Official Sharp 2011 LC-70LE632U Owner's Thread - Page 17

Originally Posted by supirio

I purchased the 632u 70" from Best Buy over black friday. Unfortunately I notice the diamond patterns/dirty window very clearly during Hockey (Flyers) games.

Has anyone successfully replaced their tv and got rid of the issue? If so, how did you go about replacing yours?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by deathstar1000

I think I managed.

First I went to the store where I bought it. They said I had to call Geek Squad. I called them and they wanted to send their tech to look at it to see if he could replace it.

He came over, looked at it and took a couple of pics. He said they can't fix it since Sharp doesn't provide them with back panels to replace. He opened a ticket with Sharp and send them the pics. I was suppose to hear back from Sharp withing 2-3 business days. That never happened.

Called Geek Squad again and told them to just give me a replacement already. I told them their tech told me it's not fixable, but of course he didn't put that in his notes. So they didn't want to give me a replacement.

That's when I started to get upset with them. I requested to talk to a supervisor (Misty at the escalations department). After I got one, they still didn't want to give me a replacement. She told me that I needed to go back to the store to see if they would give me a replacement (the store was the one that told me to call them in the first place). So I got on to them that they promised hassle free returns/exchanges, per their commercials (I bought my TV the day that started), through the end of January.

Again, she told me it was up to the store, if the would honor that. So asked for her name and let her know I was going to go to the store and if they redirect me back to them, I was going to have the store itself call them right then and there (the wait times are VERY long) and ask for her specifically. So I asked her to put in her notes that she directed me back to the store and that they couldn't do anything. Supposedly, the Best Buy stores can't access the systems to see the notes.

A couple of days later I get a call. It's Best Buy and they gave me a confirmation number to take to any Best Buy to exchange the TV! I haven't gone yet (might go today) but I'm assuming that should give me an easy exchange.

Originally Posted by vdoefx

Did that a few weeks ago, but when I do that now, the OPC does not come back on (and I was sure that this was defaulted on).

As such, I can't be sure that the following are factory for the "user" settings:

Mode user
OPC off (and I thought this was ON)
Backlight +5
Contrast +30
Brightness 0
Color +2
Tint 0
Sharpness +2
CMS Hue
CMS Sat
Color Temp middle
Motion Enhancement 120 High
Active Contrast On
Gamma 0
Film Mode High
Dig Noise Reduction Auto

--Tom

Originally Posted by waltaz

Congrats, Moth!! Glad you're digging it! I, too, put my 58" plasma in the bedroom...Fits great in there, and my Sharp is perfect in the big great room!

Originally Posted by destiny 21

they look good on my tv had to turn color dpwn to +2 also you only posted 5 numbers for hue and not six like the others maybe you missed one. also what do you have your backlight set at. also what setting are you using user movie dynamic standard

Originally Posted by themoth33

Had some second thoughts before it arrived today but when it arrived they were all gone

I found these settings below that on my set look great compared to my Panasonic plasma 58, now in the master bed sweet post thoughts used user setting

Settings Starting from top to bottom top written here Left to Right or Red first*
wich for Hue would be +6 and work your way down*

HuE +6 0 -16 0 0*
Saturation 0 -18 -4 -30 -13 -30
Value +10 0 -7 0 +20 0*

Color temp*
You can use Med or Low Med user preference but set
0 0 0 +8 0 -10*

Gama -1 /*
Contrast 31
Color +7 or your preference
brightness +1
sharpness +2 on cable box you can go upto like 6 on my set and it doesnt corrupt the image.
All you guys know to turn smooth motion off ,
noise reduction off, BUT you can set noise*
reduction to low or auto on your cable box.
You can use Dynamic contrast as you wish bc it does help nexflix shows
wich tend to be on the greyish side .

Originally Posted by waltaz

In the A/V sync section, I adjusted the surround sound to a 125ms delay.

Originally Posted by SSFan


I am finding the sound lagging the picture. In which menu is this delay setting available? I cannot seem to find it.

