Samsung LE40M86BD Settings
By Vincent Teoh • Sunday, 22 April 2007, 3:41 pm GMT
Offloaded the Samsung LE40M86BD today… can’t help but feel a twinge of sadness because this panel has truly been outstanding. Anyway, here are our post-calibration settings for HD over HDMI in a dimly lit environment. Usual caveats apply: using our settings on your own LE40M86BD/ LE40M87BDX by no means guarantee an accurate picture due to different ambient light level, different input source; there may be intra-model variations, or you’re simply used to (and prefer) non-D65 images.
Picture Submenu
| Mode: | Movie |
| Contrast: | 90 |
| Brightness: | 50 |
| Sharpness: | 30 |
| Colour: | 51 |
| Tint: | 50 |
| Colour Tone: | Warm2 |
| Backlight: | 1* |
| Size: | Just Scan |
| Digital NR: | Off |
| Active Colour: | Off |
| DNIe: | Off |
| Movie Plus: | Off |
Detailed Settings
| Black Adjust: | Off |
| Dynamic Contrast: | Off |
| Gamma: | -1* |
| Edge Enhancement: | Off |
| Colour Space: | Wide |
| xvYCC: | On |
White Balance
| R-Offset: | 17 |
| G-Offset: | 15 |
| B-Offset: | 11 |
| R-Gain: | 4 |
| G-Gain: | 14 |
| B-Gain: | 30 |
Setup Submenu
| Energy Saving: | Low |
| HDMI Black Level: | Low |
Footnote
- Backlight could be increased up to 4 to boost shadow detail or in brighter environment, but absolute black level will be higher and clouds may be visible
- Similarly, gamma can be increased up to +1 at the expense of image contrast
Please Support Us
As per our readers’ requests here and here, a Paypal donation button has been set up. If you like the above settings or simply want to thank us for the hard work we put into our no-holds-barred reviews, feel free send a couple of quid our way, which will be used to buy more HDTVs:
Hi guys,
Thank you very much for these settings.
In a way it’s good to hear you were sad to let the Samsung go because that shows it’s a good screen.
Anyway, please, please, please can you post the settings for SD too.
There are many people who, at the moment, will spend over half their time watching SD content so the ability to use your settings for the best possible picture would be fantastic.
Thank you.
Than you very much for posting these settings, but like the post above please can you also post settings for SD too..
Thank you.
Many thanks for these. Will make us of this week!
Come on you lot get your hands in your pockets!! This info could save hours of pi$$ing about!
Payment made!
Show me the Money!
You got it!
Paid
Keep up the good work
Thanks for these settings. I’ll try them tonight and post my feedback later.
I echo KeanosMagicHat’s request for the settings for you recommended standard definition settings please. I’m watching Sky+ on the LE40M87BDX and am constantly making tweaks to improve the picture, much to the annoyance of my wife. Your recommendations will be greatly appreciated and will be well worth the PayPal payment I’ve just made to save my marriage!
Great site guys. #:o)
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Wonderful!
I do like how much of an interest you take in what your readers request and talk about!
Great - thanks for your efforts. Would really like the SD settings too for this set.
Thank you for these settings - donated £10 to the cause! Worth every penny imho.
nice site, nice thread
£5 on the way
The settings for HD are brilliant - Thanks a lot!!
Please, be so kind a place also the settings for SD signal.
Further question: What about the best settings for dynamic (e.g. for live broadcasts like soccer) and standard mode??
10 quid sent your way for all the great work you guys have done so far.
When I finally decide on which set to buy and if you can provide me with the calibrated settings you used in your review, then I will gladly donate the same again next time.
It would be worth it for me because I wouldn’t know what I was doing, even with a calibration disc, and don’t want to waste several hours on trying and accomplishing nothing.
Thanks for the HD settings, just made a £5 donation, any chance of the SD settings as i don’t have an HD source yet. Thanks.
Hi
Love this site!!!!
I know your still building it to the archive it should be and hopefully someone will relise you talent.
(someone with lots and lots of money that is hehe)
Would also love to see settings for standard tv and 360
(game mode on 360 can be way to Sharp on some games and leave a kinda halo / glow around your car/man/gun…)
Great Work
Keep It UP
What does xvYCC “On” do? Seems to make things too purple on my screen.
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Hello.
Excuse my ignorance, but can you please tell me what is the difference between LE40M86BD and LE40M87BDX?
Thanks in advance.
Christos
@Christos: Purely cosmetic difference.
Hi,
Your settings for the Movie input worked great for me (Brazilian model of this set).
I’ve got some settings for standard TV in the american AVS Forum, but these settings don’t event touch the level of quality of your settings (granted Standard TV is a much worse source) in a sense of WOW factor. So I can’t help but wonder, do you happen to have this **magic** settings for standard TV??
Thanks!
Also,
On your review you mentioned this set has a problem with gamma tracking. Well, my DVD player (Denon 2910) has a gamma correction feature. One can set a value between 0-255 for each IRE level (G0-G9 on its own nomeclature). There is a default curve, and one can adjust it by raising/lowering the RGB levels a few steps for each IRE level. Raising the level for G0, for example, would turn images ligther in darker portions of the screen. Do you think this would fix this problem? Not sure how many steps I should raise in G0-G3 to adjust it properly.
Any suggestions/clarifications are apreciated.
Thanks again.
hi, when i followed these settings for some reason it stops my pip function working? have done this twice to see now after resetting the tv to factory, on both occassions once all settings have been followed i cannot use the ‘pip’ button keeps saying ‘not availlable’ any ideas why this would corrupt that??
does anyone know if these settings work with xbox with vga or component? thx alot
hi just got a samsung 40R88 can someone please tell me which is best scart r HDMI for my cable box to my tv thanks kev
hi look at these settings let me no how goog thay r thanks kev Game Mode: On (Bypasses TV’s built in video processing and sends video straight to screen, less lag, sharper picture)
Energy Saving: Off
Picture Mode: Standard
Contrast: 80
Brightness: 47
Sharpness: 50 (Greyed Out)
Colour: 55 (Greyed Out)
Tint: 50/50 (Greyed Out)
Colour Tone: Normal.
Backlight: 8
Detailed Settings:
Black Adjust: OFF
Dynami
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HDMI - PS3 Playstation 3 - High Definition - 720p/1080i:
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Mode : Movie
Contrast : 80
Brightness : 48
Sharpness : 43
Colour : 43
Tint : 50/50
Colour Tone : Warm 2
Backlight : 8
Digital NR : Off
Movie Plus : On
Black Adjust : Med
Dynamic Contrast : Low
Gamma : +1
R Offset : 14
G Offset : 16
B Offset : 13
R Gain : 4
G Gain : 15
B Gain : 12
Pink : 13
Green : 13
Blue : 10
White : 12
Edge Enhancement : On
Colour Space : Auto
HDMI Black Level : Low
Game Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off
Thanks to dazed808!
