Good morning all, Just purchased a new Sony KDL-52XBR4 LCD TV, the factory color settings are real bad. Does anyone know if a calibration DVD ia available or does anyone have this TV and could pass on some good settings. Thank you for ANY asistance JOBRLA
Hi and see if this helps http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/pres...icon-optix-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-test-discs.html
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 Blu-ray. Get ready for an explsion of color and crispness that you really paid for!! Picture Mode: Custom Backlight> Max Picture> Max Brightness> 55 Color> 65, by adding more color here, I take the red out on the Hue. Hue> G3 Color Temp> Neutral Sharpness> 60, lower if you like a smoother pic Noise Reduction> Low MPEG Noise Reduction> Off DRC Mode> Mode 1, DRC is not available for 1080P sources or games. DRC Palette> Reality-65, Clarity-80, play with those a little. Advance Settings: Black Corrector> Medium, maybe Low, try low on Blu-ray, use it though. Advance C.E.> High Gamma> Medium Clear White> Off Color Space> Standard, that is the default Live Color> High Detail Enhancer> Low Edge Enhancer> Low Now go into your Video Options, very important settings here also Motion Enhancer> Standard, maybe go to High for Sporting events. 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> sRGB, setting is fixed when using HDMI, Select sYCC if equipment supports x.v., mostly new Sony camcorders. Color Matrix> Auto RGB Dynamic Range> Auto Now to me here is the one thing that controls your picture and basically corrupts your video settings!! In my opinon of course. Go to Settings>General button, 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: 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
