Official LNXXA550 Calibration/Settings Thread - Page 98

Originally Posted by mzupeman

Awesome. It's cheap compared to what I've been looking at, too. Thanks a ton!

Originally Posted by mzupeman

So the one for $100 you should me only tilts downward, but the second one will tilt either way?

What I'm doing this for, is basically to get this TV off the stand that has the TV at viewing height. My wife and I want to have a kid, so I'm planning ahead so these expenses don't just creep up on us. It will be a little above viewing height, and I really will only have one set of component cables plugged into the TV, and one HDMI cable, as everything will be running through a receiver. The component cables I use are of decent quality, somebody bought them for me years ago as a gift and are THX, and aren't incredibly flexible. Once I get the cables in, I won't need/want regular access to the back of the TV. I just don't want to spend a ton of money on a mount that could potentially bend the cable to a point where it might not be ideal for the life of the cable. So the concern I have is only this respect. I know there are some mounts out there that allow you to pull it away from the wall a little bit, anything like that in the $200 range? Tilt will absolutely be important as well, but the ability to pull it away from the wall a bit would be SWEET. I'll spend more if I have to, I'm more about convenience than anything I guess.

Originally Posted by mzupeman

Well, scratch that then. I'd most likely only have the two studs to attach the TV to. I guess I'm really not concerned about it, as long as the cables can get in the TV without harming the cable by bending it at TOO much of an angle, I'm good.

Originally Posted by muusicguy

I regretfully upgraded my 1002.1 firmware to 1006.1 to make the quality of SD content better for my girlfriend, but Im pretty sure it made my HD content look worse. I know there is no way to roll back the driver, but there is way to reset the settings to 1002.1 firmware. As I learnt from my 61f, all firmware updates do is change the settings within the service menu. If someone with 1002.1 can take pictures of all the settings within all the menus, we all can have a way to use 1002.1 firmware settings. They can take a picture of all menus, their values, and post it here. It does not harm your TV to go into the Service Menu if you dont change anything that shouldnt be changed, nor does it void your warranty.

Originally Posted by Pagoona

I tried clicq's calibrations for firmware 1000-102.2 and it looked incredible. The only difference I had to make was to turn energy saving off, because it looked a little too dim in my room. Then I realized my firmware was 1008.0, so I tried his calibration 1006.1 (I've read that there are no discernable differences between 1006-1008) and it didn't look nearly as good. Has anybody else experienced the same results as me?

Originally Posted by skunkybeer

i am not a calibrator or an expert on anything, but...

I have been reading the comments that one calibration setting that is great on one set will look different on another. I can say with personal experience that this is true. On my 46 incher, i used all the calibration settings on this forum, only to find none of them really quite fit the bill for my set, especially with color accuracy and white balance.

However, as a layperson, i was able to tweak out some beautiful settings of my own with minimal equipment, and i encourage any frustrated person out there to use the best tool you have. Your own eyes. Starting with black adjust at low and gamma -2 (borrowed from someone else's settings and really helped my blacks and popping), i set color space to auto or native, depending on which looked accurate to me (auto for broadcast tv and native for dvd). Used thx calibration from star wars dvd for color, tint, brightness, contrast. Then i adjusted white balance based on what i saw - found a channel or dvd program playing a bright, outdoor daylight scene and adjusted rgb offset to get any discoloring out of black (25's made mine look slightly green) and rgb gains to make white look white (made small adjustments, nothing major here). 1008.1 firmware. Came out with a very satisfying result! Keep the backlight between 3 and 6, try to not go higher. For me, this turned out far better than someone else's settings and only took about 20-30 minutes of my time. Lighting in scenes looks natural now and colors stand out nicely. Be warned, however, that on tv broadcasts, some channels (fox, nbc) look great while local channels sometimes look greenish or not quite right - well, it's what they are broadcasting, not my tv.

This is, of course, not to downplay professional calibration. I greatly respect someone's ability to do what i could never do. I just can't afford that. So, for someone who is not a pro and just isn't happy with other people's settings, go make your own anyway, imho. You will feel better about it, i hope.

I won't post my numbers. They won't look good on your tv. My white balance adjustments were small, though. Tv is a "c" panel (if you still think that makes a difference) and manufactured in late january 2009.

Super happy with samsung.

Originally Posted by Volturnus

Greetings,

For a little over half an year I own an Samsung LE32A557P2F ever since then I barely used it due to being very busy.

Recently I started enjoying the TV a bit more, got a Ps3 and X360 hooked up via hdmi aswel.

What I was looking for were the optimal settings to use with the tv, since im kinda terrible with them, however im not sure if this is the right thread despite my tv being a 5series model, its not a LN but LE starting product number.

The current firmware on the tv is 1022.0 which got installed about 10 minutes ago, in the opening post I only saw 1002.0 settings, which seems to be outdated, or are these still fine?

Any new configurations for the 1022.0 firmware?

Originally Posted by skunkybeer

I am NOT a calibrator or an expert on anything, BUT...

I have been reading the comments that one calibration setting that is great on one set will look different on another. I can say with personal experience that this is true. On my 46 incher, I used all the calibration settings on this forum, only to find none of them really quite fit the bill FOR MY SET, especially with color accuracy and white balance.

