Calbration needed for Samsung 650A series?

Question

looking for calibration settings for 650A

Answer 1

As a result of Samsung’s A650 Series LCD TVs being fairly new the number of reputable and worthwhile sources from which to gather information remains limited. Your best bet is to start with the optimum settings obtained by CNET during their LN52A650 review combined with the results from the hifinet review and info from the related AVS Forum discussion listed below. I’ve taken the opportunity to assemble information from those three sources to derive the ‘recommended’ settings you see below, which should help you to get your display in the ballpark. Beyond that you will really need to rent or purchase one of the popular display optimization (aka “calibration”) discs listed below in order to properly and accurately optimize your display’s settings.



Picture Menu

   • Mode: Movie

   • Backlight: 3 - 5

   • Contrast: 92 - 93

   • Brightness: 44 - 45

   • Sharpness: 0 - 17

   • Color: 50 - 53

   • Tint (G/R): G50/R50 - G55/R45



Detailed Settings Submenu

   • Black Adjust: Off

   • Dynamic Contrast: Off

   • Gamma: -1 (2.6) to +3 (2.2)

   • Color Space: Auto

   • Flesh Tone: 0

   • Edge Enhancement: Off

   • xvYCC: Off



White Balance Submenu

   • R-Offset: 25

   • G-Offset: 26

   • B-Offset: 25

   • R-Gain: 24

   • G-Gain: 23

   • B-Gain: 14



Picture Options Submenu

   • Color Tone: Warm2

   • Size: Just Scan (“Just Scan” is Samsung’s name for their 1:1 pixel-mapping mode. When viewing television you may find that the “16:9” setting is preferable on some channels.)

   • Digital NR: Off

   • DNIe: (Not applicable using the Movie Mode setting)

   • HDMI Black Level: (YCbCr color-difference signals over HDMI will result in a ghosted setting. Applicable for RGB signals over HDMI only. When dealing with RGB signals I recommend that the end-user experiment with the HDMI Black Level settings in an effort to determine which setting provides the best performance.)

   • Film Mode: Off

   • Blue Only Mode: Off (Used only for setting Color and Tint controls)

   • Auto Motion Plus 120Hz: Off



Setup Menu

   • Entertainment: Off

   • Energy saving: Off



It must be reiterated that many of the settings above represent approximate starting points. Using the proper tools the end-user should further optimize the display settings for the viewing environment and each video source.



AVS Forum - Official LNXXA650 Calibration/Settings Thread

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthrea...



Dark-room picture settings for the Samsung LN52A650

http://help.cnet.com/9602-12576_39-0.htm...



The Samsung A650 series LCD TVs include a Blue Only Mode within the Picture Options menu. The Blue Only Mode (often found on very expensive professional displays,) uses only the blue signal from the input video signal, which thereby allows you to properly adjust the Color and Tint controls using a SMPTE “Alignment Color Bar Test Signal” (or SMPTE Color Bars for short) without the need for a separate blue filter; a VERY handy feature.



Using Blue-Only Mode on the Samsung PN50A550

http://help.cnet.com/9602-12576_39-0.htm...

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Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics* (Blu-ray or HD DVD)

Digital Video Essentials Pro (DVD)

http://www.videoessentials.com



Ovation Multimedia Avia II (DVD)

http://www.ovationmultimedia.com/product...



*(Note: “Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics” would be the best choice if you had to pick only one disc. In addition, ‘Rec.709’ compliant test signals should be preferred for ‘Rec.709’ compliant displays, i.e., HDTVs, and ‘Rec.601’ compliant test signals should be used for non-HD, 525- and 625-line ‘Rec.601’ compliant displays.)



######## ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ########



CNET “First Look from the Labs” - Samsung LN52A650 LCD TV

http://download.cnettv.com.edgesuite.net...



Samsung LN46A650A1F review (3 parts in Korean)

http://hifinet.pe.kr/podol/645

http://hifinet.pe.kr/podol/646

http://hifinet.pe.kr/podol/647



Samsung LN52A650 LCD TV

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detai...

http://www.samsung.com/us/system/consume...

Samsung LN52A650 LCD TV Support Webpage

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downlo...



Color Bars and How To Use ‘em

http://www.videouniversity.com/tvbars2.h...



Is it really important to have calibration on an LCD television?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...



Avia or Digital Video Essentials color filters?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...