Jack
I bought this tv a few months ago, and honestly it just sucks. I tried going into settings to make it look better but it just flat out freaking sucks. Is there any way to make this TV look better? And how do i make the refresh rate higher? like wtf waste of 487 dollars yo.
Answer
- If you have a HD-TV, you also what a source that is HD (like HD TV channels or HD Blu-ray movies or HD video games .ect) and you want to use a HDMI cable so you can get HD video+audio quality.
- You can find good cheap HDMI cables at monoprice or amazon or newegg or tigerdirect.
What is HD-TV Calibration?
- Backlight: This setting is mostly found on LCD CCFL or LCD LED HD-TVs, it controls the overall light output of the CCFL or LED backlights. For best picture quality it should be set to 100. Set too high can cause eye strain and more power consumption.
- Color Temperature (aka, warm and normal and cool or a number in kelvin degrees .ect). Warm will look redish, cool will look blueish, normal will look neutral. You want this setting at about 6500 K (aka, D65), normal or warm color temperature will be the closest to this number. Warmer color temperatures use less power consumption and cooler color temperatures use more power consumption.
- Brightness (aka, black levels or luminance offset .ect): Try lowering this setting so you can get good blacks without losing details in dark scenes. Set too high can also cause picture artifacts and wash out the picture quality.
- Contrast (aka, picture or white levels or luminance gain .ect): Try raising this setting so you can get good whites without losing details in bright scenes. Set too high can also cause eye strain and picture artifacts and more power consumption and set too low you will lose picture quality.
- Color (aka, saturation .ect): Try setting this so you get good colors without it being under saturated or over saturated (over > under).
- Sharpness (aka, edge enhancement .ect): Set too low the picture will look too blurry (soft) and you may get picture artifacts (a little lower than mid setting for HD). Set too high the picture will look too edgy/fuzzy and you may get picture artifacts (a little higher than mid setting for SD).
- Overscan: Rescales the picture a little larger. Turn it off for LCD CCFL or LCD LED or Plasma HD-TV's. May be needed for CRT TV's.
- Hue: The color. - Tint: Lightens colors. - Shade: Darkens colors. - Tone: Greyens the colors. Your HD-TV may have some of these color settings and adjusting it may do something different then what the terms actually mean.
- Your HD-TV may have more advanced settings not described here. There is plenty of HD-TV calibration information on the internet.
- On almost any sony DVD movies and sony Blu-ray movies, you can use the free sony TV calibration. You will have to put in the 6779 easter egg code to access it. It's not very good and I don't recommend it.
- On many DVD movies and few Blu-ray movies, you can use the free THX Optimizer video+audio calibration. See if it has that feature listed on the back of the case of any of these movies http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-entertainment/thx-certified-releases/ . I like this one better than the sony one.
- Windows 7 (not sure about windows vista or windows 8) has a free Calibration guide. Computer's start menu -> control panel -> appearence and personalization -> display -> calibrate color -> follow the steps, but you may want to adjust the settings through your display's menu (yes it says color, but it has pretty much many other test patterns including one for constrast and brightness that has been taken from the crap monster cable HD-TV calibration disk you can buy in stores).
- Another free option that I would recommend the most is the AVS HD 709 - Blu-ray & MP4 Calibration found here http://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration . It has a guide, but you can find more guides on other sites like http://www.tweakguides.com/HDTV_14.html OR http://lifehacker.com/5858625/how-to-calibrate-your-hdtv-and-boost-your-video-quality-in-30-minutes-or-less .
- Also, you can go on sites like CNET and see if they have a calibration settings for your TV model.
- There is also paid HD-TV calibration discs you can buy at the store, I have tried a few and some suck and only give you the basics while others are good and give you plenty.
- There is also a option for a professional to come in with devices and that can cost a lot of money to do it for you.
= Note: You need a color filter to adjust the color and the tint of your TV. The below shows some ways to get the blue filter.
- If your TV has a 'Blue Only Mode', turn that mode On for this test.
- Buy the THX Blue Filter Optimizer Glasses.
- Buy the Lee Calibration Filter Pack
- Buy or borrow a calibration disc like Spears and Munsil or DVE (either the HD or non-HD version), as they contain the blue filter.
- If you have a HD-TV, you also what a source that is HD (like HD TV channels or HD Blu-ray movies or HD video games .ect) and you want to use a HDMI cable so you can get HD video+audio quality.
- You can find good cheap HDMI cables at monoprice or amazon or newegg or tigerdirect.
What is HD-TV Calibration?
- Backlight: This setting is mostly found on LCD CCFL or LCD LED HD-TVs, it controls the overall light output of the CCFL or LED backlights. For best picture quality it should be set to 100. Set too high can cause eye strain and more power consumption.
- Color Temperature (aka, warm and normal and cool or a number in kelvin degrees .ect). Warm will look redish, cool will look blueish, normal will look neutral. You want this setting at about 6500 K (aka, D65), normal or warm color temperature will be the closest to this number. Warmer color temperatures use less power consumption and cooler color temperatures use more power consumption.