However, as a layperson, I was able to tweak out some beautiful settings of my own with minimal equipment, and I encourage any frustrated person out there to use the best tool you have. Your own eyes. Starting with Black Adjust at Low and Gamma -2 (borrowed from someone else's settings and really helped my blacks and popping), I set color space to auto or native, depending on which looked accurate to me (auto for broadcast TV and native for DVD). Used THX calibration from Star Wars DVD for color, tint, brightness, contrast. Then I adjusted white balance based on what I saw - found a channel or DVD program playing a bright, outdoor daylight scene and adjusted RGB offset to get any discoloring out of black (25's made mine look slightly green) and RGB gains to make white look white (made small adjustments, nothing major here). 1008.1 Firmware. Came out with a very satisfying result! Keep the backlight between 3 and 6, try to not go higher. For me, this turned out far better than someone else's settings and only took about 20-30 minutes of my time. Lighting in scenes looks natural now and colors stand out nicely. Be warned, however, that on TV broadcasts, some channels (FOX, NBC) look great while local channels sometimes look greenish or not quite right - well, it's what they are broadcasting, not my TV.

This is, of course, not to downplay professional calibration. I greatly respect someone's ability to do what I could never do. I just can't afford that. So, for someone who is not a pro and just isn't happy with other people's settings, go make your own anyway, IMHO. You will feel better about it, I hope.

I won't post my numbers. They won't look good on your TV. My white balance adjustments were small, though. TV is a "C" panel (if you still think that makes a difference) and manufactured in late January 2009.

Super happy with Samsung.

Originally Posted by jcalabria

LE is the European version, correct? LN is North American. The highest FW version we've seen for the LN series is 1008, with 1006 being the highest available for download and upgrade.

There are several calibrations posted here for LN FWs 1006, 1007 & 1008. Calibration settings rarely are perfect matches for another TV, even of the same FW version, but possibly one of the newer ones published here might be a better match for you.

Originally Posted by HistoneMaster

Could someone explain to me the difference between the brightness control vs gamma control? I'm trying to decide which is better when using a vga connection.

I'm not positive, but it seems like brightness effects black level only (so lowering brightness should have no effect on contrast/white level) where gamma lowers both black and white level in even steps?

Originally Posted by Mikewarrior

Without trying to find my manual, or reading every page of this thread... Can anyone tell me if there is a way that I can get sound out of PIP instead of my main screen.

See, I have my A550 as a monitor, but I would love to watch TV in the PIP window by including sound... Is there any way to switch the sound off the main & transfer it to the PIP?

Originally Posted by CSSPalmettoState

That option is on the TV's menu. Hit menu on your remote and navigate to the sound options and scroll to find it. I can't remember off the top of my head where exactly it is and the TV is off and in another room but it should be pretty intuitive.

Originally Posted by CSSPalmettoState

That option is on the TV's menu. Hit menu on your remote and navigate to the sound options and scroll to find it. I can't remember off the top of my head where exactly it is and the TV is off and in another room but it should be pretty intuitive.

Originally Posted by jcalabria

"Sound Select" - change to "Sub" to select PiP audio.

Originally Posted by clicq

Alright, the girlfriend finally finished MGS4, so I got some time to play a bit more with the settings. I changed the settings on my PS3 to disable superwhite mode, because I found it was just making video level white less white. (As a reminder, my PS3 is hooked up via HDMI into HDMI1.)

The firmware on my TV at the time of these settings was 1002.2.

In these settings, I tried to tone down the red a bit but still keep everything as accurate as I could. These settings should be appropriate for any HD device connected through HDMI except for possibly PCs which should use my previous settings.

Most accurate settings
(This with the mode at movie). You must change the mode to movie. It's the first option in the picture menu. You will not be able to choose warm1 or warm2 if you don't!
Backlight = 6
Contrast = 85
Brightness = 49
Sharpness = 0
Color = 50
Tint = G50/R50

DETAILED SETTINGS

Black Adjust = Off
Dynamic Contrast = Off
Gamma = 0
Color Space = Custom
Red: R33 - G0 - B0
Green: R18 - G52 - B0
Blue: R11 - G0 - B51
Yellow: R49 - G53 - B0
Cyan: R22 - G46 - B56
Magenta: R37 - G0 - B43
Flesh Tone = 0
Edge Enhancement = Off
Xycc = Off

WHITE BALANCE

R-Offset = 26
G-Offset = 25
B-Offset = 22
R-Gain = 30
G-Gain = 25
B-Gain = 25

PICTURE OPTIONS

Color Tone = Warm 2
Digital N/R = Off
HDMI Black Level = Low (actually it's disabled when playing Blu-ray) <-- set this according to your source! If you use a PC, or a PS3/Xbox360 with expanded RGB levels, you might need to set this to normal!
Film Mode = off (disabled)
Blue Mode = Off

Energy Saving = Medium
Entertainment modes = Off
Off
Gamma = 0
Color Space = Auto (or set it to custom above)
Flesh Tone = 0
Edge Enhancement = Off
Xycc = Off

WHITE BALANCE

R-Offset = 25
G-Offset = 25
B-Offset = 26
R-Gain = 37
G-Gain = 25
B-Gain = 0

PICTURE OPTIONS

Color Tone = Normal
Digital N/R = Off
HDMI Black Level = Low (actually it's disabled when playing Blu-ray)
Film Mode = off (disabled)
Blue Mode = Off

Energy Saving = Medium
Entertainment modes = Off

Originally Posted by mummer43

I just tried these settings, but HDMI Black Level wasn't available for me to adjust. Any idea what's going on?

Originally Posted by Bill Mitchell

HDMI Black Level is available only if the source is using RGB for the image data. If the source is using YCbCr, HDMI Black Level is greyed out. When greyed out, i.e., not applicable, it says Normal but is really Low.

Originally Posted by mummer43

How can I tell what the source is?