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Calibrating my LCD LG 47" 1080p TV with Digital Video Essentials blu-ray version?
To my knowledge the disc doesn't explain what settings to use on the TV to start your calibration. Do I start on standard, cinema, game, sport, etc? Also should I turn off all the "extra" settings like dynamic contrast, eye care, dynamic color etc before starting the calibration? What color temperature do you start with, warm, cold, medium, etc.? Help please!
First things first, it’s often a good idea to be sure that you have installed the latest firmware update.
Without the specific model number of your LG display I can only give you a limited number of recommended settings to use; you will need to experiment with the remainder to find the proper settings. In addition, within the resources that I’ve provided below you will find links to several online How-To articles as well as detailed test pattern description manuals in Adobe Acrobat format for DVE that should help you get the most from your DVE disc. It’s important to note that you may not like the results after optimizing (and/or professionally calibrating) your display. If you find this to be the case then at the very least the optimum settings will provide a good baseline reference with which to begin the tweaking process; be sure you save your settings.
Note: please ignore those settings that do not specifically apply to your particular display.
Energy Saving: Off
Picture Mode: Expert 1 or Expert 2
H Sharpness: 50
V Sharpness: 50
Color: 52 - 53
Tint: 0 - 1
Dynamic Contrast: Off (always!)
Noise Reduction*: Off
Digital Noise Reduction*: Off
Gamma: Low - Medium
Black Level: Low (always!)
Real Cinema: On
TruMotion 240Hz: Off (or Low; you’ll need to experiment with which setting looks best.)
Color Standard: HD
LED Local Dimming: On
Color Gamut: Standard (or BT709)
Edge Enhancer: Off (always!)
xvYCC: Auto
OPC: Off
Expert Pattern: Off
Color Filter: Off
Color Temperature / White Balance: Warm
Gamma: 2.2
Color Management System: (Leave at factory default)
*(Sometimes you may find that the lowest setting may be helpful when watching noisier sources of video.)
Side note: technically speaking true display “calibration” REQUIRES professional measurement equipment to precisely measure the color—i.e., the CIE chromaticity coordinates—of white at several discrete points¹ (which correlate to specific video signal voltage levels) across the entire gray-scale of the display thereby allowing a professional technician to precisely adjust the white point of the display. Without the use of such equipment you are simply optimizing the user-adjustable picture settings to achieve the most accurate (or pleasing) picture fidelity relative to the stock white point and gray-scale for any given picture mode. Nevertheless, the latter is more than sufficient for roughly 90 percent of all non-professional consumers that own or use displays. I have provided several related resources below that you may find helpful.
¹ The standard white point reference target for a video display is CIE D65 (CCT 6504 K) within a CIELUV delta E (dE or ∆E) of 6 or less across multiple gray-scale levels from 20 to 90 IRE and a ∆E of no more than 10 at the gray-scale extremes. (Note: some techs prefer to report ∆u´v´ color difference values in addition to or as an alternative to ∆E.)
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TweakTV
– Tweak My TV Database: LG
http://www.tweaktv.com/tweak-my-tv/lg.html
– Tutorials
http://www.tweaktv.com/tutorials/index.php
Search query of AVS Forum for “LG” +”calibration settings”
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=LG+%2B%22calibration+settings%22+site%3Aavsforum.com
AV Science (AVS) Forum
– Display Calibration
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=139
– Basic Guide to Color Calibration using a CMS (updated and enhanced)
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=852536&pp=60
– Setting Contrast - Why above white does not clip
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1139456&pp=60
CNET Forums: HDTV Picture Settings
– LG 47LH90 picture settings
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-19410_102-0.html?threadID=349354
– LG Infinia 47LE8500 picture settings
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-19410_102-0.html?threadID=388712
LG 47LG60 LCD TV: Settings
http://www.ultimateavmag.com/flatpaneldisplays/1008lg60/index7.html
Digital Video Essentials DVD
http://www.practical-home-theater-guide.com/digital-video-essentials.html
CNET Video: How to Calibrate Your TV
http://reviews.cnet.com/Calibrate_your_TV/4660-12443_7-6534987.html
How to Calibrate your HDTV with Avia-Digital Video Essentials and DVE
http://www.ramelectronics.net/Video-calibration.ep
Avical’s DVE User-Level Video Calibration Tutorial
http://www.avical.com/articles/avicals_dve_user-level_video_calibration_tutorial.html
Joe Kane Productions Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics Setup Disc
http://www.ultimateavmag.com/testtools/308dve/
Joe Kane Productions
Index of JKP documents related to Digital Video Essentials (DVE)
http://www.videoessentials.com/docs/
(At this point in time you should use the directory/folder labeled “other” to access the latest, detailed test pattern description manuals.)
Display Calibration Resources
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhpmqnbb_4g8mtjzdf
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Spears & Munsil
– High Definition Benchmark Blu-ray Edition
http://www.spearsandmunsil.com
– [PDF] High Definition Benchmark Blu-ray Edition User’s Guide
http://www.spearsandmunsil.com/pdf/UG_SM_HD_Benchmark.pdf
Silicon Optix “HQV Benchmark” and “HD HQV Benchmark”
http://www.hqv.com/index.cfm?page=benchmark
BUROSCH Audio-Video-Technik
http://www.burosch.de