Can anyone help me?

[beware]

I seem to get over compression with directv from time to time as is evident when characters are outlined when standing in front of a dull color background. I recently putting my sharpness setting down to 45 from like 50 for my blurays to look better. Some have suggested I lower my sharpness more because it adds noise.

if I have a Vizio 46 full LCD HD TV, what should all my settings be or better yet what should sharpness be on for best picture quality? I never noticed it before directv and I have had this tv since 2009 so I am late to the game.

[Gempulse]

Yeah, I keep my sharpness at 0.

[beware]

my sharpness is at 0, so what else is this?

[beware]

can anyone also help with flashlighting? It's only in the corners on an all black screen but I was just wondering if I should just live with it?

[cawgijoe]

Go to Cnet.com and see if they have reviewed your TV. If so, they will have settings published based on their calibration. Start there and tweak as needed.

You can also buy a Blu-ray calibration disc.....a new good one is Disney Wow.....and use this.

Barring all that, keep your sharpness down to zero or near zero....sharpness does introduce noise......watch your brightness also.....make sure it's not so high that it washes out your picture. This works in conjunction with your Contrast also....so play with both till you dial in the PQ you like best.

As to flashlighting......controlling your brightness and contrast may help a bit.......

[beware]

The thing that I don't understand is will a bluray calibration disc help me when I watch normal HD programming on my television? Also I can't seem to find specifications or setting for best PQ for the model of tv I have anywhere...

[steve1971]

Originally Posted by cawgijoe

Go to Cnet.com and see if they have reviewed your TV. If so, they will have settings published based on their calibration. Start there and tweak as needed.

You can also buy a Blu-ray calibration disc.....a new good one is Disney Wow.....and use this.

Barring all that, keep your sharpness down to zero or near zero....sharpness does introduce noise......watch your brightness also.....make sure it's not so high that it washes out your picture. This works in conjunction with your Contrast also....so play with both till you dial in the PQ you like best.

As to flashlighting......controlling your brightness and contrast may help a bit.......

Ageed to everything you just pointed out.