Sharp Aquos Calibration help???

[Beta Man]

Does anyone have a Sharp Aquos LC37D43U or similar, that they have calibrated, and can please pass down their calibration settings????

Thanks!

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Does anyone have a Sharp Aquos LC37D43U or similar, that they have calibrated, and can please pass down their calibration settings????

Thanks!

using the settings of another tv may get you in the ballpark, but it will never be optimal for your set.

[Slec]

In all honesty, I've found that the factory presets are pretty good. I use standard and User for normal tv, Dynamic (fixed) for sports, and movie for BD.

My settings for User are: (I think a mixture from cnet, AVS and Sony calibration tool on Casino Royale)
OPC off
Backlight -13
Contrast +32
Brightness -6
Color +11
tint -3
Sharpness -10

Crack is right though, this may not be optimum for your size set.

Good Luck

[Jaguar007]

I have a Sharp LC 52D62U and I have been researching calabration myself. My Blu Rays (Samsung 1400) look great, but don't have that 3D look that the BLu Ray display at the Sony store or Target has. I spoke with the salesperson at Video Only (where I bought the TV and Blu Ray) and he told me it will actually look worse to have it calibrated. I also spoke with Best Buy and they quoted me $300.00 to have it calibrated professionally. Will professionally calibrating the TV really make it look that much better? Is it worth the $300?

Any help is appreciated

[JAGUAR1977]

Could help, from a UK HDTV site.

Sharp 46XD1E Settings

Don't be put off by the dark picture, your eyes will get used to it.

Backlight: -4 daytime, -6 evening
Contrast: 35
Brightness: -1
Colour: -7
Tint: 9
Colour Temp: Low
Sharpness: -10
Black: Off
OPC: Off
TrueD: Off

ITU709 Colour Matrix (in HDMI settings)

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by Jaguar007

I spoke with the salesperson at Video Only (where I bought the TV and Blu Ray) and he told me it will actually look worse to have it calibrated.

you should ask him where he came up with this notion.

calibration is adjusting the TV to intended geometric and color accuracy. a professional calibration is the best and closest you will get to exact color and geometric shape. In no way could it make it look worse, if done correctly.

Now doing it yourself without understanding what needs to be done, can make it look bad...maybe thats what he ment?

[Beta Man]

I still haven't turned off the noise reduction etc. whatever that stuff is, so I have a few things I need to get to when I get the time....... I'm gonna get the Disk to calibrate with when it comes out.

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

you should ask him where he came up with this notion.

calibration is adjusting the TV to intended geometric and color accuracy. a professional calibration is the best and closest you will get to exact color and geometric shape. In no way could it make it look worse, if done correctly.

Now doing it yourself without understanding what needs to be done, can make it look bad...maybe thats what he ment?

I suspect he was talking about something else. Some people want their image to jump out of the screen, they don't care about 6500K and color accuracy. To the untrained eye a calibrated set can indeed look worse.
The same thing happens with professional loudspeakers. Some of them are too accurat for the music lover who doesn't care about a linear frequency response.

[Slec]

Originally Posted by Jaguar007

I have a Sharp LC 52D62U and I have been researching calabration myself. My Blu Rays (Samsung 1400) look great, but don't have that 3D look that the BLu Ray display at the Sony store or Target has. I spoke with the salesperson at Video Only (where I bought the TV and Blu Ray) and he told me it will actually look worse to have it calibrated. I also spoke with Best Buy and they quoted me $300.00 to have it calibrated professionally. Will professionally calibrating the TV really make it look that much better? Is it worth the $300?

Any help is appreciated

We have the same series of TV, so one issue may be that these are 60Hz instead of 120HZ. The higher refresh rate definitely makes a difference. If you watch movies in a dark room (is there any other way ) then watch it on the factory 'movie' setting. It might seem a dark at first, but as stated in another post, once your eyes adjust, the difference will be remarkable.

What settings do you currently watch tv/movies on? I'm referring to the 'AV Mode' in the flip part of the remote (what a horrible place to put that).

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by HDJK

I suspect he was talking about something else. Some people want their image to jump out of the screen, they don't care about 6500K and color accuracy. To the untrained eye a calibrated set can indeed look worse.
The same thing happens with professional loudspeakers. Some of them are too accurat for the music lover who doesn't care about a linear frequency response.

good point.