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HDMI - Upscaling DVD Player - High Definition - 720p/1080i:
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Mode : Standard
Contrast : 85
Brightness : 53
Sharpness : 25
Colour : 35
Tint : 50/50
Colour Tone : Normal
Backlight : 10
Digital NR : Off (removed image retention)
DNIe : On
Movie Plus : Off
Black Adjust : High
Dynamic Contrast : Off
Gamma : +1
R Offset : 15
G Offset : 15
B Offset : 15
R Gain : 4
G Gain : 15
B Gain : 18
Pink : 12
Green : 11
Blue : 11
White : 14
Edge Enhancement : On
Colour Space : Auto
Thanks to juneau!
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HDMI - Windows Media Centre PC - High Definition - 1280×720p @ 50Hz:
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Mode : Dynamic
Contrast : 73
Brightness : 54
Sharpness : 37
Colour : 35
Tint : 51/49
Colour Tone : Normal
Backlight : 6
Size: JUST SCAN
Digital NR : Off (removed image retention)
Active colour: Off
DNIe : On
Energy saving: Off
HDMI blacks: Normal
I found that Black adjust and HDMI black level made it too dark - there was no depth to the blacks. As for the PC, there is as far as I know, no image processing being applied to the video signal. The video card is a Nvidia 6200 shoving it all out over DVI.
Thanks to 16to9
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HDMI - Virgin V+ HD Cable Box - High Definition - 720p/1080i:
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Mode : Movie
Contrast : 85
Brightness : 51
Sharpness : 22
Colour : 47
Tint : 50/50
Colour Tone : Warm 2
Backlight : 7
Digital NR : Off
Movie Plus : On
Black Adjust : Off
Dynamic Contrast : Off
Gamma : +1
R Offset : 15
G Offset : 15
B Offset : 15
R Gain : 4
G Gain : 15
B Gain : 15
Pink : 12
Green : 11
Blue : 11
White : 14
Edge Enhancement : On
Colour Space : Auto
HDMI Black Level : Low
Thanks to dazed808!
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Component - Xbox 360 & Xbox 1- High Definition - 720p@60hz:
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Picture Mode: Movie (allows Detailed settings access)
Contrast: 74
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 57
Colour: 58
Tint: 50/50
Colour Tone: Normal
Detailed Settings:
Black Adjust: High
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Gamma: 0
Edge Enhancement: Off
Colour Space: Wide
White Balance:
R-Offset: 17
G-Offset: 15
B-Offset: 11
R-Gain: 4
G-Gain: 14
B-Gain: 30
Backlight: 9
Digital NR (Noise Reduction): Off
Movie Plus: On for TV shows, Off for Movies.
Sound Mode: Standard(Speakers on R88 aren’t too good, recommend a proper speaker system)
SRS TX XT: On
Game Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off
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SCART - Sky & Sky Plus - Standard Definition - 576i@50/60hz
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Picture Mode: Dynamic
Contrast: 95
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 75
Colour: 50
Tint: 50/50
Colour Tone: Normal
Backlight: 10
Digital NR (Noise Reduction): Off
Active Colour: On
DNIe: On (helps with detail on Standard Def inputs)
Movie Plus: On (works quite well on some games, increases the FPS artificially sort of.
Sound Mode: Standard (Speakers on R88 aren’t too good, recommend a proper speaker system)
SRS TX XT: On
Game Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off
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SCART - Virgin Media Cable Box - Standard Definition - 576i@50hz
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Picture Mode: Dynamic
Contrast: 85
Brightness: 55
Sharpness: 75
Colour: 51
Tint: 50/50 (Greyed Out)
Colour Tone: Normal
Backlight: 10
Digital NR (Noise Reduction): Off
Active Colour: On (Helps colours not to bleed into each other)
DNIe: On (helps with detail on Standard Def inputs)
Movie Plus: On (Totally personal Preferance, some prefer it off.)
Sound Mode: Standard
SRS TX XT: On
Game Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off
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SCART (RGB) - Gamecube - Standard Definition - 576i@50/60hz
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Picture Mode: [b]DynamicB]
Contrast: 90
Brightness: 40
Sharpness: 75
Colour: 55
Tint: 50/50
Colour Tone: Normal
Backlight: 9
Digital NR (Noise Reduction): Off
Active Colour: On
DNIe: On (helps with detail on Standard Def inputs)
Movie Plus: On (works quite well on some games, increases the FPS artificially sort of.
Sound Mode: Standard (Speakers on R88 aren’t too good, recommend a proper speaker system)
SRS TX XT: On
Game Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off
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Freeview Built-in Tuner
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Picture Mode: Standard
Contrast: 85
Brightness: 53
Sharpness: 25
Colour: 45
Tint: 50/50 (Greyed Out)
Colour Tone: Cool1
Detailed Settings:
Black Adjust: High
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Gamma: 0
Edge Enhancement: On
White Balance:
R-Offset: 17
G-Offset: 15
B-Offset: 11
R-Gain: 7
G-Gain: 14
B-Gain: 30
Backlight: 10
Digital NR (Noise Reduction): Auto
Active Colour: Off (Greyed Out)
DNIe: On
Movie Plus: On
Sound Mode: Music
SRS TX XT: On
Game Mode: Off
Energy Saving: Off
Does anybody has a good setting for watching football?! Players and Coaches in close captures are fine, but the pitch looks somehow foggy in wide angles and the goal nets a bit blurry too?!
these settings also serve for 46M87BD?
Hey guys,
Thanks for all the advice regarding this particual Samsung set. I was lucky enough to get one myself the other week. Got SKY HD installed earliar today and its set up on the Samsung via the HDMI lead provided. The thing is, the picture dosent look all that great? especially the football? could anyone point me in the right direction for HD settings to go with this set please?
Many thanks. ^_^
I think that posting settings for Standard Definition DVD (upscaled to 1080p or not) would be very helpfull for entry level users as well as pro users, as HD material is still very rare.
are these settings the same for the 37″ version?
