4K TV Reviews

Unit-to-unit sample variations, the viewing environment, and the source might render these recommendations less than optimum. They are only provided as a potentially useful starting place. Note that the usefulness of the Color Tuner settings provided here may not produce the best possible result on another sample.

For settings such as Backlight, Brightness, and Çontrast, we strongly recommend that you find the optimum basic video settings for your sample by using one of the many available HD/SDR setup discs, such as the Disney "WOW" or the Spears and Munsil High Definition Benchmark (a Spears and Munsil disc for Ultra HD/HDR has just been released as of this writing)). These will help you set the basic controls correctly, though are not designed for color calibration. Experimenting with the color calibration controls in the user menus will do no harm; the changes may be easily reset. But adjusting these by eye is unlikely to produce an accurate result and is no substitute for a full color calibration. The latter is best left to a trained and properly equipped technician such as those certified by the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) or THX. Some minor subsequent adjustments to the non-Color Tuner controls may produce the best visual results on specific source material. Those alterations in our situation are reflected in the settings shown below.

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Color Tuner HDR (CMS controls, Hue, Saturation, and Brightness, not used)

Color Tuner SDR (CMS controls, Hue, Saturation, and Brightness, not used)

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