Official Sharp AQUOS LC-60LE847U & LC-70LE847U Owners Thread - Page 43

the VT30 is at least last years model (maybe 2 years ago). the current model is the VT50. Is that what you meant, VT50?

I don't believe you know what you're talking about.

Directv does not publish what amount of bandwidth they allocate to any given channel so how is it that you know this information?

On a comparison between local channel OTA and Directv there is no discernible difference.
Edited by pds3 - 8/20/12 at 2:57pm

I used to be a tech specialist/trainer for Dish Network, so I think I know that facts about satellite transmission, transponders, and compression ratios per channel. No need to get into a petty argument about who has better picture quality. If your picture looks good to you, so be it.

I have said absolutely nothing about Dish. I also have said absolutely nothing about PQ differences between Dish/Directv. I said that PQ on local channels OTA and Directv are identical.

I'm having a hard time understanding why you are crossposting - my response to your previous post from the 632u thread:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1374850/official-sharp-2011-lc-70le632u-owners-thread/1440#post_22326255

Well got more bad news from Sharp today... the 70-847 I've been waiting 6 weeks for, that was supposed to be in stock the first week of August, is still on backorder. Expected to be back in stock Mid September.

I have been reading this thread for a long time now and was waiting for the release of the 9 series, but since that didn't look like it was going to happen, I went ahead and purchased a 60" 8470U model from costco. Here I am almost two months later and I am still messing around with my picture quality. I realy don't much of the clouding issue, but it is there, just very faintly on my set. This evening I calibrated my tv using a Spyder4tv HD by datacolor. I used the supplied blu-ray disc for the test patterns on a sharp blu-ray disc player over a Monster Cable 1000HD HDMI cable. I did all this in an almost dark room (as instructed by datacolor). I also performed this calibration twice. Once to get familiar with the process and the second time for perfection. I know you all would be curious about the settings and results, so here you go. I have even attached the .pdf report Sharp 2nd Calibration.pdf 128k .pdf file

AV Mode: user
OPC: off
Backlight: STD [or 0]
Contrast: +31
Brightness: 0
Color: +3
Tint: +18
Sharpness: 0

Color Temp: Low
Motion Enhancement: 120hz High
QuadPixel plus2: standard
Active Contrast: off
Gama Adjustment: 0
Film Mode: off
Digital Noise: auto
Monochrome: off

Has anyone tried these calibration settings in this review: http://reviews.lcdtvbuyingguide.com/sharp-lcd-tv/sharp-le847u-calibration.html

They use 10 point for settings for color temperature. While it looks real nice.. there is a significant green push that I would love to get rid of.

I changed the Advanced Value for CMS hue to match Suzook's settings and it seemed to tamed it somewhat.

Advanced Value
C.M.S. - Hue
R 0
Y +2
G -10
C -9
B 0
M +2

Can someone try these settings and give me your thoughts?

Hi,
Your brightness and contrast look good. Are you close to 36ftL of output?
I'd suggest you use cms to align color. Grayscale will need work also. Congratulations though on your set.

I'm like you, buying the 8470 since no 9xx showing up. I'm pretty happy overall. Not sure if ive just gotten used to the clouding/flashlight in the corner or if it's gotten less.

You might cross post in the calibration forum as some might be interested in your equipment if they've not heard about it.

Best,
Jeff

Similar Settings Acer7 - I like mine a bit brighter than most, but posting so others may use these as a baseline to their own setups

AV Mode: User
OPC.......................Off
Backlight ...............+15
Contrast ................+27
Brightness..............+0
Color.....................+0
Tint.......................+0
Sharpness..............+9
CMS Hue………………….Default
CMS Saturation……….Default
CMS Value……………….Default
Color Gamut Range…N/A
Color Temp.............Middle
Motion Enhance.......120Hz High
Quad Pixel Plus 2…….Advanced
Active Contrast........On
Gamma..................-1
Film Mode...............Advanced
Digital NR...............Auto
Monochrome……………Off
Range of OPC………….Default

the backlight does not add significant light output. for example if I measure 30ftL at 0 backlight, then increae the back light to +10, the light output will only go up to about 31ftL. Contrast determines the amount of light output.

Greeno, what are your movie settings?

I'm just curious how close everyone is sitting to their 70" sets. I have been looking online and getting a lot of mixed reviews on where I should be. I was originally about 10 ft but I couldnt deal with the amount of crosstalk and noticed that my friend who sits further away and has a 60" set showed far less crosstalk and actually had more depth. I cannot speak on the loss of detail because we were only playing Mortal Kombat 3D which gets reduced to 720p anyway in 3D. I have a very small living room so the furthest wall would be 15 feet from the set itself. At this distance I feel I still have a decent amount of depth but I feel like I am losing a ton of detail. The obvious answer Im sure will be to go somewhere in between there but the odd layout of my house does really allow it. Is 15 feet too far?