I can’t seem to select movie mode or warm flesh tones on hdmi, I’m using a ps3. anybody knows a sollution to this?
never mind, I had game mode switched on. thank you very much for the settings by the way.
high tour settings are poor , far too yellow looking , had my tv done professionaly and the fella who did mine said you have
does anyone want correct settings let me know
Hi
Thanks for the settings, They worked for me having recieved my LE40M86BD on 19/09/07.
the donation ive sent was truly earned by you guys, you have also saved me a lot of time and messing about trying to get the picture right.
keep up the good work.
thanks john
thanks neil your isf settings were far superior
ur welcome the ones above at the top of this page are woeful,
i wonder how someone so incompatent can get a job giving poor information to loyal people ,come on hdtv do ur job properly
neil whats the freeveiw settings please
mate i think your the man who knows
up sharpness to 40 and up backlight to 2
drop colour to 50 and contrast to 85 /
enjoy ness is the man
wow are you sure your name is really neil or neo
haha thanks mate your spot on again , thanx jon
maybe i am the one
yo neil neo or what ever your name is any chance of the full blu ray settings pretty please ,
ok ready children /
contrast 90
brightness 40-50
sharpness 30 hd - 40 sd
colour 52 hd 50 sd
movie mode = warm 1 not hdtvtest poor yellowish warm2
gamma +1
xvycc on
size just scan
movie plus off
dnie off hd - on sd
backlight 2 hd or 3-4 in bright conditions
white balance
r-offset 17
g-offset 15
b-offset 14
r-gain 10
g-gain 12
b-gain 25
energy saving low
enjoy , from fumd
thanks neil your settings are right on the money
im not neo . my number ends in 007 im from liverpool with light hair drive a grey car and were an omega oops you now know who i am . hope settings worked ok
@ above. How bizarre! So Neil, John and Frank are all posting from the same IP? Ha!!
Maybe they all live in one big happy house but do not have the ability to communicate via the real world method of speech and so have evolved into some sort of hybrid human/pc monstrosity.
Or possibly the NHS’s “care in the community” program needs to be reevaluated…
Anywhoo hope you’re all enjoying your F86s you lucky things you!
xvYCC NEEDS TO BE OFF.
With it on in dark scenes half the detail is missing. Try it out, find a dark scene in a film and toggle on and off. I n halloween on the bedroom scene with it on the room is dark, turn it off and all the bedroom furniture appears
I have tried a number of setting above.
I have found that occasionally the image looks grainy during dark scenes. Even with the ps3 hooked up via hdmi viewing a 1080p movie trailer from the playstation network.
Has anyone else experienced grainy effects whilst watching anything?
I have tried the settings, my xbox looks great, watching sky sports etc looks really bad. The picture is blurry and so on. I am assuming this is because I do not have sky HD and just have a standard sky plus box?
Also I cant access certain settings incluing the tint, active colour, DNIe and xvYCC. Any reasons for this?
And does anyone know how to help me improve my picture quality, many thanks!
Rich
Rich, those settings only become active when a number of other settings are in use. I think for xvycc to work you need to be in movie mode or something. Play with the settings to find out.
Im still trying to work out this grain issue in certain darker scenes. Have you ever noticed that anywhere?
Hi All,
Neil your HDMI HD settings are spot on, but does anyone have good settings for RGB Scart and also XBOX 360 HD HDMI?
Thanks Guys
use the edge enhancement for a tad more sharpness with analogue inputs i,e - component rgb scart s-vhs , but not with hdmi
Hi…..
I really would like to know what is the best settings when im playing my xbox 360 in HD ? I think its very distracting ALL these settings on the page……..
Thanks
Breki
I just bought my samsung le40m86bd and when i put in the picture settings, half an hour later the screen will black out and reappear with the default settings. any help here?
Respond to #60:
your LCD is in SHOP mode. Get into the Service Menu and do a reset! After that, turn LCD off and on again and choose HOME enviroment.
Hi there, a HUGE thanks for taking the time to go through all this trouble and sort/set up the D65 settings for this awesome LCD.
I have been running the D65 settings for about 3mths now on both Freeview and Blu-ray.
Blu-ray looks drop dead stunning and I shall even go as far as saying Freeview under the settings looks really really good.
I know this is a common question and you prob guess whats coming next. But did you or have you worked out the D65 settings for Freeview settings.
I think if the above was answered a WORLD of people thanks would fly through your email box.
My thanks again & have a good crimbo.
Thanks to all for the great advice - generally speaking everything is cool BUT… when I see other LCD set ups, I wonder what I have done wrong.
My picture is just a bit ‘wishy washy’ at times. It’s hard to describe really. I am using colour space Auto - as I found Wide exaggerated the blues and greens way too much - now, my reds are too orange (if that makes sense?) - they’re just not deep enough and of course I have rather ’sickly’ yellows. I have tried playing with contrast settings (including Dynamic), brightness, backlight and combinations thereof, but it’s just lacking something. Skin tones aren’t quite there either. I find Warm (1 or 2) too much, so use Normal for colour tone. Other settings are pretty much as advised. Yet, when I view my older and smaller Philips LCD, the picture is nearer that of CRT type quality: contrast ratio, colour and brightness seem to be more real… Perhaps I am asking to much. I also have some kind of white (cloudy) effect around the top right hand corner of the screen: particulalry noticable during dark scenes. Can anyone help with this please?
Hi guys,great website,am getting this LCD on sunday with the samsung 5.1 system,the main thing i will be doing in playing the xbox360 on it and after reading through the site am stil unsure if am best 2 get component or VGA 2 get the best out of the tv (1080p) am also looking 2 get 5.1 sound useing a optical cable as well,any advice would be great guys,cheers
Hi….after months of research as many others, I am finally getting my 40m86 on sunday together with sammy surround system. I see Neil has been very helpful on here, can you please let me know the SD settings for this TV as i would obviously like to take full advantage of the TV from the off!
Many Thanks.
high phil , for freeview use my above settings with sharpness increased to 35 or play with the edge enhacement its not bad with with analogue connections ,i.e scart , s-vhs or inbuilt freeveiw .
with your hdmi follow the settings i posted on october 10th
hope you enjoy , also since i posted the settings ive installed another 8 of these screens all of them looked better in colour tone warm 1 ,seems like samsung are not very strict with their quality control , strange how many of the screens ive callibrated all end up looking identical with totally different settings , come on samy sort your quality control out , ps the new pioneer kuro is awesome if anyone fancies an upgrade
Hi, that’s great. Thanks for the speedy response.
Can’t wait to try it out on Sunday!
Cheers
@neil….
In response to your settings on October 10th. You cannot enable DNie when Movie Mode is selected. It can only be enabled in Normal or Dynamic Mode.
Having a go at hdtvtest people too was uncalled for. They calibrated ‘their’ set to D65 Standard for a low-lit room. Copying settings from one TV to another does NOT guarantee the same results. If it did, then ISF calibrators would not be in business.
The hdtvtest settings are very good, and I use them myself, as do alot of people.
You also said you had your set calibrated by a professional. Any professional calibrator would alter the cuts and gains in the Service Menu, and not touch the white balance in the general menu.
Your last post stated that you have calibrated 8 sets since. Why get someone else to calibrate your set if you could do it yourself?
All points combined, I think you are on a windup mission here, and probably replying to yourself with different names.
with a job , ive done 8 since cant you read i was not qualified when i got mine done ,
Hi!
Does someone have the settings for pc mode?
