LCD TV Reviews

Keep in mind that unit-to-unit variations, viewing environment, source, and screen (in the case of front projectors) might render the settings I used less than optimum on some samples of this display. On the other hand, some parameters should be set to the same values presented here regardless of these factors. In the following list, the parameters that can be set with confidence to the specified values have no asterisk.

Parameters flagged with a single asterisk are likely to require different settings than mine. I encourage you to acquire a display-setup disc such as Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics on Blu-ray or any of the several setup DVDs available and use it to set these controls yourself.

Parameters flagged with a double asterisk are also likely to require different settings than mine, but they should be adjusted only by a qualified technician with the skill and equipment to do the job correctly.

Thanks to Joel Silver, president of the Imaging Science Foundation, for suggesting that I identify the picture controls in this manner.

These settings reflect my best results using the user-menu calibration controls, but my evaluation of the set's performance is based on a service-menu calibration, for which the user settings were at their default values.

On Remote
AV Mode: User
View Mode: Dot by Dot
Picture Menu
OPC: Off
Backlight: -15
*Contrast: +28
*Brightness: +1
*Color: 0
*Tint: 0
Sharpness: -2
Advanced

• C.M.S. Hue
  • **R: 0
  • **Y: +8
  • **G: 0
  • **C: -7
  • **B: 0
  • **M: -2
• C.M.S. Saturation
  • **R: 0
  • **Y: 0
  • **G: 0
  • **C: -30
  • **B: -30
  • **M: +10
• Color Temp.: Low
  • **R Gain: +30
  • **G Gain: -10
  • **B Gain: -30
• Fine Motion Enhanced: On
• Active Contrast: Off
• I/P Setting: Fast
• Film Mode: On
• Digital Noise Reduction: High
• Monochrome: Off
• Range of OPC: N/A