Do you ever use dynamic/vivid?

[CanadianEH]

Does anyone ever use any TV setting other than movie/cinema? Sometimes while watching TV I'll switch to standard. For sports I always switch to standard, but I never use dynamic. Just curious to see what others do.

[Abdrewes]

I just use the Cnet configuration for my TV. Since I don't watch regular TV, sports, play games, those settings never change.

[blujacket]

I use the Cinema setting on my Panny for all tv/movie watching.

[bobbydrugar]

Dynamic (sometimes called Torch Mode) is often the setting you will see on the TV when it is on the showroom floor is know to shorten the life of the backlight due to running the backlight at maximum intensity in order to get the highest contrast difference the set can produce. Sometimes it can produce very vivid images but at a cost of being both inaccurate (as far as color reproduction) and bad for the TV itself. I think it is mostly used to compensate for the lighting on the showroom floors and to fool John Q public into thinking that the TV is just amazing due to the overly contrasted image (again it can look quite stunning even though it is not properly representing the colors).

To Answer your question directly I do not use this setting but I would imagine that there are tons of people, John Q Public in particular, that have no idea this is turned on by default in most TV's since they don't hang out on forums like this that are happily using these settings and are absolutly amazed at how lush and vivid the TV looks to them.

Thanks.
T

[Villiam Hayes]

Cinema mode for normal Blu-ray playback but I would use dynamic for 3D viewing as I find it counter acts the dimness produced by the active shutter glasses.

[bobbydrugar]

That seems strange. I noticed you have a Samsung Plasma. I know on my Samsung LCD 3D tv whenever the 3D engages it automatically boosts the brightness and then returns to normal when the 3d is disengaged. Do the plasma models not do that?

Thanks
T

[Villiam Hayes]

Originally Posted by bobbydrugar

That seems strange. I noticed you have a Samsung Plasma. I know on my Samsung LCD 3D tv whenever the 3D engages it automatically boosts the brightness and then returns to normal when the 3d is disengaged. Do the plasma models not do that?

Thanks
T

No mine doesn't and I've recently upgraded the set in my pictures to a better model but no,like I said,I find using dynamic for the 3D works very well but I wouldn't dream of using it at any other time.

[slimdude]

I use the THX for blu-ray and HD-DVD, using HDMI 2, and Custom for satellite using HDMI 1.

[Taygan315]

I DO use dynamic/vivid for my movie watching/gaming on my Sony (gaming is once in a blue moon for me,lol). But...I only turn on my Sony (and my projector) twice a week, late in the evening when the family has turned in for the night, and I watch one movie...and only one.... on the projector, and maybe one movie on the Sony (sometimes 2 movies on the Sony....very seldom though. I'm ready to turn in myself after 2 movies that I start late at night). This is due to my work schedule. So my Sony may get 6 hours of use a week...my projector maybe 4 hours a week (one movie a night and depending on the length of each movie). So.....I don't really worry about being left on dynamic/vivid setting based on how much I use it per week,lol

I have my projector on cinema for 2D movies. Automatically switches to vivid for 3D movies.

I have tried the recommended settings on CNET for my Sony. I just find the picture to be to soft for my tastes. I like the brightness and pop.

I treat my hi def/blu ray viewing like a treat or reward. I don't watch it everyday....only when I'm off and when the family is turning in for the night.

[quickdraw]

I never use the preset color options. If you want to try to get a decent image you should try using the Disney WOW disk or use the one offered here for free which you'll have to burn to a DVD:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs...p4-calibration

There is an included video that gives you step by step instructions. You can get the basic settings done with this, but to do final color adjustment (if you need it) you'll need a blue filter if your TV doesn't have one built in. The WOW disk comes with a blue filter, too.

[AmishParadise]

I have a Samsung plasma and do use the "Dynamic" picture mode from time to time. Generally only use it with DVD's which have really started to look dated which I don't yet own on Blu-ray. Should be noted though that with each picture mode one can still tone down the various settings, i.e. cell light, contrast, brightness, sharpness, and color while at the same time still benefiting from the picture mode itself. The picture mode is more than just what those settings are set to. When using the "Dynamic" picture mode with certain DVD's for instance I have the settings set to "5-Cell Light, 50-Contrast, 50-Brightness, 45-Sharpness, and 50-Color. Those settings are much lower than the default settings out the box, the improvement in picture quality still significant over using one of the other picture modes but again, I use the "Dynamic" picture mode sparingly and generally only with "dated" material that needs a little boost.

[Villiam Hayes]

Originally Posted by quickdraw

I never use the preset color options. If you want to try to get a decent image you should try using the Disney WOW disk or use the one offered here for free which you'll have to burn to a DVD:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs...p4-calibration

There is an included video that gives you step by step instructions. You can get the basic settings done with this, but to do final color adjustment (if you need it) you'll need a blue filter if your TV doesn't have one built in. The WOW disk comes with a blue filter, too.

I have calibrated my TV with the Spear's and Munsil disc,blue filter and all....I still use dynamic for 3D.

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Never use any of them. I use THX for movies and cable; game for gaming.

[slaizer2000]

I only use dynamic. I like the colors to be bright and popping. The other modes may be more accurate but if I wanted to see that then I wouldn't be watching tv/movies and would just go outside.

[SolidRaider]

Hell no, I hate vivid.

I use Cinema mode, set the contrast to 75 and the sharpness to 0 and leave everything else to its default setting and thus the picture is breathtaking and as close as you could get to the director's intended look of the film.

[quickdraw]

Originally Posted by Villiam Hayes

I have calibrated my TV with the Spear's and Munsil disc,blue filter and all....I still use dynamic for 3D.

3D does seem dimmer because of the shutter function in the glasses, but for conventional TV/movie viewing, Spear's and Munsil is considered one of the best calibration disks out there. Vivid mode is usually meant for store display only because the display is competing with the fluourescent fixtures in the store. I can't imagine watching regular TV in Vivid mode. I would think it would cause eye fatigue at the very least.

[COLD_COBRA_]

For animated. When in doubt? Standard mode.

[raygendreau]

I set up sports, cinema, general, PC, game using Disney WOW. ( Very little difference between Sony settings and WOW. ) I never use vivid or dynamic.
I use OTA HD. The Sony display automatically switches from general to sports , etc. based on the TV programming. HDMI inputs cause automatic switch to Cinema for my 570 and PS3. So, genre switches automatically and each genre has been custom adjusted.

[Villiam Hayes]

Originally Posted by quickdraw

3D does seem dimmer because of the shutter function in the glasses, but for conventional TV/movie viewing, Spear's and Munsil is considered one of the best calibration disks out there. Vivid mode is usually meant for store display only because the display is competing with the fluourescent fixtures in the store. I can't imagine watching regular TV in Vivid mode. I would think it would cause eye fatigue at the very least.

Sorry,it seem's as if you are trying to correct me when basically you are repeating what I have stated in post #5&7.

[Canada]

I use Movie mode on my Samsung TV, I never use dynamic everything looks so fake, plus I find it is too fatiguing on my eyes.
I have an LED backlit TV but I have the light down at 15 or 16 out of 20 or else everything looks too bright.