Hi!
Do someone have good settings for wii who is connected trought comp cabel?
@ The Detective and Neil
Spat aside guys I’ve just bought a Samsung LE40M86BD and Samsung HT X200R Home Cinema and am now baffled as to what settings to use when they arrive in the next few days
I plan to have a Nintendo wii, SKY+ (may upgrade to SKY HD if they reduce their extortionate pricing structure) and possibly a PS3 if Blu Ray comes to the fore
Initially though it will just be the X200R, wii and SKY+ and I would be grateful to know which settings to use in a room with average light and where most viewing will take place in the evening anyway
I will have to connect the SKY+ box by SCART as it doesn’t have HDMI but I presume the wii and X200R should be connected via HDMI cables?
Thanks in advance for your help guys
Now I think I’m finish with my settings, so I post them.
I have been using DVE to get this settings, and I think the settings is good in 720/1080p and dvdrip/pdtv.
So ppl what do you think? Is it good or bad?
1.
Input > Edit name: And here shod you change the name on the hdmi2 to PC.
Then type this settings below.
–Picture–
Mode: Movie
Contrast: 93
Brightness: 53
Colour Tone: Normal
Backlight: Night = 2or 3 | Day = 4 or 5
Size: 16:9
Digital NR: Off
–Detailed Settings–
Black Adjust: Off
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Gamma: 0
Edge Enchancement: Off
Colour Space: Wide
xvYCC: Off
–White Balance–
RO 15
GO 14
BO 13
RG 10
GG 18
BG 12
–My Colour Control–
Alla 15
–Setup–
Home Theatre PC: On
Energy Savig: Low
If you have a Geforce grafikcard dvi > hdmi cable then you shod make this folowing changes
Nvidia Control Panel > “Adjust video Color Settings” > disable “use inverse telecine”
Nvidia Control Panel > Select digital color format > Here you shod use “YCbCr444″ and not RGB.
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Does someone have the settings for wii with comp cable?
Hi Neil,
Thanks for this - it’s excellent.
Have you got any plans for doing a similar post for the Samsung-LE40F86BD?
I’ve just bought one but am really disappointed with it at the moment so I’m hoping it’s a setup issue.
I’m not a techie by any means so perhaps I’m too used to the CRT displays, but I was hoping that it would be at least “as good” as that when viewing normal TV. In fact, it looks really pixelly, and blurry. There’s also a certain degree of motion blur which actually seems to get worse with the 100mhz feature turned on.
Anyway, I’m hoping that it’s just something with the settings so if you could shed any light on this I’d really appreciate it!
Thanks
Oh, and any idea if it’s possible to turn the TV off rather than having to leave it in standby? It’s quite surprising that there doesn’t seem to be a way to do this - expecially with everyone trying to be green these days!
Neil,
What are the best settings on SD via Sky for the LE40M87? And also standard dvd set up? Been looking through this thread for aggesss now and im getting a headache! lol.
@ Neil
I presume the settings in post #48 are for Blu Ray but which post number relates to your other settings?
My own reqirements are in post #72 above and I’m taking delivery on Monday so any help would be much appreciated
If I’ve missed something obvious ir you have them in another format please send them to me at bloobell1964@btinternet.com
high the sd settings are almost the same apart from ,
contrast 87
sharpness 40-or 50 if you sit over 4m away
try using edge enhancement i know its a sin on blu-ray
but ive decent results with analogue inputs ,
here s two real upgrades this screen seems to love
first upgrade your mains cable .35 -40 pounds should get a massive improvement , try supra lorad 2.5 with a wattgate plug its available from hificables.co.uk
next this brings massive gains to all kit
tacima cs 929 mains 6 way conditioner the sound become superb but its the picture that really makes the difference 35-40 pounds , let me know what you think ,
hi kieran
not done the f86 yet but ill put my job on the line if 100hz turned off does nt improve your picture ,
the only set ive ever set up were 100 hz made an improvement was the loewe aconda crt the greatest tv ive ever seen to this day and still is , leave 100hz mode off if possible
Right guys, have now got my Samsung LE40M86BD, Samsung HT X200R Home Cinema and SKY+ hooked up but I must be doing something wrong as I can’t get the picture the way I expected.
As I’m obviously a muppet is there anyone out there kind enough to talk me through this from first principles - i.e. best way to link the units together (at present TV and HT are connected via HDMI and SKY+ linked to TV by SCART) and how to set the TV for both the SKY+ and upscaling DVD’s with the HT
Apologies
Mike
Hi there, thanks for the settings Neil…..spot on!
Slightly off topic though, if anyone can help? I had my LE40M87BDX and my HT X200 connected via a HDMI cable, my X200 connected to my Sky+ box via an optical cable and my Sky+ box connected via a scart lead, everything worked as it should, Anynet+ function for home theater, turn DVD on and channel would switch automatically, etc, all good!
Having upgraded to SkyHD, the only thing that’s changed is Sky is now connected to the TV via a HDMI lead instead of a scart.
Now, all functionality has ceased. Anynet+ doesn’t pick up the X200 theater, to watch a DVD you have to turn the X200 on, search the channel using ’source’ and change the X200 channel to DVD if previously using D.IN, etc.
Is this a common thing to happen or do I have my set up all wrong?
Any assistance would be appreciated before my wife leaves me for spending more time with the TV than her. Does anyone have a mute switch for Wife 1.0?
Cheers
hi all, i have had this set for a while now and i now have the settings how I like them, i followed this link hoping to get the optimum setting for hdmi, now i am using an xbox elite with hdmi and xbox hddvd player, right ok so i just entered the settings as posted by hdtv test and to me they seem very green i cant believe that these setting give the best image it seems dark, grey and green, could this be due to the xbox? i dont know, but the result i am getting is awful, can anyone help on this,
here are my settings for 360 thru hdmi
standard.
contrast.85
brightness.51
sharpness.30
colour.50
tint.50
colour tone.normal
backlight.3
dnle.on
black adjust.low
dynamic contrast.off
gamma. plus 1
edge enhancement.off
colour space.wide
r.offset.16
g.13
b.15
r.gain.6
g.10
b.18
please note xbox hd setting os set to 1080p reference level. standard.
please share your thoughts on this as any improvement is most welcome
Will the above settings be the same on the 37inch model??? Just need to know because I’ll be getting one in the next 2 weeks or so!
Cheers
Hi all,
I currently own this tv and am having problems get the best picture for sky +,and my ps3.I currently have 1 Hdmi cable,but i am not using it,for my ps3 rather my dvd player.
