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post #31 of 5489
8/23/07 at 4:50pm
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Ok guys I am getting my second 46xbr4 set next week.... first one got damaged during shipping.
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post #32 of 5489
8/23/07 at 4:51pm
Cinamotion set to auto 2.
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post #33 of 5489
8/26/07 at 7:07pm
Although still being tweaked, here's my settings (blacks are good and any clouding issues gone)...

Backlight 4
Picture 90
Brightness 48
Color 52
Hue R2
Color Temp Warm2
Sharpness 20
Noise Red. Off
MPEG NR Off
DRC Mode Off
Black Corrector Off
Advanced C.E. Off
Gamma Off
Clear White Off
Color Space Std.
Live Color Off
White Balance:
R - gain 0
G - gain -14
B - gain -8
R - bias 4
G - bias 4
B - bias 8
Detail Enhancer Off
Edge Enhancer Off

VIDEO:
Motion Enhancer Std.
CineMotion Auto2

GENERAL:
Power Saving Low
Light Sensor Off
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post #34 of 5489
8/27/07 at 2:09pm
BTW, anyone use a colorimeter to calibrate their LCD's?
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post #35 of 5489
8/27/07 at 2:17pm
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Originally Posted by edwyun View Post

BTW, anyone use a colorimeter to calibrate their LCD's?

i'll hopefully be receiving my set later this week.
I use a monaco optix xr for my computer monitors.
how would i go about using this for the tv?
if you could provide me with some instructions or a link,
i'll gladly run it through its paces
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post #36 of 5489
8/27/07 at 8:20pm
don't have one yet. i was thinking about getting one though...
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post #37 of 5489
8/28/07 at 5:31am
Is it possible to do a proper calibration with a Spyder2 and HCFR???

I mean do you have access to enough colour settings on the XBR4/5???

I know most displays need access to the service menu but the XBR4/5 have more user menus.
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post #38 of 5489
8/30/07 at 7:15am
How do you get to R gain and R bias levels on these tvs?
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post #39 of 5489
8/30/07 at 7:31am
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Originally Posted by ddddd55555 View Post

How do you get to R gain and R bias levels on these tvs?

do any of Bruzzi's service menu codes work?
http://www.bruzziforum.com/vbf/showthread.php?t=48
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post #40 of 5489
8/30/07 at 11:13am
Color gain and bias........I'm not in front of my tv at the moment, but if I remember correctly it's under each of the available picture settings as: Advanced==>White Balance.
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post #41 of 5489
8/30/07 at 8:32pm
You do get gain and bias settings for R, G, and B under white balance
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post #42 of 5489
8/31/07 at 11:20am
I wonder if people could also post some reference to their methods.
For example, is this just what you like, (eyeballin' it) or is this having used an Avia disk ( or some other) or have you just had it calibrated by an ISF certified research labs tech?
That would put your settings in some kind of a context. I, for one would really appreciate that!
I promise I will post my settings as soon as I have them perfect. I'm really busy these days and haven't had the time to devote to achieve the results I'm after. Thanks all, It really is a beautiful set (46' xbr4).
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post #43 of 5489
8/31/07 at 2:06pm
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FOR THE X3500 ( European version of the XBR5 ), I am unsure if there is any regional variance

OK, my X3500 has been ISF calibrated. Promisingly, the guy said it was the best LCD he'd seen

However, as is typical w/ consumer displays, the colour doesn't ramp in a linear fashion so some trade offs must be made with accuracy in either end of the dark/bright range.

Whilst it is massively improved, I'm sensitive to a percieved Green push in dark areas at these calibrated settings so I will likely experiment more to reach my PERSONAL preference.