I also think this "3-d" issue has to do with these demo discs...Im not sure the specs on the discs (in my head) im thinking that because they are demo and not full length, they have less compression...which would lead to a better looking picture...and this is why so many people always talk about the amazing 3-d look in the store.

but I could be wrong.

[victorvondoom88]

Get a copy of digital video essentials. It has served me and my brother very well for the last 6-8 years. It's not as good as a ISF calibration but it doesn't cost anywhere near as much either. less than $50.00
http://www.videoessentials.com/products_main.php
We use the one at the bottom.
FYI there is HD versions coming out for HD-DVD and Blu-ray in March.

I spoke with the salesperson at Video Only (where I bought the TV and Blu Ray) and he told me it will actually look worse to have it calibrated.

The only comments I get is how great my TV looks. That is until I hit the lights and then its like "why is your TV so dark?" no one *****es while they watch movies though.

I also think this "3-d" issue has to do with these demo discs...Im not sure the specs on the discs (in my head) im thinking that because they are demo and not full length, they have less compression...which would lead to a better looking picture...and this is why so many people always talk about the amazing 3-d look in the store.

I think this "3-D" look is actually the sony XBR4's used for the sony blu-ray demo's displaying the movie clips at 1080/24fps.

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[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by victorvondoom88

I think this "3-D" look is actually the sony XBR4's used for the sony blu-ray demo's displaying the movie clips at 1080/24fps.

the 3-d looking demos go way back before the XBR4 was even announced in sony's lineup. 24fps was not even a common used term back then either, much less tv/player capable.

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

the 3-d looking demos go way back before the XBR4 was even announced in sony's lineup. 24fps was not even a common used term back then either, much less tv/player capable.

What causes this in the demos then?

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by JasonR

What causes this in the demos then?

im not certain. I think its less compression being used...but again, I dont know?

(im sure these sets today like the XBR4 make it look even better...but for some reason the demos have always looked 3-d while the actual movie not so much...)

[crackinhedz]

I remember back before this whole format war was really going on...I was looking at the HD-DVD demo Chronicles of Riddick, and the picture was so real...made me go and buy a hd-dvd add on. Obviously I quickly learned my mistake after learning about bluray, but I always thought that demo had a very 3-d look.

but thank god I sold the HD-DVD (pardon my language) add on and got a ps3..

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

I remember back before this whole format war was really going on...I was looking at the HD-DVD demo Chronicles of Riddick, and the picture was so real...made me go and buy a hd-dvd add on. Obviously I quickly learned my mistake after learning about bluray, but I always thought that demo had a very 3-d look.

but thank god I sold the HD-DVD (pardon my language) add on and got a ps3..

I would like to take one of those discs home just to see if it is them souping up the disc. Not that I doubt you, just interested in seeing...

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by JasonR

I would like to take one of those discs home just to see if it is them souping up the disc. Not that I doubt you, just interested in seeing...

me too.

like I said, I could be wrong. thats just my theory.

[Slec]

Doesn't Mystiksuicide's boyfriend work at Best Buy? maybe he could hit the ol' display button for us and let us know what the MBPS on these movies are. Hit'er up Crack, it'll be a better request coming from you.

[Jaguar007]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

you should ask him where he came up with this notion.

calibration is adjusting the TV to intended geometric and color accuracy. a professional calibration is the best and closest you will get to exact color and geometric shape. In no way could it make it look worse, if done correctly.

Now doing it yourself without understanding what needs to be done, can make it look bad...maybe thats what he ment?

The sales rep told me he had a $300.00 calibration done at his home and he thought it looked better before. Now that I know that most people are not getting that almost creepy 3D effect, I won't worry too much about it. I just felt like I was not getting the picture like I should be getting from those ddemo discs. It could also have to do with the 60hz v/s 120hz. When my wife and I bought the TV, we did not do much research and bought the TV we thought had the best picture in the store (my bad - although it does have a really great picture).

[chchau]

ahhh it feels good to have someone else like me
i always go into bestbuy and other places and see these 3-d scenes in movies and i like why doesnt my aquos look like the ones in the stores.

now i really want to see one of these demo discs at home just to compare myself