When i Play Fifa 08 the picture cannot see the goalies face instead it is a blur (in th areana when you first start it up)
Also Ronaldinho’s name is blurry and not readable.Plzzz help me.Plz tell me the best settings for the sky +,and ps3 (please tell me via display settings through the user interface when you first turn on the ps3) Thanks
IM HOPING YOU HAVE THE LATEST FIRMWARE FOR YOUR PS3, I.E 2.01
IF NOT GET IT FREE FROM SONY JUST GOOGLE THE WORDS PS3 UPDATE AND BINGO ;
LETS SET IT UP
1ST USE HDMI CABLE FOR SONY
THESE ARE BLU-RAY SETTINGS NOT GAME ONES AS YOU DONT SAY IF YOU OWN A 40GB OR 60 GB AS THE 60GB HAS PS1 PS2 CONPATABILITY
BUT BLU-RAY IS THE SAME
CINEMA CON =VIDEO
DVD UPSCALER= FULL SCREEN
BD VIDEO OUTPUT = AUTO
BD 1080P 24 HZ OUTPUT = ON
BD/DVD OUTPUT = BITSTREAM IF USING TV FOR SOUND .
BD/DVD OPTICAL OUTPUT LINEAR PCM ,
REMEMBER THE SOUND WILL ONLY COME THROUGH EITHER ONE NOT BOTH SO YOU LL HAVE TH CHANGE WHEN TV SPEAKERS OR SURROUND SYSTEM IS NEEDED
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NOW ONTO DISPLAY
VIDEO OUTPUT 1080P
CROSS COLOUR FILTER - OFF
RGB FULL RANGE - LIMITED
SUPER WHITE -OFF-
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AUDIO OUT AS I SAID AT TOP THE SOUND WILL ONLY EMIT THROUGH THE SELECTED METHOD , IF YOU DONT FANCY MESSING WITH SETTINGS FOR AMP OR TV SPEAKERS TRY THIS
SET AUDIO - HDMI SO SOUND COMES THROUGH TV ‘
THEN SEND TV SOUND FROM OPTICAL OUTPUT ON BACK OF TV TO AMP THEN BING0 ; ENJOY
Hi I have the same problem as James. I have just purchased the M87 and really cannot find the best settings to get a good picture via Sky+ and PS3. I have the 60GB model.
With SD Sky+ the picture pixelates alot with movement and faces if not close to camera and still are quite blurry. Also in dark scenes it can look quite grainy.
Also with my PS3 I have Pro Evolution Soccer 08 and in game play its very pixelated and it motion blurs. Looking at these screenshots of the game I am very dissapointed that mine dont look the same.
http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/775/775498/imgs_1.html
As I have paid alot of cash for a TV that to be fair has really really good reviews. I’m just feeling that I’m not getting the best results possible.
I have tried for hours changinf the settings and its doing my girlfriends head in me fiddling with the remote.
Thanks Guys
hi tel in honesty asking a 1080 panel to look great with a sd picture using a scart is asking for miracles you should feed it hd or sell tv and get 720 hd ready screen they display sd better than a full hd one but please sort the source out and you ll see what tv can really do ,
as for pro evo
i know for a fact that 6 of the game artists all jumped ship last year over e,a and if you get latest fifa you ll see just what konami lost , fifa has finally beaten pro evo and not by a bit but completely out of the water
Neil, or anyone who has the settings.
In #39 you say if anyone wants the settings let you know.
Then there alot of thanks etc.
Am I missing something.
Where are they.
I’d love to know the best settings are for V+, PS3 (for movies, blu ray and normal DVDs, and also gamming.
Any chance a list could be made at the bottom of this page to save going through all posts.
It would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Mark.
Qoute Neil #87
“hi tel in honesty asking a 1080 panel to look great with a sd picture using a scart is asking for miracles you should feed it hd or sell tv and get 720 hd ready screen they display sd better than a full hd one but please sort the source out and you ll see what tv can really do”
By feed the TV HD do you mean get some sort of gadget or get sky HD (Coz its really expensive)? But even then their is only a few HD channels. Or once Sky HD is hooked up with a HDMI cable do all the channels look amazing ?
As for the PS3 and Sky+ are the settings in #30 the best?
I want an awesome Home Theatre. Just got the TV and PS3 and got the monster m1000dav hdmi to hdmi cable arriving soon. Is their any other good gadgets to get? Was thinking of getting the IXOS XHT601 SCART TO SCART to try and get better quality out of Sky+. Is this worth it ?
Thanks, I really appreciate this. Your a great help!
hd will blow you away on this tv.
if you keep sd sky then invest as soon as poss on a decent cable , qed scarts are good as are philex thor
sorry pressed wrong button
after scarta are sorted .
upgrade hdmi try qed again or the awesome chord1.3 silver plus i use this myself.
blu-ray
movie
contrast 87-90
brightness 50
sharpness 30 - or 40 if you sit more than 12 feet
colour 51
colour tone warm 2 - warm 1 for sd ie sky etc
backlight 2 bluray — 3 sd sky
size just scan bluray— 16;9 sky
dig nr -off
movie plus off bluray — on sky
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detailed settings
blk adjust -off
dynamic con - off
gamma off bluray– +1 sd sky
edge enhance off bluray- on sd sky play with this one on sd sky i think it makes a bit of an improvement , if you sit 4-5 feet though leave it off and use sharpness to get a bit more line definition
colour space wide always
oh nearly forgot for ps3 games use the same settings as blu-ray
please oh please dont use the game mode on this tv its poor and will destroy the top notch ps3 graphics ; happy xmas all hope you s like the settings ,
Cheers Neil.
I gather the ones earlier on will do for the V+ box.
Thanks again, and merry christmas.
use bl-ray settings if cable/sky hd are connected by a hdmi
and i component is used then drop colour to 50
up sharpness by 5
Hi Samsung owners,
Thanks for the several settings for this full HD TV. I’ve got mine for a month now, in combination with a PS3 and a settopbox that receives Full HD channels via the cable (the brand calls INDI, Belgian HD cable company). PS3 looks great on this screen (like we all agree), but since last week there is another thing that surprises me. I hear everyone talking about settings, and when I used SD cable, it took a long time to get the screen look fine. Last week, I plugged in the settopbox and was truely surprised. Colors look more sharp and natural, just by using the settopbox. So everyone, if you are looking for a nice Christmas present… buy yourself a HD settopbox.
Keep up the tweaking, and for everybody… a nice Full HD Christmas!!
Just got the monster m1000dav hdmi to hdmi cable and its amazing. RRP £160, managed to snipe one off ebay for £40.
Honestly the problems with Pro Evo on the PS3 have gone. Graphics on PS3 are now truely amazing. Going to test your PS3/Blu Ray settings tonight, just to tweak the already excellent picture.
Got Sky+ working as good as an SD picture will get I think after messing for ages.
At first I wasnt that happy with my Samsung M87 but after altering the default settings and purchasing some essential equipment (HDMI Cable) its so good.
