I was gonna post a thread asking for best calibration settings for my tv but i don't know exactly what model it is. I bought it off of craigslist and it didn't come with a manual. All i know is that it's a 1080i 32" CRT HDTV Samsung. Is

Greetings

Model numbers are kinda found behind the TV like on most appliances in people's homes. Been like that for 50 years.

This is the wrong place to ask for settings. A test disc will get you to your best settings. Take the time to get the disc and follow the instructions. We are here to help if you don't understand.

If you are lazy ... then go to the LCD forum area and copy away other people's settings. Sort of like copying other people's combination lock numbers and hoping they might help you.

Get a disc ... learn it ... get better results in little time.

Copying settings and taking way more time ... and never knowing where you end up.

I am reminded of what we did at the CEDIA show this year. Teaching people to use the THX optimode and getting them to a better image in 5 minutes. 5 minutes ...

Regards

Look at the box? Look at the label?

And what he said, copying settings is not calibration.

Take a picture of the product label on the back fro the model info:)

And like ChrisWiggles said copying setting is not in any way "calibration"

The picture and its numerical values for each display are not going to be close enough for you to use someones elses numbers and get the same result.

Panels are just not made to exact enough tolerances to all share the same settings.

Beyond that you source components might not be the same as others , so those setting do no extend to your equipments proper setting IE. my dvd player might need different settings on my TV than yours evem if we have the same model, and even if I hooked it up to your TV it is not the same as your dvd players proper settings.


That is why I along with other use tools like a test/ calibration disc to "calibrate" our set to the properly mastered levels from a known good source to adjust for each of our different setups.

Failing that and on a crt, too much "contrast" ( white level) is a fine way to distort a image, as is too high of a color setting or "sharpness"

We don't tend to "eyeball" sets to adjust to our tastes, but without a calibration disc or a signal generator, that is basically all you are doing and that is not the proper way.