What movies require you to change your settings?

[Blu-21]

Every so often a movie or TV show will come along where something needs adjusting. Maybe it's too dim, or too bright, or desaturated.

For me it's Cargo (2018) and the 2013 remaster of Halloween (1978).

For Cargo I found the black levels to be milky thin in darker/low lit scenes, so I lowered my brightness dial by a couple of notches.

For Halloween the colour was lacking, so I turned up my saturation a little.

[drush9999]

The obvious one is AvP: Requiem, but it's a false economy as you just turn black into grey

[The Great Owl]

None. I leave my custom calibrated television settings alone, regardless of which disc I’m watching.

[yellowcakeuf6]

I do the same, and just shake my head.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

None. I leave my custom calibrated television settings alone, regardless of which disc I’m watching.

You calibrated the settings yourself? I'm thinking of hiring a pro to calibrate my set but, man, it ain't cheap. Gonna have to do it because I have a feeling I've got it all wrong.

[yellowcakeuf6]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

You calibrated the settings yourself? I'm thinking of hiring a pro to calibrate my set but, man, it ain't cheap. Gonna have to do it because I have a feeling I've got it all wrong.

Have you looked up your set's recommended settings online? You can get in the ballpark with those that are posted as out-of-the-box recommended settings from pro calibrators until you get it done.

[professorwho]

I also use my custom calibrated settings for everything.

[Monterey Jack]

None. I don't have time for that shit.

[bsend]

I wouldn't even know where to begin when it comes to changing the settings.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by bsend

I wouldn't even know where to begin when it comes to changing the settings.

Obviously, just turn off motion smoothing, set sharpness to zero (as then it’s pixel to pixel accurate), and then tinker from there. Those two alone will improve the experience dramatically.

[roccos]

Beauty and the Beast (2017 live action), it's just too darn dark.

[StingingVelvet]

The whole point of calibrated (or near calibrated) settings is so you leave them alone and see everything as intended. Yes AVP2 is dark for example, but it's supposed to be. I want to see it how it's supposed to be seen.

Only exemption is stuff that's actually broken, like say Shout's Road House remaster. It's mastered at the wrong levels, so you have to use "full" levels to watch it.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

You calibrated the settings yourself? I'm thinking of hiring a pro to calibrate my set but, man, it ain't cheap. Gonna have to do it because I have a feeling I've got it all wrong.

My old LG television had a “Calibration Wizard” feature that walked me through the process and allowed me to save the settings.

The end result is mostly identical to the Cinema Mode on the same television, except for a couple of minor tweaks.

My current LG 4K television does not have the Calibration Wizard feature, but, when I hooked it up to my HDMI and Blu-ray player, it defaulted to that custom setting somehow.

[BNex99]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

The whole point of calibrated (or near calibrated) settings is so you leave them alone and see everything as intended. Yes AVP2 is dark for example, but it's supposed to be. I want to see it how it's supposed to be seen.

Only exemption is stuff that's actually broken, like say Shout's Road House remaster. It's mastered at the wrong levels, so you have to use "full" levels to watch it.

Same with Shout's release of Transformers: The Movie. And I think with Twilight Time's Twilight Samurai.

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

anything released by Kino, for starters.

That, too. Slight gamma adjustment.

[B-52 Bass]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

None. I leave my custom calibrated television settings alone, regardless of which disc I’m watching.

Same here set it and leave it. Movies that are dark and I could barely see it then I just listen to it. They must know this at the studio's but, whatever...

[shinobipopcorn]

I tried the THX thing on the old Lion King DVD before, but it always made the TV look funny. Then I tried on my own for Rogue One because I could barely make anything out during the Vader shot at the end besides his red lightsaber. Then I gave up.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by BNex99

That, too. Slight gamma adjustment.

I've been told Kino master for 2.4 gamma while most people have their TVs at 2.2, which I think is the issue there. Kino did have a few releases with the wrong levels like Shout though, like the original Man on Fire.

[Jexes23]

I have always left my 1080p TV on the same settings for all my Blu Rays.

When I went and visited the folks who have a large 4k screen and a 4k Blu Ray player I brought some of my discs I can't play yet and found myself tweaking the settings depending on the disc. My Ex Machina, Dunkirk, and Blade Runner discs all looked good on standard settings, Hostiles looked orange on standard so I set it to cool and it looked perfect. I'm thinking I might be tweaking settings more on 4k's.

[CSM101]

The only movie that I actively felt the need to adjust the settings for a better viewing experience is Shout Factory’s Roadhouse. Other than that, my settings stay as they are.

[NeMo_ET]

Wait - is the idea that people re-calibrate depending on the movie? I can't even imagine. Tweak settings, watch a scene, go back, tweak, watch, repeat until it's perfect for that movie? I barely have enough time to watch all the movies I want, let alone go through that. I'm good with the one and done.

Sound on the other hand is a different story. Although now I have a soundbar, so I'm more limited in how much I can change. Drives me crazy when the voices are like whispers and then a helicopter flies by or something and my house shakes. Then I end up flipping through different sound settings but nothing ever seems to make it perfect in the end. When I was on full surround I had it set up pretty good for that.