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Originally Posted by jmiller284 /t/1395734/official-samsung-unxxeh6000-owners-thread/1560#post_22768736
I have the CH02 panel and was wondering where I can find the preferred calibration settings for this panel? I have the 55EH6001 and would I would like to compare my settings to the CH02 suggested settings... I use STANDARD mode and found that this looks better than MOVIE. I thought I read a post that chicolom posted about this ....?
Questions / comments I have after reading through these posts...
1) I ran into an issue initially setting my screen size to "Screen Fit" while watching cable on a STB. I began seeing white lines at the very top of the screen during some commercials. I spoke to someone at Best Buy and he said that you should always set the screen size to "16:9" while watching cable and "Screen Fit" when watching BluRay. The reason he said was due to the white lines at the top actually containing information. When stations broadcast an HD signal they always "block" it to fit 16:9 so the space above and below is not used .... This is why I set mine to 16:9 and it looks good.
2) The Dynamic Contrast issue ... I see that many of here have it set to OFF. I tried it and it seems to dull down the PQ.. I turned it back up to MEDIUM and got more of that "pop" that was almost like a Dynamic mode (but in Standard) ... What does this feature do?
3) HDMI black level is always greyed out and is set to Normal. Why can't I change this?
4) I read on here that someone said the Eco-Solution in Standard mode cannot be bypassed .. ? I was able to turn it off in the settings I show above. Am I missing something?
5) What is the purpose of the Gamma setting, and should it be changed?
6) I tried the settings for MOVIE that some have suggested and found the scenes to have a dull and almost Olive colored appeance (including the people) ... This is why I prefer Standard.
7) I really haven't tweaked any tone/hue aside from changing color to 35..
8) Why does the Sharpness setting not really make that much of a difference? I honestly cannot see a difference between the '50' setting and the '10' setting that some suggest?
9) Without going to the "DYNAMIC" setting, is there a way other than the way I have calibrated to achieve that bright / vivid picture that is comparable to LCD or Plasma?
10) The CH02 calibration tables I would like to see these as well ...
1) "16:9"
overscans the image, "Screen Fit" is
1:1 pixel mapping. 1:1 will always be sharper. The only time you need to use 16:9 is if the image doesn't fill up the entire screen and you can see the borders around the image.
2) Dynamic contrast defeats the purpose of calibration, and I'll explain why. The purpose of calibrating brightness and contrast is so that you can accurately set the black and white points so that all the image information fills up the available space without clipping any information. As soon as you turn on Dynamic Contrast, the TV takes control over those black and white points and moves them around on it's own, usually in ways that cause the image to clip. Highlights get blown out and blacks get crushed. Whereas a calibrated image will show subtle shades of darks and whites, with dynamic contrast the subtle shades get pushed into clipping, which makes very light grey turn into pure white, and very dark grey turn into pure black. The image appears brighter as a result (pure white is brighter than light grey) but at an obvious cost of losing image information (those subtle shades are lost, which was the point of calibrating in the first place).
3) Short answer is, "if it's greyed out, don't worry about it." For the longer explanation see the "calibration" link in my sig.
4) They probably meant that
automatic backlight dimming can not be bypassed in Standard. The other eco solutions also affect the backlight, but the first one just manually cuts the backlight brightness to 50%, 25% and the minimum settings. The Eco Sensor uses a light sensor to gauge the brightness of the room and lower the backlight accordingly. If your calibrating you should leave them both off and just set the backlight yourself.
5) Gamma is a little complex. It affects the intensity of shades in between black and white. Setting too high will cause the picture to wash out and setting it too low will cause the picture to be too dark. It can be difficult to set by eye, so you probably shouldn't mess with it unless you know what you're trying to do with it.
6) Not sure what you mean. After I compensated for the differences between them, my Movie and Standard mode look basically identically to each other.
8) There is a difference but you need to be displaying very fine 1080p material, like PC text, in order to see the edge enhancements come and go. Being close to the screen helps too.
9) LED TVs
are LCDs, so I think the picture already is "comparable" to an LCD.
Plasmas usually have lower light output, and LCDs are usually brighter. If you keep lowering the room lighting you should be able to get eye-strain from the TV. I'm not sure what else to say, as the picture already looks bright/vivid to me.