Appropriate brightness setting- Samsung Plasma - Blu-ray Forum

mzo0163 · 02-08-2009, 11:01 PM

Hello everyone-

I have the Samsung PN50A450 plasma (50" 720P) and the Samsung 1500 blu ray player. I have been struggling to find the right brightness setting that will allow the screen to have deep/ rich black levels without having the screen "shut off". Im not sure if anyone else experiances this problem but if I set the brightness too low my screen will flick off and then back on once the film content is bright enough again. If I set the brightness high enough so that this doesnt happen, the blacks dont reach the same level as the black bars on the top and bottom of a film. I have tried messing with the black level being set to high, medium, and low also with the dynamic contrast at high, medium, and low but no combination of these seems to help. Any input would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!

Bigblue622 · 02-08-2009, 11:20 PM

What picture mode are you using? I know in standard mode the screen will shut off but it's never happened to me while using movie mode.

mzo0163 · 02-08-2009, 11:54 PM

That definately helped, I didnt know that the exact same settings in movie mode and standard mode produced such a different image. Thanks!

Bigblue622 · 02-08-2009, 11:57 PM

Yea, movie mode is actually the more accurate of the two, I have some really good settings that I picked up off avsforum if your interested pm me and I will give them to you.

stickb5 · 02-09-2009, 01:56 AM

hey guys if you want the most accurate settings for this tv check out the samsung 450 forum at avsforums.com there s a guy over there that did a full calibration on that tv and posted on the forum really nice, i was using his settings and it was great.

dtowntke · 02-09-2009, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stickb5

hey guys if you want the most accurate settings for this tv check out the samsung 450 forum at avsforums.com there s a guy over there that did a full calibration on that tv and posted on the forum really nice, i was using his settings and it was great.

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mzo0163 · 02-09-2009, 02:07 AM

could someone post the link, Im having trouble finding it

stickb5 · 02-22-2009, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mzo0163

could someone post the link, Im having trouble finding it

here s the link, the settings that he managed to put in is using the HDMI, on the previous page he posted the COMPONENT settings for this tv.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...019776&page=79

02-08-2009, 11:01 PM	#1
mzo0163 Member Member since:Feb 2009	Appropriate brightness setting- Samsung Plasma Hello everyone- I have the Samsung PN50A450 plasma (50" 720P) and the Samsung 1500 blu ray player. I have been struggling to find the right brightness setting that will allow the screen to have deep/ rich black levels without having the screen "shut off". Im not sure if anyone else experiances this problem but if I set the brightness too low my screen will flick off and then back on once the film content is bright enough again. If I set the brightness high enough so that this doesnt happen, the blacks dont reach the same level as the black bars on the top and bottom of a film. I have tried messing with the black level being set to high, medium, and low also with the dynamic contrast at high, medium, and low but no combination of these seems to help. Any input would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!

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02-08-2009, 11:20 PM	#2
Bigblue622 Active Member Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Kentucky Blu-ray collection:596 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:3	What picture mode are you using? I know in standard mode the screen will shut off but it's never happened to me while using movie mode.

02-08-2009, 11:54 PM	#3
mzo0163 Member Member since:Feb 2009	That definately helped, I didnt know that the exact same settings in movie mode and standard mode produced such a different image. Thanks!

02-08-2009, 11:57 PM	#4
Bigblue622 Active Member Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Kentucky Blu-ray collection:596 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:3	Yea, movie mode is actually the more accurate of the two, I have some really good settings that I picked up off avsforum if your interested pm me and I will give them to you.

02-09-2009, 01:56 AM	#5
stickb5 Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Long Island, NY.	hey guys if you want the most accurate settings for this tv check out the samsung 450 forum at avsforums.com there s a guy over there that did a full calibration on that tv and posted on the forum really nice, i was using his settings and it was great.

02-09-2009, 02:07 AM	#7
mzo0163 Member Member since:Feb 2009	could someone post the link, Im having trouble finding it

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