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donnajunkie

according to the instruction booklet the movie mode is for watching in a darkly lit room. if i did set it to that and then change things like the gamma or sharpness it would then not be as movie mode. changing between dynamic, movie and standard does change most of the settings to a predefined setting. so the only one we have really messed about with at all is the standard one. i leave the other modes as they were set in the factory.
i will certainly give those settings a try.

Marty_J

lol....I just have access to a lot of Samsung TVs. I think there must have been a sale on at some point.

aliEnRIK

Whats the exact model of tv you have Donna?
Martys right in that a lot of tvs are calibrated around the 'movie settings' mark (generally speaking ~ NOT always)

aliEnRIK

Found it (Notice how SKY settings are different)

Suitable for DTV Freeview, Sky+ box etc. No Service Menu settings have been changed. These settings are for all firmware versions.

Picture menu
Mode: Movie
Backlight: 3 (Sky+: 2 or 3)
Contrast: 85 (Sky+: 70)
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 5
Colour: 45
Tint: G51/R49 (Sky+: G50/R50)

Detailed Settings
Black Adjust: Off
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Gamma: 0
Colour Space: Custom
Flesh Tone: 0
Edge Enhancement: Off
xvYCC: Off

Custom Colour Space Red|Green|Blue
Red: 32 | 0 | 0
Green: 21 | 27 | 0
Blue: 0 | 0 | 38
Yellow: 48 | 13 | 0
Cyan: 16 | 19 | 38
Magenta: 34 | 0 | 40

White Balance
R-Offset: 26
G-Offset: 25
B-Offset: 25
R-Gain: 13
G-Gain: 25
B-Gain: 15

Picture Options
Colour Tone: Warm1
Size: Auto Wide
Screen Mode: 4:3
Digital NR: Off
HDMI Black Level: Normal
100Hz Motion Plus: Low
Blue Only Mode: Off

Setup Submenu
Entertainment Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off

My User Settings for High Definition (HD) - Samsung LE40A656

Suitable for blu-ray players, DVD Upscalers etc. No Service Menu settings have been changed. These settings are for all firmware versions.

Picture menu
Mode: Movie
Backlight: 3
Contrast: 90
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 0
Colour: 52
Tint: G50/R50

Detailed Settings
Black Adjust: Off
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Gamma: 0
Colour Space: Custom
Flesh Tone: 0
Edge Enhancement: Off
xvYCC: Off

Custom Colour Space: Red|Green|Blue
Red: 23 | 0 | 0
Green: 0 | 38 | 0
Blue: 0 | 0 | 43
Yellow: 43 | 43 | 0
Cyan: 0 | 46 | 48
Magenta: 27 | 0 | 45

White Balance
R-Offset: 26
G-Offset: 25
B-Offset: 25
R-Gain: 13
G-Gain: 25
B-Gain: 15

Picture Options
Colour Tone: Warm1
Size: Just Scan
Screen Mode: 16:9
Digital NR: Off
HDMI Black Level: Normal
100Hz Motion Plus: Low
Blue Only Mode: Off

Setup Submenu
Entertainment Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off

donnajunkie

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Whats the exact model of tv you have Donna?

samsung le 40 a686.

aliEnRIK

donnajunkie wrote: »

samsung le 40 a686.

The settings above are for your tv Donna (Realised youd posted further back)

Rednax

I can second what everyone's said about The Dark Knight, amazing. However, I think this is mainly because the Blu-Ray version has the action scenes filmed in IMAX, using every inch of your TV.

Otherwise the PS3 does a great job at upscaling DVDs, so IMHO not really worth the extra cash for a BR disk unless it's a minimal price difference and your TV's above 40".

Leopard

aliEnRIK wrote: »

The settings above are for your tv Donna (Realised youd posted further back)

Man, you are one serious hero. :A

aliEnRIK

Leopard wrote: »

Man, you are one serious hero. :A

I think I deserve payment for that too

Those are proper ISF Calibration settings which could cost upwards of 250 quid to set to an individuals tv

Marty_J

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I think I deserve payment for that too

Those are proper ISF Calibration settings which could cost upwards of 250 quid to set to an individuals tv

I saw those posted over at AV Forums, but they're settings for the A656..is it the same TV as the A868? They don't make it easy with all these model numbers.

Is "Alan CD" an ISF certified calibrator? If so, I'll have to look out for his posts. :beer: