i just got a LE42S704 Hitachi LED tv and i was wondering what settings i should use?

Ryustyu

As anyone who has this tv should know the picture needs some adjusting, could anyone help me out and let me know what they have there tvs settings at? any help is great! i couldn't find anything online!

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You won't find anything, because variaces in manufacturing of the set, your room, and even your eyesight will basically render them useless. The least you can do is get a calibration DVD and set the TV as per the instructions that came with the DVD, to the images the DVD provides.

What is the best HDTV LED ISF calbration DVD to optimize the color on my new Samsung TV?

Eddie

Colors on my new TV are not optimum. Someone told me to buy a calibration DVD online. I need help in choosing one.

Have any of you used one you liked?

Answer
= Note: You need a color filter to adjust the color and the tint of your TV.ect
- 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.

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.
- 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 .
- 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. Also, you can go on sites like CNET and see if they have a calibration settings for your TV model.

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pros and cons of an led hdtv versus an lcd or plasma?

Tim

thanksgiving day sale at walmart has a cheap led hdtv that i like, i have only had lcd hdtvs is there much a difference between the two someone explain the pros n cons of an led hdtv compared to an lcd or plasma hdtv or pros and cons of led itself

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- I recommend Panasonic Plasma OR I recommend Samsung LED (better and/or expensive LED may not have the problems stated below because of additional technologies going into them). - http://reviews.cnet.com/best-tvs-picture-quality/
- Input lag for gamers: HD-TV may have more input lag if there is more processing going and how well the TV can process it. Example 1: Most PS3 or Xbox 360 video games are 720p, it would take processing power to upscale it to 1080p for a 1080p HD-TV (unless PS4 or Xbox one video games are 1080p it would be a good idea to get a 1080p HD-TV). Example 2: Interpolation and refresh rates can cause more processing too.ect = Gamer mode can turn off these processes to get less input lag.
- HD-TV viewing distance calculations: http://isthisretina.com/ OR http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-entertainment/home-theater/hdtv-set-up/ OR http://www.sony-asia.com/support/faq/47537 OR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance
- I am not going to talk about HD-TV features like 3D or smart HD-TV. Im not going to talk about projectors. Im not going to talk about the new OLED (RGB or W) HD-TV's.

- A plasma HD-TV is sometimes called an emissive display, the panel is actually self-lighting for each pixel. The display consists of two transparent glass panels with a thin layer of pixels sandwiched in between. Each pixel is composed of three gas-filled cells or sub-pixels (one each for red, green and blue). A grid of tiny electrodes applies an electric current to the individual cells, causing the gas (a mix of neon and xenon) in the cells to ionize. This ionized gas (plasma) emits high-frequency UV rays, which stimulate the cells' phosphors, causing them to glow the desired color.
= Better contrast = Plasma's have better black levels, but worse white levels. Plasma's are a emissive display which means better brightness accuracy and better color accuracy.
= Better viewing angles = Plasma is a emissive display, it has little/no picture problems when viewed of axis (not directly in front of screen).
= Better for dark-lit rooms, but worse for bright-lit rooms = Plasma's can have screen glare and less contrast and less brightness and faded colors in bright-lit rooms, but they have little/none of these problems in dark-lit rooms. Better and/or expensive Plasma's may use less reflective glass.
= Better response times = Plasma's florescent phosphor coating in each subpixel stops glowing just a few nanoseconds after the electrode turns off (on and off) which means less lag and less ghosting.ect
= Better refresh rates = Plasma's better response times bundled with it's sub-feild drives or focused-feild drives take each of a it's pixel's sub-pixels and flashes it a number of times to create a image, the way Plasma works has little motion blur with sub-feild drives or little/no motion blur (and better brightness control, color quality, contrast.ect) with focused-feild drives. (Plasma can use interpolation for judder too).
= Worse screen size options, and worse weight (thicker), and worse manufacturer choices = Plasma is a emissive display which makes it hard to make a Plasma screen size smaller than 40 inches for HD-TV and you may not find them larger than 70 inches for HD-TV because the power consumption will sky rocket. Plasma's tend to about 10-20 pounds heavier too and are thicker but that can provide better audio quality tho. Main brand Plasma maker is Panasonic or Samsung or LG.
= Worse power consumption, and worse life span, but better burn in, but worse high altitudes = A plasma can cost on average around $50 a year more. A Plasma can easily last 10 years and much more. Newer Plasma's have burn in technologies that make really hard or not possible to have permanent burn in, but there sill a chance you could get temporary burn in (even tho it's harder to do now). Plasma may not work in really high altitudes and if it does the TV would create a buzzing sound.
= Price = Plasma is more expensive to buy than LCD, but Plasma is less expensive to buy than LED. Plasma does not cost that much to make.

