New Sharp Aquos 720P LCD hurts eyes???

[steppinthrax]

Ok I'm comming from a regular TV. I just got today a Sharp Aquos 42" 720P LCD TV. The tv seems to be nice. However when watching HD programs for a while I notice my eyes kind of hurt. Is this the adjustment my body has to do or something...

 

[s44]

Have you turned down the brightness to more sane levels?

 

[destrekor]

you have to tone down the brightness, gotta back it off from the retina-burning mode.

 

[alfa147x]

don't watch it inches from the screen..

 

[alfa147x]

Oh how do you like it? I just bought a 1080p 32'' LCD this morning for $950 after tax

 

[zinfamous]

like they said, turn down brightness + contrast to normal levels (the factory settings are juiced)

...and it will happen as you adjust to your new set. I went from 27" fishbowl TV to 42" plasma this time last year, and my eyes burned for a few days
it wasn't brightness issue either, as I had everything way low for the initial weaning period..

 

[alfa147x]

i say turn up the brightness and wear sunglasses !

 

[Shadowknight]

Turn down the contrast. You may need to turn down the brightness as well, but it's high contrast that'll kill your eyes. Use a calibration disc, or see if you have a THX movie in your collection. It'll have a THX optimizer on the disc you can use to help properly set contrast and brightness.

 

[Wuzup101]

^^^ As above... usually contrast is jacked up beyond belief from the factory. My samsung 4065F sets came with the backlight on 10/10 and the contrast at 100/100 (so max for both). Needless to say, lowering the contrast a bit and putting the back light at about 5/10 is much more reasonable in my home (even with moderate ambient light).

 

[destrekor]

my sharp 32" 720p LCD had a high factory setting for backlight, but not really so much of a high value for brightness and contrast. Those two values are relatively close to what they are right now, and the settings have been calibrated. The backlight was at +16 (-16 through +16 was the range). That was retina burning for an LCD. lol Now I believe its somewhere between -8 and 0 (haven't looked at the settings in forever).