this year so I can just buy the newer led dlp set without having to worry about the money. 😉 Then I enjoy the best of all worlds.




If the HLT set is like the HLS set for color banding, they will be most prominent in faces, and in dark, out of focus backgrounds. Again you will have to be in any other mode than movie mode to really notice it (if it's present).
 
I have a question. There is a setting to Optimize blacks. Should I turn it off, or go to low, high, medium, or high? I switched around and there are differences, which are kind of hard to explain..
 
Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I have a question. There is a setting to Optimize blacks. Should I turn it off, or go to low, high, medium, or high? I switched around and there are differences, which are kind of hard to explain..
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Not present in the HLS model, so you're on your own there.
 
AVS recommends calibrating as soon as possible. Not PROFESSIONAL calibration, preferably DVE or AVIA, though you can use the THX optimizer included with some movies, though it's not as good as DVE or AVIA. You generally want to run the TV for 100-200 hours before professional calibration. I think plasmas need 200, but everything else is 100. I'm not sure, so I'd join the avsforum and post the question in the calibration forum.

ETA: If you have an HD-DVD player, they now have a HD-DVD disk of DVD http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=827235&page=1&pp=60 Apparently, it treats the colors differently than a standard disc, so if you have a HD-DVD player, you'd want to get this one instead.
 
Originally posted by: tenshodo13
Originally posted by: Fritzo
My Samsung LCD has an autocalibrate feature that works really well.
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I don't trust auto settings for things such as HDTV's. Too many settings to mess with.
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You don't trust auto settings? What...is it going to steal your social security number or something? Just use the damn thing, if it doesn't look the way you like, make adjustments. Geeze.
 
Start with these settings:
Digital NR - OFF
DNIe - Off
Mode - Movie
Contrast - 40
Brightness - 45
Sharpness - 0
Color - 45
Tint - G50/R50
Color Tone - Warm2


As others have mentioned, get AVIA or DVE. There's an HD DVD out, but you don't mention your sources.

The Samsungs are great. Remember, each viewing mode (Movie, Standard, Dynamic, Custom) can be set up differently as well as each input. So you'll have to calibrate each input and viewing mode. As for any sources that you have (DVD, HD DVD, Bluray Disc players), turn off any auto picture adjustments.
 
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