The Official LG xxPK950 Owner's Discussion Thread - Page 43

Originally Posted by hoogguns

Vcolassi--

Thanks for the response, I know I'm gonna get ripped for this, but can you tell me how to turn off noise reduction? Sorry, I'm not as much of an expert on televisions as I pretend to be...

Thank you!!

Originally Posted by TheLaw612

I apologize if this has been repeated over and over, but I don't feel like going through hundreds of pages...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a wall-mount from monoprice for the 50" version? It would be great knowing that the mount is one that people use and love. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Toptube

Color Management System:

Red Color -14
0
Green Color -5
0
Blue Color -23
0
Yellow Color 0
0
Cyan Color 0
-6
magenta Color -6
4

Originally Posted by td2243

I'm confused, should I plug in the numbers next to the color, or the ones on the line below? Thanks

Originally Posted by Vcolassi

PS: Are you using these settings for both "day" & "night" viewing?

Originally Posted by Toptube

Yep. But, my living room has very little ambient light, so most of the light just comes from the lights in the room, which are off center. and for serious viewing, I can just turn the lights off and its pretty dark in there. But even with the lights on, its bright and punchy enough for enjoyable viewing or game playing. I watch broadcast TV and play videogames all the time with the lights on. Blu-rays always get the lights off, though!

Originally Posted by Toptube

These are my current settings, actually the settings I've been using for a over a month now. I like them so well that I don't feel like I could really squeeze anymore out of this TV.

Before these settings I used a tweaked version of the settings from flatpanelshd. After comparing these new settings, it became apparent that the flatpanelshd settings are too "cold" and lacked some color depth.

I just had a guy over at the Blu-ray.com forums try these settings and he loves them.

Originally Posted by Goatse

Toptube, what size is your PK950? I've used your settings, it looks pretty good... but I think but too warm and makes the black appear slight greenish. Makes the Cnet setting look bluish. Not sure if size has anything to do with the size, mines a 60.

Originally Posted by Toptube


I finally added the 20 point settings from CNET's calibration of the PX950. (I had only been using the 2 point settings.

With my initial appraisal (I'm rewatching my Mad Men Blu-rays) of paused scenes, its all about the color. It looks like it trades a hint of the warm punch from just the 2-point, for bone stock accuracy. Basically, overall color accuracy and color contrast seems to be pretty tight, giving a slight impression of more clarity when actually watching and not just looking at paused screens. Additionally, the color gray now appears nearly accurate, which you can see just by opening the menu. I did have to add one more point onto brightness (from my settings above), as the missing punch dropped the overall brightness by about that much. Its barely noticeable, but I did notice, using a dark scene with two characters inside a taxi at night.

Again, I haven't run it past any benchmarks or calibration images. But if its any consolation, my color vision is quite good. I can actually see all of the numbers in a general color test, which most men cannot.

The difference is not huge though, It may be tough to pick between the two. I think in general, a slightly warm picture can very nice to watch and is even preferred by americans in statistical test. I should try some other things, as Mad Men is known for rich color saturation already. Maybe something different wouldn't favor accuracy as much, but rather a little more punch.

-- 20 point IRE calibration
IRE: [Red, Green, Blue results, respectively, for each IRE point]
100 [4, 0, -50]
95 [-21, 0, -50]
90 [-13, -9, 12]
85 [0, -6, 20]
80 [10, 0, 20]
75 [2, 6, -9]
70 [0, 0, 0]
65 [0, 0, 0]
60 [0, 0, 0]
55 [0, 0, 0]
50 [0, 0, 0]
45 [0, 0, 0]
40 [0, 0, 0]
35 [0, 0, 0]
30 [0, 0, 0]
25 [0, 0, 0]
20 [0, 0, 0]
15 [0, 0, 0]
10 [0, 0, 0]
5 [-5, -4, -8]
0 [0, 0, 0]

Originally Posted by Ryu69


Thanks for checking PCHDTV. This image is from another person. for me it isn't as noticable since the light in my room isn't that bright. when the lights are turned off, it isn't there.

Originally Posted by Toptube

Yep. But, my living room has very little ambient light, so most of the light just comes from the lights in the room, which are off center. and for serious viewing, I can just turn the lights off and its pretty dark in there. But even with the lights on, its bright and punchy enough for enjoyable viewing or game playing. I watch broadcast TV and play videogames all the time with the lights on. Blu-rays always get the lights off, though!

Originally Posted by DelJ

I found your settings to be too red for viewing in natural daylight. The FlatpanelsHD settings are a better match if one is in a room with daylight coming in through windows. At night (or in a windowless room), your settings are more suited for the usual red-shifted indoor lighting.

Go ahead and give Dynamic Contrast a try at minimum. I find that it helps make the most of the available grayscale range without added much in the way of artificial nuisances. Likewise, the noise reduction feature is also beneficial. Some of the LG video processing functions are actually useful.

DelJ

Originally Posted by Toptube

Flatpanels HD just looks too cold to me. its what I used for awhile, but I could never shake out the blue from people's lips and stuff.

I definitely agree that the 2-point settings I posted are warm, but it may be a good option for people looking for a little more punch. Especially If they really kind of like or recently came from an LCD. The 20-point though, seems to be pretty accurate, abient light or none. Again, this is using my TV. It may not work so well on yours......

Originally Posted by Kamen331

Having issues with LG pk 950 RCA audio inputs


I have been trying to add external RCA speakers ( 5 speakers with 1 amplifiler) to my LG PK950 directly through RCA audio inputs with red and white cable, but so far I couldn't get any sound coming out of my speakers. I have tried all the audio inputs on the back, mute my TV and plug it in and out back and forth and yet still no sound.
Can anyone tell me what the problem is? I tried to connect the speakers to my blu-ray and cable box and they both worked fine, so the speakers don't have a problem. Dose that mean my TV audio inputs are malfunctioning????

Originally Posted by dxjnorto

I can't tell you exactly why, but I can tell that you are going about it the wrong way. The way it is supposed to work is you plug your HDMI from your audio/video source into your amplifier, then the HDMI out from your amplifier into your PK950. Your amplifier will play the sound and pass the picture on to your television.