PNxxD550 advanced calibration unlocked!/Calibration Thread - Page 25

@all

Has anybody tried an adaptor like this:


The thing is, that all my sources are connected to my Onkyo TX-NR609 (PS3, Wii, SAT-TV) and only one HDMI-cable goes from the HDMI-Out of my Onkyo to the HDMI3 of my Samsung PS51D550!

Would this work if I connect this adaptor to the HDMI-Out of the Onkyo and let two HDMI-cables go to lets say HDMI1+2 of my Samsung?

Best regards and thanks for your help

cool400

What i used for my set up was an active adapter that i recieved when i bought a radeon 7970. I had an old hdmi to dvi cable and pugged to the dvi to display port and that worked. Didnt have to connect it to a device. I also noticed that with the hdmi to dvi cable u can short 2 pins and that'll work as well. Hope this helps anyone.

The Sharp Aquos I have is a 60 inch LC-60LE632U. Overall the TV is great there is no stutter or lag which I seem to be experiencing on the PN59D550C1FXZA. I have everything hooked up HDMI. I must say though that all movies in 3D look great but other than that it doesnt match the Aquos. I did a side by side comparison both hooked up HDMI with a PS3 each and The movie was Dark Knight on bluray and It didnt look as well on the Samsung thats why I am here asking for help lol. I will try your settings and see what it looks like. Even the PS3 Dash looked worse and thats a simple picture. In watching Dark knight it looked like you were there watching them film it on the Aquos where it looked blurry and washed out on the Samsung.

That seems strange. I don't think I see ANY stutter or lag on my PN59D550.


I can't compare to the Aquos, but for sure the first thing you should do is try the settings that I referred to earlier (here again):

http://www.flatpanelshd.com/review.p...&id=1321001419

And then please report back.

If after using those settings, you are still not happy, then it could be one of the following things:

1) your Samsung has problems

2) you are expecting the brightness/pop of a LCD/LED. You won't get that with a plasma. With a plasma, you will get more realistic colors, better black levels, and great 3D performance (and lower pricing).

Wayne

I did the settings you refered and the only one I didnt see was Color. What is yours set at? As far as the lag it seems to be in games and fast moving things.

Yeah, that's missing for some reason. I'll have to check what I set mine to when I getback home, but 45 or 50 (whatever looks good to you). Did the settings help?

hey man, you misquoted me in another thread and if you cant see a difference then i doubt you are doing it right. the screen should go black for a minute when you switch to pc mode. it looks way better. its the correct mode for gaming. google and it will tell you, i have numerous reviews stating it aswell. heres a couple of screenshots taken from my iphone, so isnt a true reflection, but still pretty damn impressive..

what part of PC mode makes it better then non PC mode though?

doesnt PC mode make picture worse or is PC mode different then Game Mode setting

On my lcd tv i wasnt a fan of pc mode, but i couldnt change the sharpness in pc mode on that one and the image was to blurry for my liking. with this one upping the sharpness to 100 fixes that and is alot cleaner. remember you need to have enhanced black levels on the 360, output RGB on the 360 and hdmi black level normal, that could be why it was to bright for you, if you had standard on the 360 and normal hdmi black level that would cause white clipping and the pic would look to bright and washed out. I wrote it in the other thread where you misunderstood what i said. its a important setting to get right or you will end up with either black crush or white clipping i guess its called. heres a little bit from a article from a review about pc mode:

Console Gaming
We weren't expecting the PS51D550 to do wonderfully or woefully when it came to gaming, because most of Samsung's plasmas have managed respectable, but not leading amounts of responsiveness lately. The 51D550 exceeded our expectations with an exceptionally speedy 16ms, but we had to use the PC input label (accessed by pressing Source > HDMI1/DVI > Tools > Edit Name > PC) to achieve this speed. We're also not sure if it will enable with all sources, although it did with our Xbox 360 Elite feeding the panel. (This also results in full uncompressed colour being displayed in the 4:4:4 format, for those of you who are both hardcore gamers and hardcore videophiles). Remember that this trick only works on the HDMI1 input, so gamers should give their favourite system priority when connecting.

Without this trick, the Samsung PS51D550 still managed a respectable, but slightly game-altering 31ms of input lag.

Let's say I change my PS51D550's name, then tweak the picture using the unlocked calibration tools, then change name back. Will I lose the changes I made to the picture?

of course you will.

Hello,
This's been an amazing thread while i surfing how to best tune my newly bought

samsung.com/my/consumer/television/television/plasma-tv/PS51D550C1RXXM

I have this Malaysia set, and I believe same as EU set?

