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#1 ·
The following was taken from a different thread as I couldn't understand why everyone prefers Cinema Mode instead of Standard Mode when Standard looks much better to me personally.


Question, why do most recommend using the different Cinema/Movie modes? The colors look much more accurate on my PN42B450 on Standard than they do on Cinema.

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Originally Posted by zspec1 /forum/post/16315664


Most tv sets cinema mode are setup closer to the d65k standard. I recommend you watch it in cinema mode for a couple of days, then switch to standard and tell us if you think it still looks better in standard mode.
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Originally Posted by mcjasonb /forum/post/16315899


yes, movie mode is the way to go. at first i wasn't so sure, but it is definitely the best. especially if you're watching in very low light conditions.

First off, what is d65k standard? I have said it before that I am new to all of this and I do not plan on having any professional calibration done so the only thing I have to go by is my eyes. Hopefully there are enough PN**B450 owners here to contribute to this. If you can all share your picture settings and maybe give a brief description of your setup and viewing style (cable stb/satellite, dvd/Blu-ray, Standard Mode/Cinema, day/night, standard definition/hd and such)


I am interested to read some replies and see what everyone prefers. Thanks
 
#2 ·
Glad to see another PN**B450 owner. Hope we can get an owners thread going. I am new to all this HD stuff too. I just got my tv about 2 weeks ago and started reading up on HD a few weeks before that. I have read a lot of information but it is still an open question as to how much better informed I am. Disclaimer: I am new to this hd stuff and merely express my opinion and point of view. I have no expertise and will be wrong often. There are many experts in this forum and they should be taken seriously.


To your first point about Modes; from my point of view there are 2 main camps when it comes to adjusting the settings. One says the proper setting is the one that will reproduce the most accurate representation of what the original author intended. The other is "I want what looks best to me and my eyes and the original author be damned, "accuracy" is not important to me". They both have merits and everyone has to decide where they stand.


The d65k standard is what the "video engineers" have decided is the proper light level for all shades of grayscale. It seems to be the "holy grail" of settings. This link explains it much better than I can. cavx.blogspot.com/2008/09/d6500k-and-why-it-is-so-important.html . (Sorry for the poor URL I am not yet permitted to post URLs.)


I don't plan on having a professional cal done either. It would cost about half of the price of the tv, and my picture may not be perfect but it looks very good to me.


There are many ways to cal your own set. You could buy a cal disk and use it to cal your set. There are several and the Digital Video Essential (DVE) and Avia seem to be the most popular. Both are available on amazon and many other places. I have used the DVE disk and would suggest that if you are not the type of person who will RTFM and spend a couple hours preparing to do the cal you would probably be happier with the avia disk. I have not used the avia disk. I have seen links to some free downloadable disks but don't have the link right now. You can also use the THX optimizer that is on most/all pixar disks.


I have a stb (SA explorer3250HD), blu ray dvd.

My settings at the current time (subject to change)

Mode: Standard

Cell Light: 5

Contrast: 75

Brightness: 49

Sharpness: 0

Color: 49

Tint: 49/51

Advanced:

Black Tone: Off

Dynamic Contrast: Off

Gamma: 0

Color Space: Auto

White Balance : all set to default (25)

Flesh Tone: 0

Edge Enhancement: Off

Picture Options:

Color Tone: Normal

Size: 16:9

Digital NR: Low

HDMI Black Level: Normal

Film Mode: Off

Screen Burn Protection: On 2sec pixel shift

I am not married to most of those settings but seem to work for now and will change if I find a good rationale.


The room where I have the tv is fairly dark with no direct light on the screen. There is some indirect light from the other rooms.


Hope we get a lot of owners to contribute to the conversation.
 
#3 ·
Thanks for the d65k info. I've read about the various cal disks on here but as of right now I have no plans to purchase one because the picture looks pretty darn good to me.


zspec1, I did watch several different sources in Cinema Mode lastnight and now during the day and I still think that it looks better and significantly more natural in Standard.


I'm not sure which model it is but I've got a Motorola HDMI stb from Comcast, Panasonic dvd player using Y,Pr,Pb/Y,Cr,Cb components (also set Tint G/R to normal or 50/50 on this source only) and I'm running everything through a Yamaha receiver.


Picture Settings


Mode: Standard

Cell Light: 10

Contrast: 77

Brightness: 44

Sharpness: 29

Color: 56

Tint (G/R): G53/R47


Advanced Settings


Black Tone: Off

Dynamic Contrast: Off

Gamma: 0

Color Space: Native

White Balance: -----

Flesh Tone: 0

Edge Enhancement: Off


Picture Options


Color Tone: Normal

Size: 16:9

Digital NR: Auto

HDMI Black Level: Normal

Film Mode: Off


Screen Burn Protection


Pixel Shift: On / Horizontal 2 / Vertical 2 / Time 2 min.