- Brightness (aka, black levels or luminance offset .ect): Try lowering this setting so you can get good blacks without losing details in dark scenes. Set too high can also cause picture artifacts and wash out the picture quality.
- Contrast (aka, picture or white levels or luminance gain .ect): Try raising this setting so you can get good whites without losing details in bright scenes. Set too high can also cause eye strain and picture artifacts and more power consumption and set too low you will lose picture quality.
- Color (aka, saturation .ect): Try setting this so you get good colors without it being under saturated or over saturated (over > under).
- Sharpness (aka, edge enhancement .ect): Set too low the picture will look too blurry (soft) and you may get picture artifacts (a little lower than mid setting for HD). Set too high the picture will look too edgy/fuzzy and you may get picture artifacts (a little higher than mid setting for SD).
- Overscan: Rescales the picture a little larger. Turn it off for LCD CCFL or LCD LED or Plasma HD-TV's. May be needed for CRT TV's.
- Hue: The color. - Tint: Lightens colors. - Shade: Darkens colors. - Tone: Greyens the colors. Your HD-TV may have some of these color settings and adjusting it may do something different then what the terms actually mean.
- Your HD-TV may have more advanced settings not described here. There is plenty of HD-TV calibration information on the internet.
- On almost any sony DVD movies and sony Blu-ray movies, you can use the free sony TV calibration. You will have to put in the 6779 easter egg code to access it. It's not very good and I don't recommend it.
- On many DVD movies and few Blu-ray movies, you can use the free THX Optimizer video+audio calibration. See if it has that feature listed on the back of the case of any of these movies http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-entertainment/thx-certified-releases/ . I like this one better than the sony one.
- Windows 7 (not sure about windows vista or windows 8) has a free Calibration guide. Computer's start menu -> control panel -> appearence and personalization -> display -> calibrate color -> follow the steps, but you may want to adjust the settings through your display's menu (yes it says color, but it has pretty much many other test patterns including one for constrast and brightness that has been taken from the crap monster cable HD-TV calibration disk you can buy in stores).
- Another free option that I would recommend the most is the AVS HD 709 - Blu-ray & MP4 Calibration found here http://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration . It has a guide, but you can find more guides on other sites like http://www.tweakguides.com/HDTV_14.html OR http://lifehacker.com/5858625/how-to-calibrate-your-hdtv-and-boost-your-video-quality-in-30-minutes-or-less .
- Also, you can go on sites like CNET and see if they have a calibration settings for your TV model.
- There is also paid HD-TV calibration discs you can buy at the store, I have tried a few and some suck and only give you the basics while others are good and give you plenty.
- There is also a option for a professional to come in with devices and that can cost a lot of money to do it for you.
= Note: You need a color filter to adjust the color and the tint of your TV. The below shows some ways to get the blue filter.
- If your TV has a 'Blue Only Mode', turn that mode On for this test.
- Buy the THX Blue Filter Optimizer Glasses.
- Buy the Lee Calibration Filter Pack
- Buy or borrow a calibration disc like Spears and Munsil or DVE (either the HD or non-HD version), as they contain the blue filter.
Samsung 50 inch plasma or a samsung 37 inch led tv?
Brian
Will be used mostly for gaming
Looking for info on both tvs
Answer
It's hard to say without knowing the actual model numbers, as for the plasmas there's the PN51D450 (720p), PN51D530 (1080p), PN51D550 (1080p with 3D capability), PN51D6500 (1080p, 3D capable, and is an internet TV) and so on.
However, I will say that plasmas will give you a higher quality TV for the price - because LED TVs are still a new technology, they're priced higher than comparable plasmas, with very little - if any - benefit whatsoever to justify the jump in price.
If you do decide to go plasma, I would also recommend checking out Panasonic's line as - they're currently the top plasma producer, with similar prices to equivalent Samsung models. Some models to check out would be: TCP50X3 (720p), TCP50S30 (1080p with 3D capability), TCP50ST30 (1080p, 3D capable, and is an internet TV), and TCP50GT30 (Similar to the ST30, but has a slightly better picture, and is THX certified).
In addition to features, as these models become more expensive, the picture quality also improves, giving a wider color spectrum and overall clearer picture.
It's hard to say without knowing the actual model numbers, as for the plasmas there's the PN51D450 (720p), PN51D530 (1080p), PN51D550 (1080p with 3D capability), PN51D6500 (1080p, 3D capable, and is an internet TV) and so on.
However, I will say that plasmas will give you a higher quality TV for the price - because LED TVs are still a new technology, they're priced higher than comparable plasmas, with very little - if any - benefit whatsoever to justify the jump in price.
If you do decide to go plasma, I would also recommend checking out Panasonic's line as - they're currently the top plasma producer, with similar prices to equivalent Samsung models. Some models to check out would be: TCP50X3 (720p), TCP50S30 (1080p with 3D capability), TCP50ST30 (1080p, 3D capable, and is an internet TV), and TCP50GT30 (Similar to the ST30, but has a slightly better picture, and is THX certified).
In addition to features, as these models become more expensive, the picture quality also improves, giving a wider color spectrum and overall clearer picture.
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