@shin wat movie is that?

District 9, The PQ of this BD is quite stunning + real

@Shindenv

for me i like the "BEFORE" better than "AFTER" the colours look dull after u calibrate. I like flashy colours

My before is "Standard" (Factory standard)
Color +6
3D Color Management = on

oh that's why la.. I thought default

i try to calibrate, but feel the black level still not satisfy when watch at dark environment...is it ZV also hardly to get very black level?

Zv for rm3699 cheap? Saw it just now at harvey norman warehouse sale

This post has been edited by skidd: Jun 11 2010, 11:11 AM

not cheap at all... "warehouse sale" ahaaha go to hlk they easily quote u 3600 go kepong 3350

Yep ur right

i'm looking around for a ~40" LCD TV. not very particular on very pro (as in I dun think i'll do professional calibration, etc)... i'm probably a casual viewer but i still wanna have good quality video...

which comes to my point... i recently saw Samsung's LCD LA40C550 @ SenQ (seems they are the only one allowed to sell this model for now). I'm really taken in by the PQ. it's really, really nice. the last time i was shopping (or planning to get one) was about 1 year back. at that time, i was pretty sure of getting a Sharp LCD TV.

honestly, i din bother with other brands since the last time i was looking around, nothing interests me...

just wondering... anyone actually managed to check out both and give a fair assessment <--- since this is Toshiba topic, i hope some owners can be fair with their assessment? after reading the topic and also from other forum, i'm planning to check out this model. for me... plus point for Samsung is that i can play movies straight from my external HD. but i've yet to test this out -- i will probably bring it along to the shop when i'm ready to buy...

the plus point for Toshiba is the 200Hz thingy. everywhere i read, the comment is that this feature is good for fast-action movies and sports. can anyone suggest a section of a movie or downloadable clip so i can test it on both TVs?

thanks...

This post has been edited by mydragoon: Jun 11 2010, 03:27 PM

If you want to improve its black level, try to increase Black/White level which is currently set at 0 in my calibrated settings but this might cause the Gamma track off the scale. Will try to increase this setting during my next calibration and hope still be able to track the Gamma near the standard of 2.2

thanks daren,

will try on tonite..

I've actually calibrated using Movie mode for the first time but found the picture too dark before decided to use Standar Mode instead. I guess have to calibrate few rounds with different combination to see whether I could get a brighter picture

One thing to mention that based on my calibration data, ZV performs very well in tracking Greyscale, RGB level, Color Temperature and Gamma. Yet to know how well its 3D CMS could help to achieve the correct luminance level of primary and secondary colors as I didn't manage to get all correct during my first calibration

This post has been edited by darenlks: Jun 11 2010, 04:11 PM

daren,

beside standard mode, do u calibrate other mode? mind to share??

Daren,

Gamma of 2.2 is more suitable for viewing in dim environment. If it is a bright environment, might be better to target for 2.1 or 2. It will be brighter. Also ur gamma curve is 2.3 in the low end. If someone is viewing this in a slightly lighted environment, he might lose shadow details. I would suggest to be the other way, low end, lower gamma, high end higher gamma. Were ur results obtained from full windows? 45ft/L is quite bright, not sure what everyone is complaining about.

All,

I hv advised before that sharing setting might not work for all. As it is the whole chain that is being calibrated. Ur environment might be different. If u environment is bright, change the gamma to brighten.

anybody here likes to use autoview mode?

Thanks for the suggestion and might target between 2 and 2.2 for next round calibration as normally I watch under warm light environment, so not totally dimmed and not too bright. I have 3 panels sliding door and 4 panels windows further away in diagonal direction of my tv at the left side and I had covered the sliding door with curtain but only cover top half of the window panels with roller blind in the afternoon when the result was obtained. I purposedly make it brighter at 45ft/L for brighter picture because first time calibrated using Movie mode was at 35ft/L which is dark for me when watch under the environment I just described in my living room

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Added on June 11, 2010, 8:14 pmI did with Movie mode but it's calibrated without calibrating the color saturation in 3D CMS. Next round I will try using Movie mode again to see the different again

This post has been edited by darenlks: Jun 12 2010, 04:49 PM

i'm in dis family starting from today...
hehe...
btw...
wat do i nid to get better PQ from Astro...?
coz wat i see from d shop is actualli better from wat i see from my home now...
HDMI Cable...?
or wat...?
wat i hav now is the LCD & Astro Decorder...
Astro decorder dun hav HDMI port...
so i nid to change new one...?
or ani setting i nid to set...?

nid advise...
thx...

This post has been edited by Str33tBoY: Jun 12 2010, 04:46 PM

Congrats on your new tv

Since you have not upgraded to Astro Byond, you could only connect it using Component cable (if available in your decoder) or S-Video cable to your tv.

The PQ looks better in the shop because the display set has been set to Shop location setting in which it has much brighter and higher contrast picture because of the bright environment in the shop. When the tv is delivered to you, they will change the Location setting to "Home" where the brightness and contrast level is preset lower.

ic...
so how can get better PQ...?
astro beyond upgrade for free...?
so if like dis...
i dun nid ani hdmi cable rite...?
haiz...
thought can get something i can WOW...
maybe later buy blueray player ba...
hehe...