Scrolling

Side Gray: Light


x2 the last part of what you said. I am not married to most of those settings either LOL My room is fairly dark with no direct light on the screen but there is some indirect light from the other rooms.


Thanks for posting your settings.
 
#4 ·
I have my B450 set to Standard now, and it has been for about a week or so. I switched around to Movie mode but didn't like it. The colors didn't seem better at all. All it did was like dim the image to be "better" viewed in low light conditions... apparently.


I don't think it's a better mode at all necessarily.
 
#5 ·
Hey guys just got the PN42B450 today. Haven't set it up yet(gonna wait until later when it gets a little cooler in my room because it's too hot in here) but i was wondering something. Is it ok for the sun to be beaming on the plasma whether it's off or on? Just wanted to know if the sun beaming on a plasma will damage it in anyway.
 
#6 ·
Well, I've been experimenting and I've learned that by changing the default Color Tone setting in Movie Mode from Warm2 to Normal it makes the color much more accurate atleast to my eyes and appears to be very close to my Standard Mode settings. I still prefer my Standard Mode settings because the blacks seem blacker but there does appear to be slightly better shadow detail in the blacks on Movie Mode which does use a higher brightness.
 
#7 ·

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Originally Posted by Googashlak /forum/post/16356987


Hey guys just got the PN42B450 today. Haven't set it up yet(gonna wait until later when it gets a little cooler in my room because it's too hot in here) but i was wondering something. Is it ok for the sun to be beaming on the plasma whether it's off or on? Just wanted to know if the sun beaming on a plasma will damage it in anyway.

I'm not sure. If you start a new thread I'm sure that someone will definitely be able to give you the correct answer.
 
#8 ·
the 4 series must be a totally different animal. when i set my 560 to any of the settings you guys listed my eyeballs start to hurt. either the set is just very different or i just like a darker picture.


my 560 on movie move with contrast in the high 60's/low 70's, and brightness in the low 50's(on my cable STB input) and low 40's(on my ps3 hdmi input) looks very accurate to me. anything i watch feels like it just looks right. my set looks very good right out of the box. i set my contrast and brightness to those levels, sharpness at 0 gamma at -1 and all enhancements are off, and that's it. i feel no need to mess with any of the color settings.


i didn't want to post here since i have a b5 series and not a b4 series, but you quoted me in your original post.
 
#9 ·

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Originally Posted by Plasma Donor /forum/post/16322442


zspec1, I did watch several different sources in Cinema Mode lastnight and now during the day and I still think that it looks better and significantly more natural in Standard.
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Originally Posted by dallows /forum/post/16356704


I have my B450 set to Standard now, and it has been for about a week or so. I switched around to Movie mode but didn't like it. The colors didn't seem better at all. All it did was like dim the image to be "better" viewed in low light conditions... apparently.


I don't think it's a better mode at all necessarily.

That's ok, some people prefer the standard mode as opposed to the more accurate movie mode. In the end it's up to what you like best.
 
#11 ·
Hey zspec1,


If you read post #6 I do agree with you now. The problem was that the default Color Tone setting in Movie Mode is set at Warm2 which has horrible color in my opinion but when you switch from Warm2 to Normal the colors are really natural and very close to the picture of my Standard Mode settings.
 
#12 ·
Mode- Movie

Cell light-5

Contrast-90

Brightness-50

Sharpness-0

Color-50

Tint-G50/R50


Advanced

Black tone- off

Dynamic-off

Gamma+1

Color space-auto


White valence

R offset 21

G offset 25

B offset 19

R gain 23

G gain 25

B gain 30


Flesh tone- 0

Edge enhancement- off


Picture options

Color tone- warm2

Size- 16:9

Digital NR- auto

HDMI black level- low

Film mode- auto


My 450B is not professionly calibrated. I do have a Pioneer Elite 151 and Sammy 650 LCD that is professionaly calibrated. These settings I use on my B is as close as I can get them to the other two. The blacks on the B are no where close but the color is pretty close to both the Pioneer and the other Sammy.
 
#13 ·

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Originally Posted by zspec1 /forum/post/16361212


That's ok, some people prefer the standard mode as opposed to the more accurate movie mode. In the end it's up to what you like best.

Given that this thread alone already has mutliple people with different settings resulting in different (accurate) calibration I think it's pretty rude and well, asinine of you to make a statement like that.
 
