Samsung PN**B450 Picture Settings - Page 6

Originally Posted by kanpol

to check panel hours you have to go into the service menu.

Originally Posted by havoksin

thanks! It resets it everytime I open the service menu?

Originally Posted by WSenkow

Upon finding this site and thread quite by accident, I just had to register and submit my findings. First, since my model is the PN42B430, what I write may or may not even apply to the 450, but assuming it does it may be of interest. Secondly, thank you stereomandan for I have combined your Tint and White Balance settings with the ones I had been using, and most certainly any issue I may have had with flesh tone in particular has diminished.

I have applied your settings verbatim AFTER watching "Defiance" on Blu-Ray (having not found this site at the time) and have been very impressed with the result as I have replayed certain chapters of the film. Unfortunately I rent movies seldom but am looking forward to the experience in the future.

Now for HDTV channel programming I find that I must revert to the settings I had, but implemented your Tint and White Balance findings. Again, it is likely enough that the models are different that I do so. However if the models are in common I would be interested to know what some opinions are of them. Again, this is strictly for watching television. Sorry for babbling on, and thank you!

SOURCE HDMI/DVI

Mode = Movie
Cell Light = 6
Contrast = 77
Brightness = 52
Sharpness = 100
Color = 37
Tint = G34/R66


Black Tone = Dark
Dynamic Contrast = Med
Gamma = 0
Color Space = Native
White Balance:
Red Offset = 12
Green Offset = 24
Blue Offset = 6
Red Gain = 25
Green Gain = 0
Blue Gain = 17
Flesh Tone = 0
Edge Enhancement = On


Color Tone = Warm2
Size = 16:9
Digital NR = Auto
HDMI Black Level = Normal

Originally Posted by WSenkow

Well, after a few days of this I must admit I'm confused! I like the Blu-Ray settings (a lot) as they are beyond what I had calibrated or anticipated, but now I reverted to my original settings for HDTV viewing. Needless to say this is agonizing. For some reason (may be the difference in model after all) I seem to have a greater palette with the 'White Balance' at default. Here is what I had before, and went back to for television viewing.

Mode = Movie
Cell Light = 6
Contrast = 77
Brightness = 52
Sharpness = 100
Color = 37
Tint = G44/R56


Black Tone = Dark
Dynamic Contrast = Med
Gamma = 0
Color Space = Native
White Balance = default
Flesh Tone = 0
Edge Enhancement = On


Color Tone = Warm2
Size = 16:9
Digital NR = Auto
HDMI Black Level = Normal

stereomandan, how I wish you had the 430 series or I the 450! I am going to follow this thread some more with interest.

Warmest;
WS

Originally Posted by dallows

Aren't there many posts on how cell light = 10 is the only setting to be used with the samsungs?

WSenkow can you post any pics of your set in action?

Originally Posted by WSenkow

dallows, I really know not what to tell you. If 10 is the ONLY setting for cell light, than the next argument will be, what are the other CORRECT settings for viewing television? After all, the Blu-Ray or the film industry for that matter, conform to a narrower but higher band of standards than those of televison programming. In that mode there may be a correct setting(s).

Using ALL of the settings I have indicated for televison, gives me the best possible picture show in, show out, channel in, channel out. The sales-manager from whom I purchased the set was over yesterday, and he has NEVER seen a set of any brand or price range calibrated to such realism and clarity, and I'm using a cable feed, not a dish. Sorry for bragging, that's just the way it is. I'm not going to convice anyone anyways unless they try it out for themselves.

Originally Posted by kdoyle55

1. Should I use the pixel shift and at what settings?

Originally Posted by kdoyle55

2. What is an adequate break in period, is it necessary to use a break in DVD/slideshow?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by WSenkow

I'm lousy with cameras, and attachments for that matter, but took this one today. The date on bottom left is incorrect.

Attachment 146929

Originally Posted by WSenkow

kanpol, done all by trial and error, I've been all over the settings for a while. I'm beginning to think the model PN42B430 is rare, and I have no one to play with. Hope it works for your model, and thanks!

Originally Posted by WSenkow

Well, after a few days of this I must admit I'm confused! I like the Blu-Ray settings (a lot) as they are beyond what I had calibrated or anticipated, but now I reverted to my original settings for HDTV viewing. Needless to say this is agonizing. For some reason (may be the difference in model after all) I seem to have a greater palette with the 'White Balance' at default. Here is what I had before, and went back to for television viewing.

Mode = Movie
Cell Light = 6
Contrast = 77
Brightness = 52
Sharpness = 100
Color = 37
Tint = G44/R56


Black Tone = Dark
Dynamic Contrast = Med
Gamma = 0
Color Space = Native
White Balance = default
Flesh Tone = 0
Edge Enhancement = On


Color Tone = Warm2
Size = 16:9
Digital NR = Auto
HDMI Black Level = Normal

stereomandan, how I wish you had the 430 series or I the 450! I am going to follow this thread some more with interest.

Warmest;
WS

Originally Posted by E-A-G-L-E-S

I helped my parents buy a pn50b450 and i'll be calibrating it next weekend....but, why would you have the dark tone and dynamic contrast to anything other than "off"??
Also, sharpness at 100??
And...with cell light at 6 and bright at 52 i think you are losing some detail, ofcourse there are panel variances, but that seems too low.

Originally Posted by E-A-G-L-E-S

I am only going by past experience with prior years sets. Perhaps you are correct, I wont know until next weekend.
But...my thought would be that you are crushing blacks and possibly losing some shadow detail.
But panels do vary and sometimes much more than many might think.

Originally Posted by E-A-G-L-E-S

I helped my parents buy a pn50b450 and i'll be calibrating it next weekend....but, why would you have the dark tone and dynamic contrast to anything other than "off"??
Also, sharpness at 100??
And...with cell light at 6 and bright at 52 i think you are losing some detail, ofcourse there are panel variances, but that seems too low.

Originally Posted by WSenkow

I haven't posted the settings I use for Blu-Ray viewing, the dark tone and dynamic contrast are off for that source. Instead of me defending my usage of these features for watching tv, perhaps give them a try for a day or two and then get back to me.