settings for samsung 50B550

[Casey]

anyone have any reccomended settings for the 50B550?

[jeevez]

Hey I also just bought this TV and will get it delivered this Friday. Let me know how yours goes for you.

As for settings, I've come across this set so far:

White Balance Settings
Red-Offset 22
Red-Gain 33
Green-Offset 25
Green-Gain 25
Blue-Offset 12
Blue-Gain 33

Picture Settings
Picture Mode: Movie
Black Tone: Off
Color Temp Warm 2
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Brightness 56 Gamma: 0
Contrast 90
Color Space: Auto
Color 53
Flesh Tone: Off
Tint G35/R65
Edge Enhancement: Off
Sharpness 10
Digital NR: Auto
Cell Light 8
HDMI Black Level: Low
Film Mode: Auto

This is from: HERE

I'm dying to get mine and try these out. Hope you enjoy your tv!

[sham]

blow some dust off of this thread. but thanks for the link and the settings.

[TheAlphaNerd]

I have the pn50b530(same as 550, but w/3 HDMI instead of 4) coming Tuesday, and found these as well. I'm going to try them.

[sham]

if it's not too late, you can might be able to get the b550 from best buy and get a $100 best buy gift card for free. for $979 or so pre-tax. i dunno if thats expensive or not compared to online sites.

[canative454]

I just got an early Christmas present from my wife. A 50" Samsung 50B530. I am one happy camper.

[TheAlphaNerd]

Originally Posted by canative454

I just got an early Christmas present from my wife. A 50" Samsung 50B530. I am one happy camper.

I just brought mine home 3 hours ago. I've been burning it in since then.

I think those calibration settings will work for us, since everything is the same except the 550 is Grey, has a USB port, and has a 4th HDMI port.

[canative454]

Originally Posted by TheAlphaNerd

I just brought mine home 3 hours ago. I've been burning it in since then.

I think those calibration settings will work for us, since everything is the same except the 550 is Grey, has a USB port, and has a 4th HDMI port.

I used these calibration settings and they work just fine, and WOW the picture is absolutely beautiful.

[TheAlphaNerd]

Originally Posted by canative454

I used these calibration settings and they work just fine, and WOW the picture is absolutely beautiful.

I asked a pro at Tweak TV ad they said it won't be 100%, but I can use the DVE to get it the rest of the way.

[sham]

i agree, the picture does look great. honestly though, i can't remember what it looked like before i edited the picture settings.

[haphilli]

Have you guys decided to break in your purchases or are you you free-balling it? I am deathly scared of burn-in, this is my first plasma..

[Twitch9]

Just keep the contrast down a bit and keep any still images off the tv like the death black bars, you should be fine all new plasmas have burn in protection, if you see any burn just run the scrolling bars in the settings menu on the samsung and that should fix the problem.

[TheAlphaNerd]

So far I've been seeing etterbox burn-in after I watch a BD. The scrolling takes it aaway after about 20 minutes. I'm kinda worried.

[skatalite]

Originally Posted by TheAlphaNerd

So far I've been seeing etterbox burn-in after I watch a BD. The scrolling takes it aaway after about 20 minutes. I'm kinda worried.

Don't be. It's just image retention. Image retention goes away easily. Burn-in is permanent and takes a miracle to fix.

[HuskerGuy]

Originally Posted by skatalite

Don't be. It's just image retention. Image retention goes away easily. Burn-in is permanent and takes a miracle to fix.

Agreed. I've got the pn50b650 and it will get image retention from letterbox movies but it goes away quickly after normal viewing.

I babied the thing for the first hundred hours or so but I don't even worry about burn in anymore.

[playboidee]

Is it safe to assume these settings will be fine for my 58B560?

[TheAlphaNerd]

Originally Posted by playboidee

Is it safe to assume these settings will be fine for my 58B560?

Ask a pro at tweaktv.com

[haphilli]

I have been watching 1.85 films for the last couple of weeks at the low contrast and low brightness settings. When do you guys recommend going to the new settings?

[sham]

i used the picture settings in this thread about 2 weeks after getting the tv and i haven't had any burn in. i have image retention after watching a 1.5 hour movie or something, but no burn in. i've been lucky, maybe?

[J-Justice]

i hope you all don't think i'm hijacking this thread but i've had this set for about three weeks and i'm really worried about what i should be expecting vs is there something wrong with my set.

I've logged about 125 hours break-in time using the slides on a dvd with the following settings:

Mode: Standard
Cell: 3
Contrast: 45
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 45
Color: 45

with no other adjustments to the defaults.

Aside from watching some TV shows with these settings on, I've only watched about 20 minutes of NBA HD, 20 minutes of ESPN HD and 2 HD movies: The Hurt Locker on Blu-ray and A Serious Man on Comcast HD. For these, I've used the following settings:

Mode: Movie Warm2
Cell: 10
Contrast: 95
Brightness: 48
Sharpness: 3
Color: 48

I feel like even after 125 hours of break-in there is serious IR. Watching ESPN HD for about 15 minutes caused IR. Even the Oppo screensaver which has a logo that fades in and out for about 6 seconds causes brief IR. Now, the IR does go away after running the scroller but is this going to be something I will always have to deal with on this set? Will it get better over time? Or does this set just have IR and I have to deal with it? I've heard from users on here with this same set that say they have never seen IR and I just really find that hard to believe. I get IR after leaving my Blu-Ray player menu up for about 90 seconds!

The next problem is judder. I feel like I have a good grasp on what judder is, why it happens and what it looks like. While watching both The Hurt Locker on Blu-ray and A Serious Man on Comcast HD I saw noticeable judder (especially in The Hurt Locker). While watching ESPN HD, the ticker at the bottom was blurry, trailing and juddering so much so that I couldn't ignore it. Again, is this something that will improve with this set? Is there some function I am not setting properly or is it just how things are.

I should mention that my previous set was a 37" Samsung LCD and I never noticed any of these problems.

A few points I thought might help my situation are:

1) Breaking the set in with the cell light at 10. I assume since the phosphors burn brighter they break in faster hopefully eliminating such obvious IR.

2) Sitting further away from the set. Right now we are about 7 feet from a 50" set. Would my eyes not notice the judder if I was further away?

I'm sorry this is so long. I'm running out of time to return the set if there is indeed something wrong with it, but I really don't want to do that unless absolutely necessary.

To wrap up though, when those settings are dialed in, watching NBA HD and The Hurt Locker, I've been blown away (minus the judder of course). There is no noticeable buzz and the glare doesn't bother me at all.

Thanks in advance.