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Originally Posted by jay005

Does anyone know how to turn off the Unsupported Audio Signal error that I get every time I tune to a Dolby Digital broadcast using an HDMI cable? I have tried Input 6 or 7, coming from a Direct TV HD DVR. I know that if I turn Dolby Digital off from the Satellite box I do not receive this error but I would obviously like to use that to receive DD through my Yamaha receiver. I have the HD DVR connected to the Yamaha with an optical cable for Audio, so I could care less about the TV speakers but the error is a little annoying. I have tried with the TV speakers on and off but still receive the error. I know this maybe a problem with the Direct TV HD DVR but just wanted to see if anyone else had a similar setup or issue.

I received the 55" yesterday and have tried the CNET settings and bumped the color up just a little and use Auto 2 Iris settings in the day and Min at night. This if for the HDMI input coming from the HD DVR. Picture is much better on HD and SD than the GWIII it replaced. I am still working on the DVD 480p input over component...

Thanks

Originally Posted by JasonWW

OK, after a little experimenting I will say that the Detail Enhancer is much more powerful than the Edge Enhancement using the HDNET pattern. EE had little effect compared to DE, so I took some photos of the pattern with DE on low and with DE off. Simply turning it off got rid of almost all the white around the gridlines.

Here is the first pic which is DE on low and should be the same as the earlier pic I posted.
DE on low

Here is the pic with DE turned off.
DE off

In my opinion the DE is too powerful. Anything more than the low setting just seems excessive. It is very much like the unsharp mask filter in PS if you are familiar with that. I wish there was a setting in between off and low, but since I had to choose, I prefer low. It just gives everything a small degree of extra clarity. In contrast, the off setting makes everything a tiny bit soft. After flipping back and forth between the 2 settings and different HD programs I think low is the better setting.

The effect on the HDNET pattern resolution seems minimal. I can hardly tell a difference, but it is there. If it were a big difference I would choose the setting that made the lines clearest, but in this case it seems to be user preference.

Originally Posted by HoundDogCatia

Jason, you might want to try to turn your sharpness down and bumb up the DE. I liked mine at about 25-35, but I am trying the CNET value of 50 for a little while. Turning the sharpness down should reduce the noise you may be seeing around the black and white edges.

Originally Posted by justinto

I was not able to get rid of the error because it had to do with my H10-250 box, but if you go to settings, setup, info banner - you can turn this to off and not see the error again. Of course, you still will not get sound through HDMI as long as this is a DD feed.

Originally Posted by sourcery

My green-blob-infected R60XBR1 was exchanged today for a new R60A2000. The delivery guys left just after noon PDT.

After many hours of tweaking (including the use of a THX configurator,) here are the settings I have chosen in an attempt to reproduce the "3D," "depthy" and "filmlike, not-a-TV" look of my XBR1:

"Picture" Page (Custom Mode)

Advanced Iris: Auto1 during the day, Auto 2 at night
Picture: 65 [Changed twice]
Brightness: 59 [Changed twice]
Color: 39 [Changed twice]
Hue: 0
Color Temp: Warm 2 (with white balance adjustements) [Changed thrice]
Sharpness: 50 [Changed]
Noise Reduction: Off [HDMI/Internal Tuner] or Auto [Component]

Advanced Settings (Custom Mode)

Black Corrector: Low
Gamma: Off
Live Color: Off
Detail Enhancer: Off
Edge Enhancer: Off

White Balance (same as CNET):
r-gain: -2
g-gain: -1
b-gain: 0
r-bias: -3
g-bias: -2
b-bias: -1

"Setup" Page

Color Matrix: Custom (using the default color mappings) [Changed]
CineMotion: Auto [Changed]
DRC: (86, 26) [Changed]
Power Saving Mode: On [Changed]

Settings not mentioned are set to factory defaults.

Originally, I very intentionally did not look at anyone else's settings for the A2000. I wanted to form an independent opinion. I have now contrasted/compared my settings versus those of others, and also with those suggested by CNET, and partly as a result have changed my original settings.