With all that said, here are the settings arrived at for various inputs:

PS3 ( RGB range limited, Super White On, 1080p/24 for Blu Ray, HDMI )

Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 52
Colour 50
Sharpness 10
Colour Balance: Warm 2
White Balance:

Rg-5
Bg-3
Rb -8
Gb -3
bb-3
Full Pixel

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Sky HD ( over HDMI ) 1080i output

Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 52
Colour 55
Sharpness 50
DRC OFF

Colour Temperature: Warm2
White Balance:
RG -6
GG-2
BG-3
RB-9
GB-3
BB -3

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X-Box 360 Premium ( over Component )
Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 52
Colour55
Sharpness 25
Colour Temperature: Warm 2
White Balance:
rg -6
bg -3
rb -1
bb -2
Full Pixel

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HTPC ( 8800GTS, DVI->HDMI ) PowerDVD Ultra ( Overlay? )

Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 50
Colour 55
Sharpness 50
Colour Temperature: Warm 2
White Balance:
RG -6
BG-2
RB-4
Full Pixel

It's a great panel, and is what I wanted my X2000 ( XBR2 ) to be. So I'm happy.

Oh, also, I can imagine the "auto dim" thing pissing some people off ,as in some very specific circumstances ( darkish text on a black background, sparse starry scenes in space ) the autodim thing kicks in. I'm hoping there is some way to disable it, but it rarely crops up in normal use.

CDJay
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post #44 of 5489
8/31/07 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by CDJayRFU View Post

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FOR THE X3500 ( European version of the XBR5 ), I am unsure if there is any regional variance

OK, my X3500 has been ISF calibrated. Promisingly, the guy said it was the best LCD he'd seen

However, as is typical w/ consumer displays, the colour doesn't ramp in a linear fashion so some trade offs must be made with accuracy in either end of the dark/bright range.

Whilst it is massively improved, I'm sensitive to a percieved Green push in dark areas at these calibrated settings so I will likely experiment more to reach my PERSONAL preference.

With all that said, here are the settings arrived at for various inputs:

PS3 ( RGB range limited, Super White On, 1080p/24 for Blu Ray, HDMI )

Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 52
Colour 50
Sharpness 10
Colour Balance: Warm 2
White Balance:

Rg-5
Bg-3
Rb -8
Gb -3
bb-3
Full Pixel

.


Sky HD ( over HDMI ) 1080i output

Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 52
Colour 55
Sharpness 50
DRC OFF

Colour Temperature: Warm2
White Balance:
RG -6
GG-2
BG-3
RB-9
GB-3
BB -3

..

X-Box 360 Premium ( over Component )
Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 52
Colour55
Sharpness 25
Colour Temperature: Warm 2
White Balance:
rg -6
bg -3
rb -1
bb -2
Full Pixel

..

HTPC ( 8800GTS, DVI->HDMI ) PowerDVD Ultra ( Overlay? )

Backlight 3
Contrast 70
Brightness 50
Colour 55
Sharpness 50
Colour Temperature: Warm 2
White Balance:
RG -6
BG-2
RB-4
Full Pixel

It's a great panel, and is what I wanted my X2000 ( XBR2 ) to be. So I'm happy.

Oh, also, I can imagine the "auto dim" thing pissing some people off ,as in some very specific circumstances ( darkish text on a black background, sparse starry scenes in space ) the autodim thing kicks in. I'm hoping there is some way to disable it, but it rarely crops up in normal use.

CDJay

Thanks, I will give them a try. What about all the other settings/features? Do you have any of them on? (all those noise reduction, etc)
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post #45 of 5489
8/31/07 at 2:59pm
The other settings are where personal prefence come in.

I have everything set to "Off" near enough ( Gamma, ACE, etc ) and colour space is on standard.

For 1080p/24 and 1080p/50 ( irelevant for U.S market ) I PERSONALLY prefer Auto1 and Standard. This does lead to seemingly unnatural motion ( sped up? ) in some scenes but I far prefer that to judder. Now, this will no doubt be different for U.S folks who not only are used to the inherent limitations of film at 24fps but also 3:2 pulldown. I will say that in my limited testing, having it on auto1/standard w/ my 360 HD-DVD at 1080i/60 led to MASSIVE motion issues. As in, judder to the nth degree.

