I'm playing alot of SOCOM confrontation on the ps3 on my sony Z series.My buddy plays the same game on an older smaller samsung.Some of the maps on the game are at night and when he comes over he says that he can see good enough to shoot on his tv without turning on night vision in the game.He says his tv has some picture option that makes things brighter and clearer than mine and he swears that it's not a dynamic or vivid mode.My tv kicks his tv's butt in every aspect so i figure that if what he says is accurate then i must have my tv picture settings wrong.Can anyone give me a good base setting for ps3 games?Also i have seen the setting thread for this tv and i'm confused.The same settings for games and blu-ray cant possibly apply to regular HD cable.Also,if you are watching blu-ray the damn cinemotion has to be off in order to allow the tv to bump the 1080p/24f up to it's 120hz refresh rate.This applies a 5:5 optimal pulldown rate.Motion enhancer should be off for blu-ray as well but nobody mentions that.Really i just want the best picture possible from my cable HD and my ps3 and i'm looking for some clarification as to what settings work for games and what works for HD TV veiwing

To make dark games easier to see, try using the gamma corrector. Normally I don't like using the gamma corrector for video, but it does help alot with dark games. Try setting it to medium or high. Just be aware that will not be good for anything but games. Also, make sure the PS3 RGB output setting is set to limited rather than expanded.

i dont believe i saw a gamma corrector in the options for a sony kdl46z4100,also there is a guy who developed an image you can download that when you view it on your ps3 it tells you if your tv is rgb full capable and another image that tells you if your tv is compatible with the super white setting.my tv is set up for both full rgb and super white

Could be you were not in the right mode to see the gamma corrector...
CNet: "More advanced settings, which can't be adjusted while in the Vivid preset but can on the other three, include a white balance control to further tune color temperature, a gamma setting, and a few other adjustments that we generally left turned off for best picture quality."
I am not familiar with the image for determining RGB performance. It may be the case that while your TV is compatible with it, it still may not be optimal if your TV has been calibrated for Blu Rays to look right. In other words, with most TVs, using limited makes games match Blu Rays and DVDs in brightness, whereas using full makes games too dark compared to Blu Rays and DVDs.

Oh yeah,i guess i just forgot about that setting since i have never touched it!I'm going to give limited RGB a try and see what happens

Well, Limited helped with the game issue but i noticed something else.I used some settings i found in in the z series calibration thread and i noticed some serious motion blur that was never there before.I believe motion enhancer was set at standard and cinemotion was on auto.Before this i had done some research on games and motion flow/cinemotion and everything i saw told me not to use either when gaming.What is your opinion on the subject?

You can't get rid of motion blur on LCDs - it's part of the technology. You can make it worse with some combinations of settings, though. Why don't you just put the settings back to what you were using before when the motion blur wasn't so noticeable? If you forgot to write them down... well... don't do that! Always record previous settings so you can go back if you make a bad choice.

Also... this topic is not appropriate for the Display Calibration thread - read the "original" sticky post that describes the purpose of this thread - it is to discuss display calibraiton - that means with meters and software.... technical calibration, not making user menu settings. Your gaming issues are best addressed in the owner's thread for your display or for the PS3. The One And Only PS3 As Blu-ray Player" thread has recommended settings for playing Blu-ray discs on a PS3 and in my experience, those work fine with games as well.