Originally Posted by 916rick

How do I get YouTube on this TV using the built in apps? Or Vimeo? Seems silly that it's not included.

Originally Posted by myoda

Anyone else seeing this? Thought it might have been my DVR, so I split the output from my receiver into a powered monoprice hdmi splitter. One end to my old Mits on the left and the Sharp on the right. A green line appeared along the top of the 70LE632, nothing on the Mits. Bypassed the receiver and took the output direct from the DVR to the same HDMI port on the Sharp. Still the same. All other sources running through the receiver do not have this issue on the same HDMI input.

When watching a standard def digital channel, I can see a pulsating white stripe across the panel. I recall that the white lines across the top are carrying data - closed caption, guide data, but I should not be seeing it.

I was wondering if when the delivery guys were putting the stand on with the tv upside down damaged anything. I thought the best way to get the stand on is to lay the panel on the box that it was shipped in, and then slide into the base. I have another 70LE632 on the way to swap out this one.

Originally Posted by myoda

Anyone else seeing this? Thought it might have been my DVR, so I split the output from my receiver into a powered monoprice hdmi splitter. One end to my old Mits on the left and the Sharp on the right. A green line appeared along the top of the 70LE632, nothing on the Mits. Bypassed the receiver and took the output direct from the DVR to the same HDMI port on the Sharp. Still the same. All other sources running through the receiver do not have this issue on the same HDMI input.

When watching a standard def digital channel, I can see a pulsating white stripe across the panel. I recall that the white lines across the top are carrying data - closed caption, guide data, but I should not be seeing it.

I was wondering if when the delivery guys were putting the stand on with the tv upside down damaged anything. I thought the best way to get the stand on is to lay the panel on the box that it was shipped in, and then slide into the base. I have another 70LE632 on the way to swap out this one.

Originally Posted by marshmonkey

Anyone do PC / Console gaming on these sets? How is the response lag?

Originally Posted by atomic dog

This is normal, and even warned about in the user manual. When using dot for dot (or just scan or whatever) you will see that white stripe on some if not all channels. If it bothers you chose a different screen mode. I see the same things on my LG and Samsung. Nothing to fret about.

Originally Posted by myoda

Actually, it's not normal. If I can see the data from CC and PSIP data, then the television is underscanning slightly. I did not have a green line acroos the top of the screen when I took delivery of the set on December 30, 2011, nor was I able to see the scan lines across the top of the screen when watching non hi def digital channels. It is set for dot by dot. I believe there is a problem with this panel. The new one will be here on 1/14/11, Saturday. Will give ya an update this weekend.

Originally Posted by marshmonkey View Post
Anyone do PC / Console gaming on these sets? How is the response lag?

Originally Posted by rbanez

I game on the PS3 and no lag at all if set to GAME mode. Looks and works great on Madden and NBA 2k12.

Originally Posted by deathstar1000

I think I managed.

First I went to the store where I bought it. They said I had to call Geek Squad. I called them and they wanted to send their tech to look at it to see if he could replace it.

He came over, looked at it and took a couple of pics. He said they can't fix it since Sharp doesn't provide them with back panels to replace. He opened a ticket with Sharp and send them the pics. I was suppose to hear back from Sharp withing 2-3 business days. That never happened.

Called Geek Squad again and told them to just give me a replacement already. I told them their tech told me it's not fixable, but of course he didn't put that in his notes. So they didn't want to give me a replacement.

That's when I started to get upset with them. I requested to talk to a supervisor (Misty at the escalations department). After I got one, they still didn't want to give me a replacement. She told me that I needed to go back to the store to see if they would give me a replacement (the store was the one that told me to call them in the first place). So I got on to them that they promised hassle free returns/exchanges, per their commercials (I bought my TV the day that started), through the end of January.

