Hi guys, sorry it took so long to post. I'm a Navy Chief out here in Hawaii. So time zones are obviously different. Ok Here's what I have for my settings. I'll explain how I got to them after I post them.
Scene Select - Cinema
Picture Mode - Cinema 2
Backlight - Min
Picture - Max
Brightness - 50
Color - 52
Hue - G1
Color Temperature - Warm 2
Sharpness - 40
Noise Reduction - Off
MPEG Noise Reduction - Off
Dot Noise Reduction - Off
Motionflow - Off
CineMotion - Auto 2
Advance Settings - Below
Black Corrector - Low
Adv. Contract Enhancer - Low
Gamma - +1
Auto Light Limiter - Off
Clear White - Off
Live Color - Off
White Balance - Below
R-Gain - minus 1
G-Gain - 0
B-Gain - minus 1
R-Bias - minus 2
G-Bias - 0
B-Bias - minus 2
Detail Enhancer - Off
Edge Enhancer - Off
Skin Naturalizer - Off and grayed out
i/p Conversion Preference - Quality and grayed out
Home - Settings - Picture & Display - Below
Screen - Below
Wide Mode - Full
Auto Wide - Off
4:3 Default - Off and grayed out
Auto Display Area - Off
Display Area - Full Pixel
Screen Position - grayed out
Vertical Size - 0 and grayed out
Pro Picture Setup - Below
Color Matrix - Below
HDMI 1 - Custom
480i - ITU601
480p - ITU601
1080i - ITU709
720p - ITU709
1080p - ITU709
HDMI Dynamic Range - Below
HDMI 1 -Auto
Ambient Sensor - off
First off like I stated earlier, I have the 929 and the 750. I'm by far no expert, but have had my share of Plasma's and LED's in the past. I've always done thorough research before I buy and troll these forums often to get a good feel for which set I want. I am also a firm believer in returning a set if I am not happy with the picture. I have done that several times, and even though the retailers aren't happy, I don't make the rules, they do. I figure if your paying upward of $1500 and have the ability to return the set then get what you're happy with. I have had several of my sets professionally calibrated, one which my last before my 929 was a Panasonic GT30. These settings are probably not to different from most of the others on here, but here's how I got to them.
As far as the standard settings I started with CNET's settings. Then I tweaked the picture and brightness using my DVE Blu-ray calibration disc. I actually left my color, color temp, gamma, and white balance to CNET and here is why. When I have watched these guys calibrate my other TV's I am very inquisitive and ask lots of questions. Now take into consideration that on some of those sets they are making adjustments in the service menu. I have noticed that all the listed sites that do the calibrations on most of these Sony sets, even my 929 don't go into the service menu since most of the options are available in the regular menu. Just my guess, but since CNET and others are using their equipment to get color and grey scale as close to standard as possible, their settings should be fairly close on those settings so that is where the gamma is set to +1. The one thing I have always noticed though was the brightness and sometimes contrast is usually off a little from set to set. So that's why I adjust that with my own disc. On this set however, I read through all the posts and used steve1971's advice for the Black Corrector to Low and Adv. Contract Enhancer to Low. Then I went back and adjusted my brightness. This made a real difference in the Black levels. I even trolled the HX753 forum and Sony Europe and found out that the Adv. Contrast Enhancer is almost like LED Dynamic Control for my 929 or has some of the same principals to help with Black levels on this set. As far as Warm 2 on the Color Temp, I pretty much go along with the notion that these sites that test the color with their meters and all state that this is closest to D6500. So that's why I left it at that setting. I read on here from some people that they think it is to dull. I thinks that's because we are so used to looking at these sets in the stores with the setting ramped up to catch our attention and honestly not knowing what the standards are until you start to research and come on forums like this, we probably set our color wrong in the first place. Either way, I used to be the same way years ago and once you leave it on Warm 2 you actually get used to it. Another thing I don't think we realize is how color temp affects gray scale. I go back to the guys using instruments to test all this so I have to trust some of the reviews or a portion of them. Either way we kid ourselves thinking we can eyeball all these adjustments. It just isn't possible. As far as the HDMI settings, on other sets the limited or full has made a difference in black level, but on both my Sony's it doesn't. My sharpness is 40 and actually 42 on my 929 and read from several reviews that on these sets once you go to low it washes out the picture unlike some other sets where you can go to 0 and be fine. Anyways these are only my opinions and I hope this helps some of you just like reading through your posts helped me.
Oh one other thing I learned from my 929 settings that I got from someone on that forum that had their set professionally calibrated and I made only minor adjustments to which has that set looking awesome. If you say use these settings for night time viewing in which my room is pretty dark, and then switch to cinema 1 for daytime, keep all the settings the same except bump up your backlight +1 or 2 depending on your preference and depending on your contrast +5 it actually makes a hell of a difference for brighter rooms. Now you have a day and night setting. I am using Dish network 1080i fixed for my Satellite feed, and Sony Blu-Ray 1080p fixed for my movies.