I find that these settings result in PQ for HD content on the A2000 that is superior overall to that of the XBR1.

Here are some photos of my set after applying my tweaks:

Originally Posted by bmacgyver

Under the settings menu, there are 2 different areas to make adjustments. When you hit the menu button, it automatically starts at the first area which is picture adjustments. Scan to the bottom of the master menu list, right select, and near the bottom of that submenu is the option to have power save on or off. It is also the same menu for adjusting cinemotion.

Originally Posted by jay005

Does anyone know how to turn off the Unsupported Audio Signal error that I get every time I tune to a Dolby Digital broadcast using an HDMI cable? I have tried Input 6 or 7, coming from a Direct TV HD DVR. I know that if I turn Dolby Digital off from the Satellite box I do not receive this error but I would obviously like to use that to receive DD through my Yamaha receiver. I have the HD DVR connected to the Yamaha with an optical cable for Audio, so I could care less about the TV speakers but the error is a little annoying. I have tried with the TV speakers on and off but still receive the error. I know this maybe a problem with the Direct TV HD DVR but just wanted to see if anyone else had a similar setup or issue.

I received the 55" yesterday and have tried the CNET settings and bumped the color up just a little and use Auto 2 Iris settings in the day and Min at night. This if for the HDMI input coming from the HD DVR. Picture is much better on HD and SD than the GWIII it replaced. I am still working on the DVD 480p input over component...

Thanks

Originally Posted by jim_arrows

The issue is with the TV, not the Tivo. They should have made an option to disable that annoying pop-up message. The reason that it seems to go away is because you simply haven't surfed across a dolby digital broadcast. As soon as you tune to a DD broadcast you should see the error. Others have also reported that running it through their AVR removes the message, but who at Sony thought it was necessary to pop up that idiot box error message on every DD broadcast? "Gee, I'm not getting 5.1 surround sound from my 2 speaker tv, I wonder what's wrong?" Seriously, did we really need that message? And did they need to make it stay on-screen as long as it does? Seems like it's on-screen for 10-15 seconds...

Originally Posted by JacobC1983

If I change my settings on one input, say, input 4 for my xbox 360.. and I have my HDMI DVD player on input 7. do I have to change to each input and change the picture settings accordingly to that input.. or do I change for one and each input as those settings no matter what? I would prefer to change each input to which device I have connected to the TV.. but I keep getting confused on which has what...
thanks for the quick answer

Originally Posted by ss9168

So I am a newbie with HDMI. On the a2000 it has two hookups, one with audio. Does that mean that I can only have one device with audio play through the tv? If I have a directv unit and an dvd player, does one need to go through a receiver?

Originally Posted by ss9168

So I am a newbie with HDMI. On the a2000 it has two hookups, one with audio. Does that mean that I can only have one device with audio play through the tv? If I have a directv unit and an dvd player, does one need to go through a receiver?

Also what brand is everyone using for HDMI cable? I was looking at better cable, but I am not decided.

Thanks,
Seth

Originally Posted by Servo1

Folks say the HDMI cables at Monoprice (link in the box at the top of the page) are just as good as Monster, and much, much cheaper. Also, I think folks have bought a Philips HDMI cable at Wal-Mart with good results, and again, much cheaper than Monster.

With digital, it's all ones and zeros. Either you're making contact or you're not.

Tom

Originally Posted by ss9168

So I am a newbie with HDMI. On the a2000 it has two hookups, one with audio. Does that mean that I can only have one device with audio play through the tv? If I have a directv unit and an dvd player, does one need to go through a receiver?

Also what brand is everyone using for HDMI cable? I was looking at better cable, but I am not decided.

Thanks,
Seth

Originally Posted by analli

I thought HDMI was video and 2 channel audio. Only ONE of the two HDMI inputs includes audio??? Not both???

Anthony

Originally Posted by tim86

Sourcery what settings are you using for SD? are they the same?