Again, she told me it was up to the store, if the would honor that. So asked for her name and let her know I was going to go to the store and if they redirect me back to them, I was going to have the store itself call them right then and there (the wait times are VERY long) and ask for her specifically. So I asked her to put in her notes that she directed me back to the store and that they couldn't do anything. Supposedly, the Best Buy stores can't access the systems to see the notes.

A couple of days later I get a call. It's Best Buy and they gave me a confirmation number to take to any Best Buy to exchange the TV! I haven't gone yet (might go today) but I'm assuming that should give me an easy exchange.

Originally Posted by skewer

Plz keep update. I hope the new unit will not have this diamond pattern issue.

Originally Posted by master9716

Posted these settings on another forum
These are my original settings so id though id post it here also
Picture included Doesnt do justice on how well the colors pop .
Just a reference on how good skin tones look and and color ballance, color here is +7 on netflix HD



Hello Everyone , I know there are a lot of ppl looking for calibrated settings
for the 70le632u , I was one of them , I had a Vizio XVT533 on hand
Wich Produces extremly good color balance Acording to Pro reviews - Eventhough every set is different I calibrated My sharp 70632u side by side against the Vizio . I got the Colors to look Perfect against the Vizio.
Infact on Night Sceens on the Lion King 1080P the Sharp had tons more details.

I left some colors like green a little higher than the vizio bc football and baseball just look better.

I was looking for settings like crazy but pro reviewers didnt want to share them bc they want to get paid to calibrate your tv. thats why I am sharring my hours of workso you guys can finaly enjoy what this tv can do . If you are familiar with the Sharp you know that a +1 or -1 setting makes a ton of difference to going +20 on a settings like Value is huge. The technology in the sharps is there but the calibrations were so bad you have no idea. I will update this later when I feel like perfecting it.
I just wanted to get these settings out there.


Before Calibration - The TV LOOKED AWFULL!!!!! skin stones were way off and so on .

Settings Starting from top to bottom top written here Left to Right or Red first
wich for Hue would be +6 and work your way down

TINT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO LEAVE AT 0
HuE +6 0 -16 0 0 0 Sking tone fix
Saturation 0 -18 -4 -30 -13 -30 Rgb ballance
Value +10 0 -7 0 +20 0 Color Depth and Accuracy.
Each one of these changes affect 2 colors at a time thats why its hard to get them just right.Value affects
how strong Hue looks and so on .Saturation also affects how strong you set tint and Value .This is the closest
you will get without paying best buy 200bucks for calibration and you might not even notice any difference.

Color temp
You can use Med or Low Med user preference but set
0 0 0 +8 0 -10

Gama -1 / 0 looks better on shows like Icarly bc theres no shadow detail. Infact use 0 on those bright shows.
Backlight +2(turning backup up to high makes cablebox look to noisy) you need really high end HD to turn up to 16
Contrast 31 (32 makes faces wash out on sunlight eventhough calibration paterns say 32 is fine but its not)
Color +7 or your preference
brightness +1
sharpness +2
All you guys know to turn smooth motion off ,
noise reduction off, BUT you can set noise
reduction to low on your cable box or BluRays that have noticible noiseYou can use Dynamic contrast as you wish bc it does help nexflix shows like 30rock wich tend to be on the greyish side .

These made my sharp look better than the Vizio -
Remember these settings are without using special tools just using my eyes.
these may not work perfect for you bc each set is different but if you plan to tweak
them NEVER use a + setting on Saturation ,


Plz let me know if this worked for you - Side by side to the vizio the colors look identical but smoother
due to the better video processing of the sharp .

Movies tested:
lion King 1080p
Pc runing youtube ( Last friday knight -katy /Love you like a love son -Selena / What the hell -avril
Dark Knight 1080p
Tangled 1080p
A lot of Dish network HD content

UPDATE:

I found that using Standard Mode is the best mode for sharpness and backlight efficiency , Movies like Moneyball look EXTREMELY sharp .
Ps, dont be affraid of lowering brightness to -2 or something and turning noise reduction Low on movies that need it.