Tips on Fine Tuning Tv

[scarylibrary23]

Recently purchased a 42" vizio 120hz lcd needing to know if anything i can do to fine tune it when I get hd on wednesday.

Cody

Model Number VT420M

[hilmar2k]

Which one?

[scarylibrary23]

this one 42" vizio 120hz lcd

[OptimusPrime]

Recently purchased a 42" vizio 120hz lcd needing to know if anything i can do to fine tune it when I get hd on wednesday.

Cody

If you have a DVD or blu-ray player, I suggest you run a calibration disc. This will help to adjust the display settings to your liking. If you know your TV model number, you can also look for some calibration settings to get you started here:

www.avsforums.com
www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com

[hilmar2k]

this one 42" vizio 120hz lcd

When I asked which one, I was asking which 42" Vizio 120Hz LCD TV? There are several, and they are different. If it is the same one I have (see sig), I can give you a good starting point, as I continually adjusted mine for the first 2-3 weeks of owning it. PQ can go from excellent to woefully awful on that set with the wrong settings.

[CCarncross]

this one 42" vizio 120hz lcd

We need the exact model, they probably have 5-10 different 42" models by now.

Beyond that, here are 2 sites that might have some good baseline settings to try:

http://forums.cnet.com/hdtv-picture-settings-forum/?tag=rb_mtx;f06-fd

http://www.tweaktv.com/

[scarylibrary23]

vt420M is the model number

[hilmar2k]

vt420M is the model number

Okay, that's the same TV I have. Here are my settings:

Brightness 54
Contrast 53
Saturation 50
Hue -3
Sharpness 0
Backlight 85

Contrast Enhancement - Off
Color Stretch - Off
Color Temp - Custom
DCR - Off

Red - 52
Green - 50
Blue - 46

Noise Reduction - Off
Fast Response - Off

Smooth Motion - Off


The backlight will vary based on the brightness of your viewing area. Mine is in a very bright room, hence the high backlight setting. The absolute most important thing you can do is to turn off the Smooth Motion, it's awful

Let me know if you have any quesitons.

[scarylibrary23]

i agree on smooth motion already turned off. my room isnt super bright nor dark. going to try these specs

[wilbur_the_goose]

If you really want to do it right, get it ISF-calibrated.