I'm pretty sure you guys have heard about ISF calibration, its really expensive, basically you call in some expert and they will tweak your HDTV to perform.
IMO, it's not worth it. Why would you pay around 300$ for that only? Better spend it on something else..

NOTE: This is not my guide, I'm just showing you what I did to calibrate my set! Real credit goes to the source.

So, before we begin, here's something you should know about HDTV:

1) The settings at the store? Its all a piece of sh**. They crammed up every setting to make it look "catchy" to consumers.
2) The preset settings comes with your tv is useless. Never use it.
3) 1080p and 720p doesn't make up much of a difference on a 32". Unless you REALLY focus on the image.
4) REFRESH RATE IS IMPORTANT. Go for 100Hz!

Before I start, here is some drill before and after calibration:

Credit to this guy!Original Source.

Looks great doesn't it?
Okay now lets move on, first, make sure you do the following:

1) Warm up your HDTV, let it on for around 30minutes.
2) Turn OFF EVERY AUTOMATIC SETTINGS, like Auto Ambient Sensor bla2. on you HDTV.
3) For colour temperature, select warm, but personally, I prefer neutral.
4) Turn off your backlight settings, if it is too dark after calibration, just turn it back up.

Now is the real thing:

1) Download this video here,


- The first slide is for contrast setting, cram your contrast way up, and you can't distinguish the 8 box shades of white.
AIM: Set your contrast until you can see ALL 8boxes without eyestrain!

- The second slide with the THX logo, set your brightness settings so that you can barely see the 7th box above the THX logo. Just barely!

2) Quit the video

3) For the colour, use this pic as a reference.


- Turn down your colour setting until its all black and white, then turn it up bit by bit until you can see the red is red, but it is not red enough that it bleeds.
- As for the cyan and magenta, adjust your tint setting so it look just nice to your eyes.

4) Sharpness setting, use this pic.


- Turn down your sharpness way down and increase it bit by bit until the image looks fine to your eyes.

For the colour and sharpness calibration, credit goes to this guy/girl!
Original Source.

If you're not satisfied with the sharpness, you can use this alternative:

1) Load any face close up pic, HD pic preferred.
2) Adjust your sharpness until the face of the person looks normal to you.

Now, enjoy your newly calibrated HDTV! Hope you liked it!

ok

Terima kasih

tq

you very free o_o

but i dont like watching movie in hdtv, n from blurays, or hdvd.
look so smooth like watching documentary. i like it better if its around 25fps.

+1 for the effort

Ayam using Toshiba, 3D Colour Management on, plz teach me how to use

Base Colour Adjustment, there is setting Hue, Saturation and Brightness for

Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan

why 100hz is important, usually people use 60hz wan

YES, I am very free now..

Why? Watching Blurays are better than SD.

Ahh I see, you mean the smooth frame like in the stores? It is because the HDTV is set at the native rate of the movie source.
You see, every movie was filmed at 24Hz. So, any TV with refresh rate as the multiple of 24Hz will have this kind of effect. The butter smooth effect!
But, even if you have HDTV which supports these kind of refresh rate, you can always set it back down.

BTW, the butter smooth effect does make the movie looks great, but at the same time, it doesn't look real at all. Go ahead and try to watch Kung-Fu hustle in HD, with the butter smooth effect. Looks...weird..

oh, and this calibration for HD movie on byond or blu-ray

how will it effect crappy SD channels from Astro?

aah, so can change the setting. thats good to know.

Mingle around with the Hue settings. Like mine, I did slide it towards red. Around 8.

Yup, people usually use 60Hz, this is normal and it doesn't give the butter smooth effect. If you want to see these butter effect, go to sony centre.
100Hz is important for these. But IMO, you probably seen HDTV with 200Hz and so on, I think it doesn't make any big difference.

Yes sir, it does affect crappy SD. Actually, by doing this calibration, you are increasing your HDTV lifespan and IMPROVING THE OVERALL DISPLAY QUALITY of your HDTV. Regardless of the SD or HD content!

Yes, you can!

BTW, if turn off the settings like auto bla bla bla, then why get an expensive TV in the first place..

so which do you think is the best lcd in terms of brand?

because putting auto is like buying a tuner car and racing it stock while others do what its supposed to be done for - tuning.

thanks for the tip

but i feel user can just tune the settings till their liking, not necessarily need to be based on guides


btw any tips or guides for samsung UA40C5000?

Expensive TV have better range of setting. So users can get through these calibration accordingly. I think.

I can't say much about this, every brand has it Pros and Cons. But, I prefer Sony over LG.

Exactly.

Yup, user can just tune the setting to their liking. But, by calibrating your HDTV, it allows you to view your games/bluray the way the creator wanted it to be viewed.
Sorry, I don't have anything for that. Just try this calibration method. It works FOR EVERY MODEL.

how to turn off backlight setting?

I'm sure its at the setting menu, maybe you have to dig deeper. If you still can't find it, tough luck. Your TV doesn't have this setting.
But, it's fine. Proceed normally