Ok .. well I guess I am at 1080i on my tv from the cable box.
But I maybe cannot use Full Pixel .. as I get white items at the top of the screen at times. So .. I need to use one of the other settings. I had the same issue last night.
Wondering if someone can help me .. I watched a calibration disk and they talked about "Blue Mode".
I am still learning this stuff .. but is there any way to do it with the KDL-55W790B (KDL-55W800B) ? I have it hooked up to an Onkyo TX-NR525 via hdmi and don't know if I can filter it there.
Your TV doesn't have a blue mode that's largely a carryover from CRT days don't sweat it and don't worry about blue filters either , Which calibration disc are you using ? Without a Colorimeter the best you can do is try setting optimal black levels .016 First and optimising some basic adjustments .B4 anything start out with all ECO settings off if present in eco settings and max out contrast (picture ) and backlight . then bringing up the brightness so black and shadow details arent crushed and whites and bright colors aren't clipping looking soft or washing out.
Try running the set top box to TV direct w/o the Onkyo (they have known HDMI issues) and see if the white things on top of the screen disappear another thing is try the pixel setting at +1 see what happens, beyond that you may have other issues some oddball cable systems or boxes work better like that . What cable or sat system are you on and what box ?
Try this for a Sony ,
start here see how you like it (see below) ..................should present accurate colors and provide depth.
Just put set in Cinema mode + neut color + max out back light and contrast (picture )
+ turn on cine mode auto, Cinema mode takes care of color management for you disables cp. you don't need.brings gamma into line and gives best picture also . note: warm color temp may be more accurate try it and see if U like and it doesent push red to much, Similar settings in General mode may be fine also .
Make sure any ECO power saving (ECO menu ) auto brightness/back light etc (everything in there ) if present is off .
in screen menu set 1:1 pixel (full pixel) auto display and 4:3 default off and auto wide on
note : start out with color and brightness about 53- 55 or so and adjust to preference but not so high as to over saturate the color, cause blooming or make the blacks grey. (small adjustments here are good big ones are not . )
60 would probably be the maximum color and brightness levels in daylight.
Lastly download and use Sony color blind test to fine tune brightness and color saturation (use the red and blue videos)
It's very clever and works very well! Play them on TV USB or from PC with HDMI to HDMI or DVI-D to HDMI
and copy final brightness and color saturation results to all inputs and modes you are using it works better than a disc for those 2 adjustments sometimes .
Sony Pixel and wide mode settings
Home >settings> screen in screen menu set 1:1 pixel (full pixel) auto display and 4:3 default off and auto wide on Note some oddball CATV/SAT boxes work better at scaling to edge of screen with a +1 pixel setting
Wide mode Full is default 16:9 HD or unaltered 4:3 with pillar bars on each side . default
Zoom will fill out screen with 4.3 or DVD wlth least distortion best to leave upscale DVD, DVD Blue Ray ,or any Netflix ,Amazon stream, in 16:9 Wide Mode Full and live with the letter bars I never use it except some 4:3 .
Wide Zoom murders just about every thing I never use it . .
When you stretch or alter a picture ,or pixel setting is off of 1:1 you can loose ½ resolution no big deal on 4:3 though .