Do you use the advanced settings on your tv?

[Bear28]

I just bought a new tv (Aquos 46E77U) to replace my existing 37inch and am of course now trying to adjust all the settings for best picture quality.

My question is how many of you use the built in features on your tv to improve picture quality other than contrast, etc.

For example, on mine I have the following 4 options that can apparently improve the picture. They all can be adjusted or disabled. I've currently set them all to disabled.

Fine Motion Enhanced
Active Contrast
Film Mode
DNR

I'm wondering why you would or wouldn't use these settings.

Thanks

[Riff Magnum]

You did the right thing disabling that crap. It's all processing features designed to make ur picture "pop." Which is just another word for poop. The possible exception being "film mode." I'm not sure about ur particular model, but on my tv there is a standard mode and a film mode. Film mode is much more accurate and natural.

[kingofgrills]

When the TV was calibrated, the advanced picture settings remained disabled on my TV. Also, with the conventional settings sharpness has been reduced to almost 0, to eliminate the introduction of edginess, and the color level was reduced to more reasonable levels.

Overall, the TV generates a film-like image with natural color and black levels, and without gimmicky motion enhancement controls.

[ZIPPO]

Most self calibration websites advise turning them off.
http://www.tweaktv.com/

[jsteinhauer]

The only similar feature I use is the motion enhancment feature on the lowest of three settings. While I don't like the bizarre, soap-opera like smoothness of the highest setting, the true 24 fps flicker can be distracting at some pan rates, and the low setting alleviates that while still retaining a film-like picture. It also does not subtract information from the original picture; it simply interpolates between true frames. All of the other features remove information.

[HiDefRev]

Absolutely NOT ! They make my colors unnatural, add artifacts and make the picture look almost comical. Why on Earth the manufacturers added these adjustments is beyond me. I calibrated my HDTV with the DVE disc and got it as close to perfect as possible. I wouldn't change a thing on it.

[xneox]

I won't turn them off and hold up a cross whenever I see them, chanting some Bible excerpt, like most people...but I do whatever my eyes like. Usually means leaving them off for live-action films, and turning on DCC and Color Management for CGI-animated stuff and [Satellite] tv.

[gosawx]

Originally Posted by xneox

I won't turn them off and hold up a cross whenever I see them, chanting some Bible excerpt, like most people...but I do whatever my eyes like. Usually means leaving them off for live-action films, and turning on DCC and Color Management for CGI-animated stuff and [Satellite] tv.

Yeah, I guess I don't undersatand the hate on this one...does anyone else here have an automatic transmisssions or automatic climate control in their cars? Technology is good!

Without "advanced processing", we couldn't get 5:5 pull-down, local dimming, lossless audio, or even watchable SD viewing.

I think we should look case by case, and of course some sets process better than others. I just switched from a CCFL set to Local dimming, and Holy crap! I especially like my "Backlight Pro"...It keeps the picture to my liking both during the day,and at night, when the required brightnes, saturation, etc. needs differ. I spent hours tweaking with the Spears and Munsil disc (best disc out there, IMO!) and have some features on, some off...

So guess I'd just advise you to be more open minded than the "turn this crap off" crowd

[cucaracha]

Originally Posted by gosawx

I spent hours tweaking with the Spears and Munsil disc (best disc out there, IMO!) and have some features on, some off...

So guess I'd just advise you to be more open minded than the "turn this crap off" crowd

I agree with you 100% because I too calibrated my tv using advanced settings in the standard mode but did not on the movie mode. There are some situations where movie mode will not look good to me and that's where the standard mode comes in. Now to the original poster of the question, IT'S YOUR TV, do as you wish man. In addition, you paid for these advanced settings why not get some use out of them. Enjoy your tv dude.

[xneox]

Originally Posted by gosawx

I especially like my "Backlight Pro"...It keeps the picture to my liking both during the day,and at night, when the required brightnes, saturation, etc. needs differ.

I have a similar setting...forget what it's called right now, but I had it turned on once without knowing and thought something was wrong with the tv. The only light in the room was a lamp, pretty much across the room from the tv. Every time I would walk between them, the tv brightness would change...and not gradually, like a potentiometer, but in steps, like a multi-position switch. Took me a couple minutes to figure out I was getting between the only light source in the room and the tv's sensor, causing it to happen.

I turned that setting off.

[krazeyeyez]

Originally Posted by xneox

I won't turn them off and hold up a cross whenever I see them, chanting some Bible excerpt, like most people...but I do whatever my eyes like. Usually means leaving them off for live-action films, and turning on DCC and Color Management for CGI-animated stuff and [Satellite] tv.

Thats great and all, most of those settings are there to correct flaws, such as broadcast, satellite etc.. i think most here generally think of blu immediately and in that case you are introducing flaws into the image rather then correcting for them. What most people should do is actually look into what those settings do and then use them accordingly, no one mode works 100% for all sources.

I had a friend who's roommate had multiple tv's, i watched him calibrate them all along with his cousins tv. What he did was go down the list and turn EVERY setting to high.....

It was like torch mode just wasn't crappy enough he had to turn it up a notch lol, and because i didn't like him i kept my mouth shut. But truthfully just because a setting or option is there does not mean it is a good thing, and in the same regard isn't absolutely bad either, but you do have to use them appropriately.