I still need to mess around more, the set isn't even out in my territory yet, I was lucky to buy a vendor evaluation model and didn't want to watch it much before it was calibrated.

My suspicion is that most U.S people will like either Auto2/Standard or Auto1/Off. ( Film mode and Motionflow respectively )

CDJay
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post #46 of 5489
8/31/07 at 6:22pm
WHat exactly is the "Full Pixel" option and how is it a benefit?
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post #47 of 5489
9/1/07 at 5:45am
Full Pixel means that the display does direct pixel mapping at 1080i/1080p. This is critical for use w/ a PC, as scaling is liable to make small text hard to read.

It also should mean, in theory, you get superior quality w/ 1080i/1080p material as there is no scaling of the image.

So, if you're using a HD-DVD or Blu Ray player, make sure you're running 1080p/24 w/ Full Pixel display mode

CDJay
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post #48 of 5489
9/1/07 at 6:38am
Has anybody experienced clouding, or shading on the corners on the XBR4 yet? Are they better this year in that regard as compared to last year's XBR2?
Are these problems somewhat adustable, if present?
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post #49 of 5489
9/1/07 at 2:00pm
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Originally Posted by coma426 View Post

Here are the settings I came up with for my 52" XBR4 after running the Avia calibration dvd.

HDMI Settings (BD playback via PS3)


Motion Enhancer: set to Off for most BD material, set to High for SD cable

coma426,

was wondering what some of your PS3 settings are?

BD/DVD Video Output Format (auto, RGB, Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr)
RGB Full Range (Limited, Full)
Y Pb/Cb Pr/CR Super-White (On, Off)

thanks,
Mark
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post #50 of 5489
9/1/07 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by slumpey326 View Post

gordong11
Senior Member


Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 329 Prelim settings

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Here is a good setting, but I need to see how it holds up, and what changes it needs. XA2 directly into the XBR4 via HDMI 1.3 cable. Calibrated using



Sony KDL-40V2500 1080P LCD
Yamaha YSP-800 Digital Sound Projector

Slumpey, tried your settings on my 40 xbr4 and really like them. The thing I like most about everyones custom settings is the top of the tv is soooo much more less heat. Long Live the backlight!

I haven't tried all the setting posted but yours sure do look good with comcast cable, both hd and regular channels. I'd have to say those are about as good as they will get, but hey I don't have any expertise in this area.

thnx and regards,
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post #51 of 5489
9/1/07 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by CDJayRFU View Post

Full Pixel means that the display does direct pixel mapping at 1080i/1080p. This is critical for use w/ a PC, as scaling is liable to make small text hard to read.

It also should mean, in theory, you get superior quality w/ 1080i/1080p material as there is no scaling of the image.

So, if you're using a HD-DVD or Blu Ray player, make sure you're running 1080p/24 w/ Full Pixel display mode

CDJay

Thank you sir. I'm assuming that by 1080p/24 you mean Motion Enhancer set to high?
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post #52 of 5489
9/1/07 at 7:23pm
My co-worker is a major tekkie and did calibrations(well helped) for a former job. I think he did great job with my cable hookup, so I'm sharing, he spent 2 hours on it. Via Component on SA 8300HD DVR cable box on 40XBR4:


Added: This was done at night with room lights turned off.

Custom:

Backlight: 4 (Added: with light sensor off, which I normally keep on)
Picture: 90
Brightness: 45
Color: 60
Hue: 0
Temp: COOL
Sharpness: 64
Noise Reduc: Low
Mpeg: Off
DRC: Off

Black Corrector: Off
Advanced C.E.: low
Gamma: Low
C White: Off
C Space: Standard
Live Color: Low

White Balance:

R Gain: -3
G Gain: -4
B Gain: -2
R Bias: +3
G Bias: -2
B Bias: +4

Detail Enhancer: Low
Edge Enhancer: High

This really works well for me, let me know if you try it...and thoughts.
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post #53 of 5489
9/1/07 at 8:18pm
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Originally Posted by gordong11 View Post

My co-worker is a major tekkie and did calibrations(well helped) for a former job. I think he did great job with my cable hookup, so I'm sharing, he spent 2 hours on it. Via Component on SA 8300HD DVR cable box on 40XBR4:


Added: This was done at night with room lights turned off.