Just going to go with what you said neil and try some of those SCART cables you mentioned to improve Sky+ SD best I can until I have enough cash to get Sky HD and the chord 1.3 silver plus HDMI for it.
Thanks for all your help guys
Keep up the good work !
I will need a config to use XBOX 360 in 1080P(@60hz)[via Component]
* LE40M86BD
Thanks a LOT
cant be done over component only vga or hdmi on 360 elite
Hey Tel i got the same HDMI cable off ebay today for 39 pounds lol saved so much money and the quality is amazing
Can anyone tell me what happens when you turn DNIE on when playing gaes cu ive heard it makes the game look bad. What does it do?
Can anyone tell me how to save picture settings, i’m currently running Sky SD over scart and every time i switch my sky off the picture settings go back to default.
Thanks in advance
Hi all,
I’m in the same situation as Andy but with standard Virgin Media cable. I bought a good Scart cable then used Neil’s settings from 10th Oct and got a really decent picture (for a non HD source). As soon as I switched off my shiny new LE40M86BD and switched it back on it went straight back to Dynamic mode with the wrong settings. I can’t see a store option anywhere for the picture settings, please can anyone help?
Many thanks
As far as I am aware their is no store option. It should automatically store.
Although the first time I changed settings the same thing happened. Remember the you can have 3 different saved settings. One on Dynamic, one on Standard and one on Movie.
If you switch Source these will change to the that sources settings which you can have 3 again. It could be something to do with that. If you have switched SCART sockets or changing from say a PS3 back to Sky?
Neil will be able to explain better.
Just used your PS3 HDMI settings and their really good. Putting it into Just Scan mode works really well but it is hurting my eyes abit now and the screen motion blurs alot more during gameplay which settings would help this ?
Thanks guys, Great thread !
Thanks Tel,
Not sure what happened but during initial setup I used the home set up but somehow defaulted back to the store set up. From the manual, I reset using volume and home buttons for 5 seconds, hey presto my settings have been saved…
Thanks Stu,
Mine had gone to store mode as well, now set to home and seems to be saving settings.
Ive got Sky HD arriving sunday can anyone tell me if i can expect better a sports picture than with SD, at the moment it’s like James says, with the weird green rendering of the grass when the camera pans at speed. I really hope it works as sport is the biggest part of my viewing.
Andy
Hey there, thanks for these calibration settings - I don’t have the exact model of TV, and I don’t know jack about HDTVs, but these settings look amazing for my Xbox 360 via HDMI on my Samsung LE26. Cheers again.
Notorious.
Hi guys,
I followed the some of the above instructions but the pics quality is still not that good. I have a normal virgin media cable box and connect this to the TV via a scart. Please can anyone give me some tips as what to get in order improve the picture quality. I mainly watch TV and occationally on DVD. I dont have a HD DVD and dont want to subscribe to HD channels from virgin media yet as this is a bit too expensive for me. If someone have a good setting for SD or could recommend a good scart to fix this problem PLEASE PLEASE let me know.
Long
buy a decent cable , you dont sip champagne from a plastic cup . its not rocket science,
qed, ixos. thor
kimber ,russ andrews.
try a decent mains block tacima 40 pounds will improve the lot
Hey guys. Got this TV coming tomorrow! Very very excited. Neil and co, thanks for all your posts on the settings. Ready to use them to optimise the picture. One big concern is football on Sky SD. Is it a good quality picture?! There seems to be a lot of people saying there are problems with the grass etc, though surely it’s got to be better than watching it on a CRT TV?
Any comments would be much appreciated.
Neil, What cables would you recommend to connect to Sky HD and do you think that the picture will be good for the footie in both SD and HD?
Thanks Andy
Hi Neil, please can you round up the recommended picture setting for this 40″ 6bd tv for Sky Hd picture and for a decent picture setting for the SD channels also. Does it need to bee differnet for football and movies? does that mean i need to change the setting every time i switch between sky one hd and sky sports hd?
dont go mad for sky hd try qed p1 its been renamed the performance ,
for blu-ray chord silver 1.3
sd qed scarts or qed sqarts
simon the settings are in my post 91
use same ones for sd because the sd channels will look better
any way because your sending it with a hdmi lead;
my sd settings i posted previously are for sd using a scart lead ,
you should use the hd/blu-ray settings i posted
what about service menue settings? i really need to adjust
what can i do? plz help me! thx.
my overscan @ component (480p) for my wii cuz many games are
underscanned! i hate those boarders …
all you can do is really use the picture expand feature , wii only outputs 480p , i have one myself but found it looks better on my sons auqos 26 inch lcd 480 is much nearer to th sharps res of 720p ; 480p component on wii looks poor on m87 simply because the analogue imput on tv cant really match the hdmi one , 480p over hdmi on this set is impressive , i know it would be bad advice if i post the service menu because you can hammer your picture and i know samsung wont replace it sorry , do as i did ps3 for this set and lower res 720 screen for wii
the picture expand feature doesnt work
got boarders left and right every time and need to enable
more overscan. my sammy seems faulty on component 480p.
rgb scart input (eu) is a no go, there lines going over the
screen … this sucks! need really help on those overscan
settings.
screenshot from heatseeker for example ->
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1521/dsc00169ks7.jpg
I have a SAMSUNG LE46M86BD LCD, SKY HD(connected via HDMI), SAMSUNG HT X200R HTK(connected via HDMI) and Xbox 360 (connected via component). Still set up on factory settings and have Xbox on Game Mode.
Could you recommend settings for me. When watching SD movies on SKY HD, dark areas are often showing as large blocks.
Also my SKY remote can control basic tv functions but is there a way to change “source” with the sky remote or get the tv to ignore unused inputs (i.e. ext 1 and 2 as I have nothing connected via scart) as it seems like I am always going through the sources.
Thanks.
peter just saw your pic ,
mine is not like that at all
make sure your wii is set to displat 16,9 picture
and turn prog scan on ,
also send me your entire config settings and ill check them on my one
@neil
thx for reply
16:9 is on, progrssive also
the boarders left and right are even @ 4:3 bigger then
normal 4:3! what other settings do you mean? i tried all
and nothing helps for me …
you may have faulty panel or wii , mine is fine only older gamecube games cause this rpoblem on my one ,
make sure 16;9 is on tv so your built in scaler will make 480p picture fill 1080p screen .
i found that with just scan on i had a smaller picture like yours , if you use just scan the tv scaler is by passed and if the picture is a 480p one it will display a smaller picture .
so use 16;9 , that will engage tv scaler to fill panel
16:9 is used in wii settings and tv, just scan is not
the service menue
available with component! i think the wii isnt the problem,
because the half of games are fullscreen (these games
are not underscanned). will inform samsung now, need
an engineer for calibrating the overscan
is not so easy as others like benq. there you can easy adjust
this.