Scene Select - Cinema
Picture Mode - Cinema 2
Backlight - Min
Picture - Max
Brightness - 50
Color - 52
Hue - G1
Color Temperature - Warm 2
Sharpness - 40
Noise Reduction - Off
MPEG Noise Reduction - Off
Dot Noise Reduction - Off
Motionflow - Off
CineMotion - Auto 2
Advance Settings - Below
Black Corrector - Low
Adv. Contract Enhancer - Low
Gamma - +1
Auto Light Limiter - Off
Clear White - Off
Live Color - Off
White Balance - Below
R-Gain - minus 1
G-Gain - 0
B-Gain - minus 1
R-Bias - minus 2
G-Bias - 0
B-Bias - minus 2
Detail Enhancer - Off
Edge Enhancer - Off
Skin Naturalizer - Off and grayed out
i/p Conversion Preference - Quality and grayed out
Home - Settings - Picture & Display - Below
Screen - Below
Wide Mode - Full
Auto Wide - Off
4:3 Default - Off and grayed out
Auto Display Area - Off
Display Area - Full Pixel
Screen Position - grayed out
Vertical Size - 0 and grayed out
Pro Picture Setup - Below
Color Matrix - Below
HDMI 1 - Custom
480i - ITU601
480p - ITU601
1080i - ITU709
720p - ITU709
1080p - ITU709
HDMI Dynamic Range - Below
HDMI 1 -Auto
Ambient Sensor - off
First off like I stated earlier, I have the 929 and the 750. I'm by far no expert, but have had my share of Plasma's and LED's in the past. I've always done thorough research before I buy and troll these forums often to get a good feel for which set I want. I am also a firm believer in returning a set if I am not happy with the picture. I have done that several times, and even though the retailers aren't happy, I don't make the rules, they do. I figure if your paying upward of $1500 and have the ability to return the set then get what you're happy with. I have had several of my sets professionally calibrated, one which my last before my 929 was a Panasonic GT30. These settings are probably not to different from most of the others on here, but here's how I got to them.
As far as the standard settings I started with CNET's settings. Then I tweaked the picture and brightness using my DVE Blu-ray calibration disc. I actually left my color, color temp, gamma, and white balance to CNET and here is why. When I have watched these guys calibrate my other TV's I am very inquisitive and ask lots of questions. Now take into consideration that on some of those sets they are making adjustments in the service menu. I have noticed that all the listed sites that do the calibrations on most of these Sony sets, even my 929 don't go into the service menu since most of the options are available in the regular menu. Just my guess, but since CNET and others are using their equipment to get color and grey scale as close to standard as possible, their settings should be fairly close on those settings so that is where the gamma is set to +1. The one thing I have always noticed though was the brightness and sometimes contrast is usually off a little from set to set. So that's why I adjust that with my own disc. On this set however, I read through all the posts and used steve1971's advice for the Black Corrector to Low and Adv. Contract Enhancer to Low. Then I went back and adjusted my brightness. This made a real difference in the Black levels. I even trolled the HX753 forum and Sony Europe and found out that the Adv. Contrast Enhancer is almost like LED Dynamic Control for my 929 or has some of the same principals to help with Black levels on this set. As far as Warm 2 on the Color Temp, I pretty much go along with the notion that these sites that test the color with their meters and all state that this is closest to D6500. So that's why I left it at that setting. I read on here from some people that they think it is to dull. I thinks that's because we are so used to looking at these sets in the stores with the setting ramped up to catch our attention and honestly not knowing what the standards are until you start to research and come on forums like this, we probably set our color wrong in the first place. Either way, I used to be the same way years ago and once you leave it on Warm 2 you actually get used to it. Another thing I don't think we realize is how color temp affects gray scale. I go back to the guys using instruments to test all this so I have to trust some of the reviews or a portion of them. Either way we kid ourselves thinking we can eyeball all these adjustments. It just isn't possible. As far as the HDMI settings, on other sets the limited or full has made a difference in black level, but on both my Sony's it doesn't. My sharpness is 40 and actually 42 on my 929 and read from several reviews that on these sets once you go to low it washes out the picture unlike some other sets where you can go to 0 and be fine. Anyways these are only my opinions and I hope this helps some of you just like reading through your posts helped me.
Oh one other thing I learned from my 929 settings that I got from someone on that forum that had their set professionally calibrated and I made only minor adjustments to which has that set looking awesome. If you say use these settings for night time viewing in which my room is pretty dark, and then switch to cinema 1 for daytime, keep all the settings the same except bump up your backlight +1 or 2 depending on your preference and depending on your contrast +5 it actually makes a hell of a difference for brighter rooms. Now you have a day and night setting. I am using Dish network 1080i fixed for my Satellite feed, and Sony Blu-Ray 1080p fixed for my movies.