Instead of repeating them, here's the link to my movie mode final settings. your mileage *will* vary on these sets how good this looks:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1397140/official-sharp-aquos-lc-60le847u-lc-70le847u-owners-thread/960#post_22149644

Ok.. I've tried pretty much all the settings on this site and others and your settings are by far the best for my 70487. Thanks!

Can someone confirm 847U is same as 845U. I think I read on this thread they were the same, only difference is Best sells the 845U exclusively. Sharp says
The models are slightly different, : The LE845 is a Best Buy Exclusive that offers 8 million:1 contrast ratio and 240hz
The LE847 offers 10 million:1 contrast ratio, 3D depth enhancer, Quad pixel plus 2 as well as 240hz

Any info would be greatly appreciated, also does the 60 swivel?

Walt

From what I can tell it's not exclusive models, but 2 actually difference models with those couple difference features.. now I assume it's the same panels just firmware that controls what features/options you get, but could be completely wrong, that's why I asked previously if there was away to unlock the features like you could with samsung/lgs etc etc... since they all seem to laod the same firmware files ...but no response on that option yet...

Yes the 60 swivels I have the 845u...

I watched a video on youtube showing how you can use an external hard drive on your tv and play movies from it. The person used a Samsung and said you should look for a usb port that is labeled HDD (that means it has enough power to run the external hard drive).

I looked on the back of the tv and the usb ports didn't list HDD on it. I called sharp and they said they don't recommend using an external hard drive on the tv and just flash drives.

Does anyone know if I can use an external "my passport" hard drive on the tv? Will it damage the tv?

Thanks,

Dan

Want to calibrate ISF day and night modes for my sharp 70C8470U & an LG 32LM6200. Was looking at what hardware and software I would need for this. I was looking to get an Xrite EODIS3 i1Display Pro and controlman or controlcal software? Is this correct? If there's faq's somewhere please let me know. Thanks!

PM sent neo

Hi, No FAQ on this. you definitely need a meter and software to control the meter (I have an i1 display pro, aka i1D3) and perform the measurements. I use CalMan (http://store.spectracal.com/), but there's also HCFR (freeware) and others. Check the display calibration subforum. You'll also need controlcal to access the ISF menus. It's found here: http://www.controlcal.com/ . the developer, Turbe, is a regular in these forums and a really good guy.
I used it (controlcal) on my 8470. Also you'll need to set up your TV to allow remote access control so that you can access the TV via your LAN.

Best,
jeff

Ok.. i1Display Pro bought, next controlcal. Thanks for the info.. now to figure out how all these come together to calibrate is the next hill to climb
Thanks again Greeno!

Don't forget that you also need software to make the measurements - CalMan or HCFR or other. controlcal will just let you access the TV menus and make changes. without CalMan/HCFR/other, you won't know how to make the changes.

Best,
jeff

I hope everyone knows that they need to be *VERY* careful when they touch this television with their bare hands.

What happened?

I had one of those little WD passport in NTSF playing back MKV files no problem. Only had to run some movies through an audio converter to convert the DTS to AC3.

While I am here can anyone please chime in on you spoke with an actual tech or engineer. I originally submitted pics of clouding that I took in dark scenes in Alien and they responded by saying that they need pics in a not so predominant dark scene. I said that is somewhat insulting since the problem is lighter areas showing up in dark scenes. I even compared it to me telling them that my car shakes when I go above 60 and sending them a video of my car shaking above 60 and then them saying send us video of it under 60. What would be the point? Regardless, after being transferred to the worst "supervisor" I have ever had the displeasure of speaking to, he said customers do not speak directly to the tech/engineers. I also have random restarts in fact I had about 6 within 20 minutes of being off the phone with them. I asked him, ok lets put this clouding issue to the side for the moment. What do you intend to do to resolve my random reboots and the fact that it periodically goes into 3d and back into 2d on a non 3d source. He danced completely around this question and said "the techs are requesting additional pictures to diagnose the problem".

Can someone PLEASE help me in the right course of action to actually somehow speak with the technicians that are making this request?

Well, nothing yet. But, you know... it *IS* Sharp.

Not really understanding what your trying to say here? a Sharp is more delicate than a sammy? I have a 6 yr old 52" sharp that still performs great and have touched it with my bare hands alot