Hello,
does anyone have the best adjustments for M86 using analog Cable-TV, DVD over Scart and Xbox 360 with HDMI and Xbox 360 HD-Player?
sorry matt xbox hd player is poor mate not worth using for films , plus hd dvd is about to die in next 6 months , get a ps3
Sorry neil “the sony fanboy”, please go back to topic
ok ,
heres the best settings for 360 erm ,
oh yes use it as either a door stop or a heater with all that lovely heat it generates , should keep you snug over xmas
by the way im not a sony fan just a quality one ,
the 360 is shite and you know it ,
Hi there
have a ps3 and sky hd via hdmi cable
can you tell me the best settings for ps3 and also settings for sky hd?
rob see post 91
Hi just been reading through for settings etc and couldn’t believe how helpful neil was….
UNTIL he started talking complete trash about the 360. What is the point? The guy asked for some help, coming back with rubbish about using it as a door stop is pointless. I have owned a PS3 and i think that it is RUBBISH but i wouldnt start slating it on here because people are asking for help setting up there picture. I have seen BluRay and HD-DVD running side by side and believe me unless your stupidly anal and a complete SONY fanboy there isn’t a “REAL” diference that the average user will notice.
Seriously, PS3 is not the be all and end all of High Definition as some people would like to believe, just a cheap way of watching HD content. My 360 does exactly the same except i have 3 or 4 times the amount of QUALITY games to choose from, because at the end of the day they are GAMES consoles. There are players out there that are better than the PS3 for BluRay if you were any Film or Tech enthusiast you would spend the extra money and buy one.
I will lay money on HD-DVD not being dead in 6 months and i couldnt care less which one wins, I will just buy a Blu Ray player instead. My HD player only cost me £90 at the end of the day.
Have just bought one of these sets. Seems to me Samsung have concentrated on making a great 1080 HD LCD flat panel, but have skimped on things such as the Freeview tuner and on-board sound.
The built-in Freeview tuner shows up a lot of contouring (purple snakes/pixelating?) on low res. sources. Tends to be worse when you watch an older film on Freeview.
True, the SD source isn’t a particularly good one, but it would be nice for the set to compensate somehow.
My Dad has a Panasonic PX60 42″ Plasma - we receive the same Freeview signal (live in same area), but I suppose as his set is lower resolution then this is why it shows a Freeview signal that looks relatively good (the set is 720 res).
I think the setback with the Samsung is that it’s too good, and this means your bad sources will look terrible.
I’m considering getting hold of a separate good quality Freeview tuner to help compensate - not sure if this will help.
If you’re looking to buy this TV ‘as is’ and not use HD sources, then not much point (full HD upgrades won’t happen until 2012 anyway). Would recommend you buy a good Plasma instead as you will get far more enjoyment out of your SD sources.
If, however, you’re a HD or BluRay freak, have Sky HD, a home cinema system and aren’t going to use Freeview, then this is going to be a great choice.
If anyone has any other ideas how to handle the native Freeview source without contouring and purple snakes, please let me know - maybe there’s something wrong with the set? Maybe there’s someway to pull down native resolution to 540 so these pictures look better?
wow ian 360 same as ps3 hey
ill have to give up my job then ,
360 24 fps ?
360 1080p ?
360 hdmi 1.3 ?
i think not .
tim full upgrades ?
1080p will never broadcast because of the sheer bandwidth neeeded,
1080i is all you can expect and its still good
because there is no scaling needed on this tv
but panasonic older plasma has to being only hd ready,
keep yours if you want a better screen ……..pioneer kuro
I get ‘No software to upgrade now’ when I try a manual upgrade. It’s running T-BDXPDEU00-1009 sw and T-ST1DEU7-1000 firmware, S/N AJ3R3SNPA00628T.
I’m trying to find more information on the purple snakes - is there a technical term for these? Wherever there is a smooth, small colour gradient, it looks like countours (ie on a Ordnance Survey map). The contours are marked by a fine purple line.
Do you think there may be a fault with the unit? I’ve only just got it and have until 14th Jan to send it back (Dixons Xmas T&Cs).
the term is poor plasma panel mate
but when hd source is running its far less than sd
Actually, the purple lines can expand into wider bands - sometimes 3-4 cm wide. Noticable on dark scenes, or light scenes. Ones in the middle not too bad.
Any ideas how I can update the software on the unit? Is there a way to ‘force’ an upgrade?
yes put hand in pocket and feed screen hd .
you dont put focus wheels on a ferrari
sick people crying how bad screens look with sd
come on the only reason to buy a hd ready or full hd screen is for HD ,
the ability to show sd is only to make it compatable with older broadcasts ,
purple lines are the result of a poor screen , update is easy
new tv
‘purple lines are the result of a poor screen , update is easy
new tv’
It’s a new le40m86bd - are you saying these screens aren’t any good? If so, will happily trade.
Am more than aware that SD will never look good on an HD TV, but it doesn’t look good on an SD TV either. More than happy to accept a low resolution image, but the purple snakes are affecting my viewing pleasure, and I don’t think they should be there?
to be honset with you this set has two problems
1 worst freeview tuner ever
2 slowest remote
, purple snakes never affect lcd its a plasma problem
check cables , upgrade any freebie ones
clean the contacts on any decent cables ,
this is a must BUY A DECENT MAINS CABLE ,
try new version of russ andrews power max cable
then if you still have your plasma problem on a lcd then return it as soon as possible ,
oh yes there is a 3rd but not to serious problem
colour is a bit bit yellow ish
I have Samsung LE46M86BD TV and Sony DVD Recorder RDR-HX725 connected to it via component cables. This particular Sony model does not have 1080 upscaling feature. To improve viewing of regular DVDs on my new TV would you recommend I invest about 100 Euros and get a DVD player with 1080 upscaling feature?
if you still dont like this lcd
richer sounds are doing 42 inch panasonic plasma
with 3 year warranty for 879 ,
got my mum one last friday oonly hd ready but its 1080p 24fps
picture is not bad at all , the freeview is top notch and its a prettier looking set than m86/87
far easier to calibrate to i did hers with a spyder tv and d,v,e disc
honestly i hardly altered much ,
best out of box picture ive ever seen
pioneer take note your kuro is best ever screen but shit out of the box
Thanks. Maybe purple snakes is a bit of a misnomer? More like purple contoured bands, which show up on a gradual colour gradient. For example, if the TV is showing white clouds in the sky, then the clouds will have purple bands in them where the colour _should_ slightly vary by a couple of grey shades.