Custom:

Backlight: 4 (Added: with light sensor off, which I normally keep on)
Picture: 90
Brightness: 45
Color: 60
Hue: 0
Temp: COOL
Sharpness: 64
Noise Reduc: Low
Mpeg: Off
DRC: Off

Black Corrector: Off
Advanced C.E.: low
Gamma: Low
C White: Off
C Space: Standard
Live Color: Low

White Balance:

R Gain: -3
G Gain: -4
B Gain: -2
R Bias: +3
G Bias: -2
B Bias: +4

Detail Enhancer: Low
Edge Enhancer: High

This really works well for me, let me know if you try it...and thoughts.

Just tried your settings and they worked well (I added some more brightness and detail enhancement - personal preference). What is your verdict on the motion enhancer/cinemotion settings? Thanks!!
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post #54 of 5489
9/1/07 at 10:34pm
I am a previous owner of a Sharp LC46D92U. After 2 sets I asked for a refund. I recently purchased a 46" XBR5 and the PQ is excellent, but I am also having problems with "juddering." I have this with SD and HD TV viewing. I am using HMDI from the XBR to the HD cable box. This is very annoying and hope someone could help me with this problem. My decision was between the Sammy 81 and the XBR5 after returning the Sharp. I hope the "judder" can be fixed, I would hate to have to return the Sony if it can not be rectified.
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post #55 of 5489
9/2/07 at 9:37am
"Thank you sir. I'm assuming that by 1080p/24 you mean Motion Enhancer set to high?"

No, it just means that HD-DVD/Blu Ray films are passed to the display in their native format, has nothing to do w/ motion enhancer.

Re: Judder, if you select "auto 1" under film mode, and select "standard" for cinemotion, this should help dramatically. I haven't messed around w/ 1080/60 much yet though, so YMMV

CDJay
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post #56 of 5489
9/2/07 at 10:06am
backlight 4
picture 85
brightness 50
color 65
temp neutral
sharpness 60
noise reduc low
black corrector low
c.e. low
gamma med
clear white on
color space standard
live color medium
green bias -1
detail enh low
edge enh low

power saving low
light sensor on
motion enhancer standard
cinemotion auto 1
color space x.v.color
rgb dynamic full

imo this is close but not quite perfect.
settings are kinda universal with minor variances
with hdmi, ota, bd, and games. i havent used game mode yet but i'll give it a run later today. no lag, no tearing, all goodness.
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post #57 of 5489
9/2/07 at 11:50am
Ah, this appears to make things worse for 60hz material. Stick to Auto2 / Standard.

CDjay
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post #58 of 5489
9/2/07 at 12:11pm
Thanks for all the help. I read a couple of post which advise to use the Auto2 setting. I have not watch enough TV to see if this has ceased the "judder" and motion problems, but so far so good. Also, gordong11's settings work nice.
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post #59 of 5489
9/2/07 at 4:42pm
I'm still screwing around with the motion settings on this set. So far I think High/Auto 2 is good for DVD and Standard/Auto 1 works well for SD/HD satellite. This is a very confusing subject to me so I'm hoping we have an "expert" who can shed some more light on these settings (I'm still not sure how they relate to the 24fps/60fps/120fps modes)! Otherwise I almost cut my finger on the picture it was so sharp (LOL).

ps. Is anybody using the DRC function?
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post #60 of 5489
9/2/07 at 9:30pm
Anybody out there had this problem before? If so, what did u do to fix it? I know that the ESPN banner isn't orange, but i can't seem to get it reddish even with all the posted settings i've tried. Any suggestions out there or do I have a bad set?
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