Attached herewith my version screenshot, hope any expert can help.


1. The expert menu still grey-out after I have tried to change the model from PD550 to PD7000. I couldn't locate USA on the locale menu. so the default one is EA_MAL.

2. Where do i find the 10p calibration setting? The advanced menu got nothing.
And I only see Auto and Native options in the color space menu.


3. would I lose USB playback feature? I find it does affect the media player when i tried to play my movie from an ext usb hdd.
if yes, how do you workaround with this?


Thank you for your reply in advance.

I went into the SM last summer to change the panel name, did a bunch of calibration, and my brightness pops all but disappeared. This thread is one of my favorite finds on AVS! The panel unlock definitely allowed me to get more bang for my buck with this TV.

I don't know if it's the programming I've been watching recently or if something else has happened, but the brightness pops seem to have returned. I know there's a firmware update available for the PN59D550 that's supposed to have addressed the issue.

My question is this- can I do the firmware update while my TV thinks it's something other than the D550 (because of the change I made in the SM), or do I need to go back into the SM, change it back, and then do the upgrade? If the latter, will I be able to change the panel name back to what I have it at now, or will this hack be lost to me after updating the firmware?
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I've had my D550 for about 6 weeks. I set as much as I could to the settings from the first post w/o changing the panel mode from within the SM.

The one thing about changing the panel to the other panels is the 'Cross Matching.' It sounds to me that I need at least two active HDMI ports to do this. I only run one HDMI port to my TV. I feed everything else through my AV receiver (2 TiVo HD's, HD-DVD Player, PS3, and HTPC.)

Anyway, before changing my panel to one w/ a 10pt pt cal. and pulling out my DVE HD-DVD is there an issue if you're only using one HDMI port?

A second thought, has anyone tried to see if they can do the 10pt cal, and then set the panel back to D550 and see if the 10pt cal info stayed?

seems ike this thread is dead, no one is helping eachother anymore.

That's because we are too busy enjoying our D550's LOL! Sorry, I'm being flippant. But I did some initial "movie" settings that I found somewhere, and I have been so happy with them, that I haven't felt compelled to try making it any better

I think I know why no one answered. I changed my set back to the D550, hooked it up to the web, did a software upgrade check....no upgrade available. I think I misunderstood someone when they said there was one.

I found this settings on a review site. Can be helpful to you.


Picture preset: Movie
Cell light 18
Contrast 90
Brightness: 52
Sharpness: 15
Tint: G50/G50
Black Tone Off
Dynamic Contrast Off
Gamma 0
Colour Space Auto
Flesh Tone 0
Edge enhancement Off
Motion lighting Off
Color tone Warm2
Digital Noise Filter Off
MPEG Noise Filter Off
Digital Noise Filter Off
HDMI Black level Low
Film mode Off
Size Screen Fit
R-Offset 26
G-Offset 24
B-Offset 26
R-Gain 30
G-Gain 20
B-Gain 29

Those are the exact same settings that I initially set my D550 to, and I haven't felt the urge to change them at all - awesome PQ! I did come up with a different "Standard" mode set of settings for when watching hockey to cool it down a bit, but for everything else I use the settings you provides.

Guys recently blew off my SMPS due to high Voltage Spike. Costed me a fortune to get it repaired. I thought these equipments have in built voltage regulators to avoid such mishapps.

Any suggestions for my PS51D550C Plasma panel.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Does anyone know if this also work for the newest models, the PNxxE550??

Thanks.

Hello all,

I just bought the PS51D550C1WXZF full official samsung service manual ( in english ).

If someone is interested, contact me by PM.

I know that this an older thread. But if anybody keeps up with it, I have a question. What if I just have one HDMI in use can I still do the modification?

In case of only one HDMI it is difficult to get the same working. However u can always try with a single HDMI port. In case the same does not work u can always switch back to normal.

No harm done, except u would loose your customised picture settings which u wud have to configure again.

Hence please not down ur settings before entering the service menu!!

Hey guys, is it true that by accessing the service menu on my D550 I'll be voiding the warranty?

As long as u don't mess ur settings to brick ur TV u are completely safe. Warranty does not gets void if the service man on visiting ur set does not identify any additional settings(Caliberation) available on ur set.

Dang, so then if I unlock the 10p White Balance I'll be voiding it.

About time... we can move back onto the real topic!

one of my 4 hmdi ports is a pvr reciever with a dvi to hmdi adapter. how do i go about getting sound on that?

after trying the RCA cables and components cable, the unlock seems to mess up the ports. im still not getting sound through dvi to hmdi or componts, video for these work find. am i sol till i get an amp and speakersÉ