- An LCD HD-TV is sometimes referred to as a transmissive display, the panel has sections of lighting for a section of pixels. Light isn't created by the liquid crystals themselves; instead, a light source behind the LCD panel shines through the display (CCFL LCD or LED LCD). A diffusion panel behind the LCD redirects and scatters the light evenly to ensure a uniform image. The display consists of two polarizing transparent panels and a liquid crystal solution sandwiched in between. The screen's front layer of glass is etched on the inside surface in a grid pattern to form a template for the layer of liquid crystals. Liquid crystals are rod-shaped molecules that twist when an electric current is applied to them. Each crystal acts like a shutter, either allowing light to pass through or blocking the light. The pattern of transparent and dark crystals forms the image.
= Worse contrast = LCD's have worse black levels, but better white levels. LCD's are a transmissive display which means it is edge-lit or full-array-lit and it also uses local dimming (aka backlight-flashing/scanning) which turns off sections of CCFL or LED which means you can get brightness uniformity problems (brightness leaks into areas and you can see the brightness changing to make up LCD's bad contrast and slow brightness changes.ect) which means less brightness accuracy and less color accuracy .ect (Better and/or expensive LCD use LED lights and more emissive local dimming display and more advance technologies to get a picture as good or better than a Plasma).
= Worse viewing angles = LCD uses a CCFL backlight or a LED backlight (transmissive display), and the LCD pixels act like shutters (and the red, green, blue filters), opening and closing to let light through or block it, this shutter effect causes increasing variations in picture brightness as viewers move further off axis (not directly in front of screen) which means you may notice that the picture looks less bright and vivid and you might see slight changes in color too (IPS > TN).
= Worse for dark-lit rooms, but better for bright-lit rooms = LED or LCD have the most light coming off from their screen which may strain your eyes in a dark-lit rooms, but they have little/no screen glare and little/no picture problems in bright-lit rooms.
= Worse response times = LCD'S liquid crystals take longer to change from on or off (switch around) which means more lag and more ghosting.ect
= Worse refresh rates = LCD's have more worse response times bundled with it's refresh rates which use backlight-flashing/scanning or fake interpolation frames (for judder too) or just repeat the same real frames which help reduce motion blur, but does not eliminate motion blur.
= Better screen size options, and better weight (thinner), and better manufacturer choices = LCD is a transmissive display which makes it easier to make a LCD screen size very small like around 20 inches and you may find them larger than 70 inches because they use less power consumption. LCD's tend to be about 10-20 pounds lighter too and are thinner (edge-lit displays are even thinner) but that can provide worse audio quality tho. Many brands of manufacturer to choice from.
= Better power consumption, and better life span, and little/no burn in, and little/no altitude problems = A LCD or a LED can cost on average around $50 a year less. A LCD or a LED can easily last 10 years and much more.
= Price = LED is more expensive to buy than Plasma, and LED is even more expensive to buy than LCD. LED and all the advance technologies going into them make cost more to make, but that's why there is budget LCD versions instead.

HOW GOOD IS THE SAMSUNG LED TV?

gammast192

Answer
the full panel LED is very good (series9), however discontinued. The really
thin Edge-lit ones(b6000,7000,8000), are a cheaper way to make LED's, however Samsung
has tons of problems, and they are getting returned at record rates. Most
common issue is the brightness in the middle has dimmed, the panel
has warped, or red color banding vertically down the middle.

Sony XBR8 was thought to be the Mother of all LED's, however it was very pricy, and Sony pricefixed it resulting in poor sales and it's eventual
discontinuation.

LG LED was so good it was in fact the only THX certified LCD in the
world. However, they have been recalled already. New ones should
be in stores by SEPT.

Toshiba LED is pretty much An LG Panel with various components. They too have been recalled.

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