#16 ·
hey all, I have the 42a450 that has that pink hue problem on the whites, well after 2 panel replacements and still have the problem, samsung decided to replace my tv with the 42b450 and I was wondering if they fixed the problem on these. I dont what anyone to look real hard for it because I dont want you to notice anything that you didnt notice before, so in casual looking say when there is a comercial like verizon that has a all white background do you notice and pink hue in the whites. besides that the a450 had a nice picture so Im sure the b450 looks even better
, thanks
 
#17 ·
As per "Super Calibrator" Doug Blackburn in many Sammy threads the only proper setting for Cell is 10. Anything lower than that does weird thing to the gamma curve and throws thing off. He explains it's a hold over from the LCD line so they can use the same menu and all it does is limit how bright the cell can get.


If you search Cell Light I'm sure it will come up.
 
#18 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by kanpol /forum/post/16372914


hey all, I have the 42a450 that has that pink hue problem on the whites, well after 2 panel replacements and still have the problem, samsung decided to replace my tv with the 42b450 and I was wondering if they fixed the problem on these. I dont what anyone to look real hard for it because I dont want you to notice anything that you didnt notice before, so in casual looking say when there is a comercial like verizon that has a all white background do you notice and pink hue in the whites. besides that the a450 had a nice picture so Im sure the b450 looks even better
, thanks

Hi kanpol,


First off, I think that you will really like your new set. Secondly, I am by no means a videophile so take this for what it's worth but I have seen alot of

A450's and have been able to see better blacks and really nice color on the

B450's. I don't think that I've seen the Verizon commercial you mention or I just don't remember it but I do watch alot of hockey and the ice looks white white to me. I can clearly see the differences between the pinks and blues from arena light reflections and other parts of the rink where the ice is white white.
 
#20 ·
thank you plasma donor for the replay, I really liked a A450 picture was just the pink that got to me and since you say its not there and the blacks are even darker yahoo cant wait


Do you know if its has the 3d capability that the A450 did. On the back of the tv where all the hdmi and the rest of inputs are there is a input that looks like a "s" cable goes there and it says "3d sync out". just wondering because on the website it doesnt mention it but half the stuff on it is wrong
thnaks
 
#24 ·
the a450 and now the b450 have 3d capability, its the samething samsungs dlp had with the 3d. You have to buy the unit which comes with special 3d glasses. You need a pc. you hook your pc to your tv except the cable from your graphics card connects to the unit and then the unit plugs into the 3d sync input you play the game or movie on your pc put on the glasses and walah 3d on your tv.Supposedly you can hook up two glasses and play 2 people but its not split screen you each get your own screen. If you goto nvidias website you can find more information on it. from what I've seen it looks pretty cool especially if you are a gamer

link to nvidia http://www.nvidia.com/object/GeForce...sion_Main.html
 
#25 ·

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Originally Posted by Plasma Donor /forum/post/16374047


Hey tigerfan33,


You definitely prefer a darker picture than I do. I tried your settings and everything looks green to me (which I notice on all Warm2 settings so far) also the blacks are way too much and I lost all shadow detail. What is your viewing area like?


My tv is in my bedroom about 12ft. viewing distance with one lamp with a 40w bulb. Only watch this tv at night.

I should add that copying settings is pointless because no panel is the same.
 
#26 ·
I have been reading posts in AVS and saw this post. I wonder how other people feel about setting the cell at 10 and never changing it. Cell 10 is the only setting that should EVER be used!


"Cell Light is a bogus setting Samsung added to fill an empty hole in their Menu system. Like all LCD panels, Samsung LCDs have a Backlight control that changes the brightness of the illumination behind the LCD panel. Plasma TVs don't have a backlight. Samsung wanted to use the same menu system in their LCDs and plasmas for simplicity's sake. So they dreamed up Cell Light. Which does nothing useful... at all.


As you increase the Cell Light setting, you stretch out the grayscale steps in below 25% white or so, and above 75% white or so, you compress grayscale steps so you end up losing both shadow and highlight detail. The Luminance curve becomes "S" shaped the lower you set Cell Light and "3" is a VERY low setting.


Samsung appparently realized that they screwed this up as early production panels had very large, very negative amounts of change between Cell Light = 10 and Cell Light = 0. At some point during production, they changed something and the later models have a much less pronounced change in response to altering the Cell Light setting... but STILL, the Cell Light setting DAMAGES the response of the panel even in newer production units. The only setting that give the correct response from the panel is "10" which is where Cell Light should be set and left forever."

The poster is Doug Blackburn and a certified ISF tech. This is his website. dbtheatrical.com

I am not qualified to evaluate his position but have never seen ANYONE recommend that the Cell 10 is the ONLY proper setting.
 
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