32" LCD for sport

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aliEnRIK wrote: »

If youve no interest in calibration (which im pretty sure you dont)

How very dare you! I'm all about the calibration. Okay. Maybe not.

aliEnRIK wrote: »

id go for the sony

Gaming, calibration, freeviewHD and internet capability aside, can I ask why you'd go for the Sony over the Samsung?

Pikeyp

I've got the LG you mention and I'm perfectly happy with it .. delighted in fact!

If you've been over to the AVForums then you will know all about the different panels available in LCD TV's and the differences between them , but for an even more 'critical' look try out the AVSForum .. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/index.php ..

Personally I'm not really into all this calibration/testing stuff .. the TV works excellently with everything I've got plugged into it (PC/DVD HDD recorder/Virgin box/surround sound/USB movies) so that'll do for me!

aliEnRIK

Deleted_User wrote: »

How very dare you! I'm all about the calibration. Okay. Maybe not.

Gaming, calibration, freeviewHD and internet capability aside, can I ask why you'd go for the Sony over the Samsung?

If you dont calibrate then the sony will look more natural than the samsung (once partially calibrated. Everyone should at least set brightness, contrast, sharpness and colour and switch off all useless processing modes). Its colours are closer 'out of the box' then the samsung. And simply putting in figures off the net to set greyscale wont work.
Some people scoff at calibration as theyve no idea what the true potential of their tv really is. Grass should look like grass, not computer generated grass that looks like its jumping out of the screen or dull as charcoal

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aliEnRIK wrote: »

If you dont calibrate then the sony will look more natural than the samsung (once partially calibrated. Everyone should at least set brightness, contrast, sharpness and colour and switch off all useless processing modes). Its colours are closer 'out of the box' then the samsung. And simply putting in figures off the net to set greyscale wont work.
Some people scoff at calibration as theyve no idea what the true potential of their tv really is. Grass should look like grass, not computer generated grass that looks like its jumping out of the screen or dull as charcoal

Fair point. On a serious note the TV would be calibrated, to the best of my abilities to an untrained eye. I'll read the AVforums owner thread and try and figure out the "standard" calibration but I certainly can't judge it for myself as there's no benchmark in my minds eye as it were.

How would you calibrate it? With your eye? With a bit of kit? Getting a specialist in? TV calibration DVD?

Esqui

The Sony is the best of the three....but we've got the LG at £279 at the moment. Both are good though, so in true MoneySaving-style, I'd say the LG

aliEnRIK

Deleted_User wrote: »

Fair point. On a serious note the TV would be calibrated, to the best of my abilities to an untrained eye. I'll read the AVforums owner thread and try and figure out the "standard" calibration but I certainly can't judge it for myself as there's no benchmark in my minds eye as it were.

How would you calibrate it? With your eye? With a bit of kit? Getting a specialist in? TV calibration DVD?

To calibrate brighness and contrast use a THX disc (terminator 2, star wars or whatever. Most people have at least 1 in their collection)
use CINEMA settings to start with as theyre usually the closest to calibrated settings 'out of the box'
Turn off ALL processing that isnt required (live colour, deep black, DNR etc etc)
Sharpness is usually best around zero (I had mine set to 3 until I used a balanced mains unit which made the mains so clean I could set it to zero)
Set colour by eye. Make things look 'natural'
You cant set greyscale without a sensor and software