Originally posted by NOLA_guy:

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I've got the same tv and I do my own calibrating, I went over everything in the book, and if i didn't understand, I looked it up on the internet. It took a couple of weeks of tweeking, but I'm extremely exited on my HD cable, OTA TV and my Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Player DMP-BD30. My original settings were set on a Motorola HDMI Cable Box, I've carried most over to Blu-ray and TV inputs, but 1080P equipment will perform a little different, so I tried to list where applicable. Just bought Lawrence of Arabia, SD(standard disk) for ($9.99), played on BD(Blue-ray player), set Motion Enhancer to High, WOW! Older classic movies on BD are still played at 1080P and are amazing!!

Picture Settings: Mode-Custom
Backlight> Max
Picture> Max
Brightness> 55
Color> 60, 65 if more color desired, by adding more color, I'll take the red out on the Hue.
Hue> G3
Color Temp> Neutral
Sharpness> 60, lower if you like a smoother pic.
Noise Reduction> Low, set to Auto on TV input.
MPEG Noise Reduction> Off
DRC Mode> Mode 1, DRC is not available for 1080P sources or games.
DRC Palette> Reality-65, Clarity-80, you can play with those a little.
Picture-Advance Settings:
Black Corrector> Low, maybe Medium, but low on Blu-ray, you might not need on BD, use it on HDMI Cable.
Advance C.E.> High
Gamma> Medium
Clear White> Off
Color Space> Standard, (default).
Live Color> High
Detail Enhancer> Low
Edge Enhancer> Low

Video Options Settings
Motion Enhancer> Standard, maybe go to High for Sporting events and older movies played on Blu-ray... adds a 3-D effect, use standard or off on BD movies, also keep in mind each input can be set differently.
CineMotion> Auto1, not sure the advantage of Auto2, try it?
Game/Text Mode> OFF, disables some Picture settings if on.
Video/Photo Optimizer> Video
Video Color Space(x.v.Color)> HDMI-Auto
Photo Color Space> HDMI> sYCC, select sYCC if equipment supports x.v.
Color Matrix> Auto
RGB Dynamic Range> Auto

To me here is the one thing that controls your picture and basically changes your video settings!! In my opinon of course.
Go to General Settings, scroll down to Light Sensor, I had this set to "On" the first week, now I have it set to "Off". This will adjust your picture more than I'm looking for, this TV is so sophisitcated you don't need to adjust for room lighting, especially if it changes the color and picture from something you enjoy the either day or night. Leave it OFF!

Screen Settings:
Wide Mode> Full
Auto Wide> On
4:3 Default> Full
Display Area> Normal

Remember, you can go for live pic, film or video in all sorts of resolutions, my settings are mostly for HD HDMI Cable, most channels are awesome, and some just ok, but that's what's coming in.
Good Luck and let me know how you like your picture now?
Mark

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