Oh well - am onto Samsung tech support to see what they have to say, just thought this might be a common problem with an easy resolution?
miomir
keep your money get a qed component cable .
dont waste money on low rent dvd players its silly
blu-ray players are gonna drop like stones soon ,
give hd-dvd betamax a miss though its dying
tim get your money back mate ive dealt with samsung tv repair men , sorry thick bastards before , you seam to have a faulty panel mate get cash back and grab a serious bargain next week
john lewis 5 year warranty with all tv s ,
check out pioneer
panasonic
loewe if you have the money
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swerve lg - lucky goldstar ,
swerve toshiba
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sonys new x panels are superb but pricey
to be honset with you this set has two problems
1 worst freeview tuner ever
2 slowest remote
.. i agree, firmware update needed…
yet ive got mine connected up to the dvd-sh853, and the freeview on that is reasonalbly fast….
i use a humax pvr 160g myself for freeview
can someone please tell me what HDMI BLACK LEVEL does on this tv? i have heard that if it is turned on it distorts the picture and fills in the screen with unneccesary blacks is this true?
kind of , leave it off always and contrast enhancement controls,
they digitaly INTEREFERE with the picture
thanks for that Neilo , also i want to take advantage of my tv by using a HDMI 1.3 lead. Can anyon sugges a good brand to go for? Ill prob get one off ebay and save myself about 50 pounds x
Hi
Got this set with SKY HD and Toshiba EP30 HD player. Has any kind soul set theirs up with the EP30 (or any similsr HD DVD player) and if so could you post your settings. Would the Blu Ray settings in post 48 do the trick?
Thanks
ian they will
udgrade your MAINS , cables , extensions ,
then your hdmi last ,
mains is important DIRTY MAINS will mess it all up
adam sorry for not getting back sooner
chord 1.3 silver plus is what i use ,
awesome cable ; go to hificables.co.uk ,
while your there get a tacima mains extension first as it will
IMPROVE all kit connected ,
then sort your mains lead to the screen , supra lorad comes in DIY form 35-40 pound thats a gift when you take into account it comes with a 20 pound wattgate plug ,,,
try it and let everyone know ,
Neil i dont see why i need to bother with the mains stuff can you explain it to me? i thought you just plug in the mains cable that omes with the tv into a socket and away you go :S
mains leads are prone to RFI ( RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE )
your srandard mains leads act like those cheap fm aerial lopps you get with a tuner , ie they pick up all kinds of interference ,
simply change the mains for a shieled one and it with keep feed cleaner ,
then 1 step further is to CLEAN THE MAINS use a tacima one for a first time upgrade 30-40 pounds is buttons ,
ive seen mains cables for 1000 pounds and extensions for more.
you must sort mains out FIRST BEFORE YOU BLOW MONEY ON HDMI LEADS
then when you do get a decent hdmi cable you ll really notice
what this tv can do
the tacima extension block is available from maplin or hificacles.co.uk
35-40 is top drawer when you take into consideration its a
6-way block and a mains conditioner to,
THIS IS A BIGGER UGRADE THAN A NEW HDMI CABLE SIMPLY
BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU SPEND ON SAY 50 -80
HDMI LEADS THERE WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT BUT NOT A
BIGGER ONE THAN MAINS
NOT CONVINCED THEN GO TO RUSS ANDREWS WEBSITE HE
PIONEERED MAINS CABLES FOR YEARS ,
REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN YOU WOULD NT EVEN BUY BETTER
SPEAKER CABLES OR SCARTS ?
TO ADAM
JUST PLUG IT IN AND GO HEY
SO I TAKE IT THE DYNAMIC
PLUG IT AND GO SETTINGS
ARE BETTER THAN MY ONES
THAT I DID …………?
GO TO RUSS ANDREWS SITE
AND CHECK OUT HIS HUB
hi, just needed some help, well i brought the new samsung 40″ lcd 1080p hd ready tv, and well when i connect my ps3 to it using my hdmi cable, it wont play any blue ray movies at all, and plays my games at 576p for some reason:S, please help, i called samsung, they tried everthing and have come to the conclusion that it is the ps3 that isnt working properly, ive gone onto forums and found alot of people are havin the same problem and the strange hing is, these people have a samsung hd tv aswell. please help
regards:
ibbzy
@Ibbzy: Known problem of false firmware. Check the Samsung hotmail for a technician who flashes your lcd to a newer firmware.
ibbzy
does your ps3 detect 1080p on auto settings ?
hi i have a samsung le40m87bdx screen and i am having poor pictures with my virgin media v plus box even though its connected by just one hdmi lead . there is a lot of fuzz and you can see the tvs pixels. the hd channels are fine though have you got any settings i can use?
steve
my ps3 detects that there is a hdmi connection, in the settings of the ps3 it has 576p 720p 1080i and 1080p, when i check any of them n press next, all it says is mode not supported,also where can i get a newer firmware for my tv?
woody you said it yourself hd is fine
sorry mate but the bitrate of sd channels wont be perfect,
use my settings ive posted so many times before ,
buy a decent cable 40-50 pound qed performance
Hi, I have just purchased the Samsung le46m87bdx and was looking for recommended settings for watching SD through Sky (SKY HD box).
HD pictures look great, but SD are poor, with a lot of motion blur.
Any help here appreciated!
Thanks
ian see post 91
HI CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE ABOUT SHOP MODE AND HOME MODE IS ON THE SCREEN MENU AS MY LE40M86BD KEEPS BLACKING OUT AFTER HALF AN HOUR AND SWITCHES BACK TO DEFAULT SETTINGS. MANY THANKS
HI CAN,T SEEM TO CHANGE MY TV FROM SHOP MODE TO HOME MODE . CAN ANYONE HELP
HI HOW DO YOU GET INTO THE SERVICE MENU ON MY LE40M86BD
high darren i dont like giving service but i feel for you mate
turn tv to stand by then press
info - menu- mute- power
then in option 2 turn off shop mode , ps dont touch nothing else mate
Hello friends
Recently i purchased a Samsung HD Ready LCD TV Model LE40M86BD and LG 5.1 Home Theater Cinema system.
For TV, some of its functions are not working like PIP. Can u please explain how can i do PIP. Also for Home Cinema system, its two speakers (Front Left and Front Right) and sub woofer are working as giving music while playing with CD, but couldn’t operate both two Rear speakers and central speaker.
Another issue is i can’t use speaker of Home cinema system for TV. At present i am connected TV with Home cinema system with a Scart Cable. Are there any further cable or some kind of action need in order for to use speaker of Home cinema for tv. please advise
regards
ajish
hi again fellas, any update on where i can get a newer firmware version? for my samsung lcd tv?
hi matt are you still there or have you hung yourself yet ,
when i told you hd-dvd would die in 6 months i was only trying to help you good people by letting you s in on a early
announcement i heard at work ,
as you all know by now warner bros have pulles the plug on hd-dvd (betamax ) and are only gonna SUPPORT blu-ray from march
i also know universals deal to use hd-dvd was a slimy move by microsoft so that when download speeds are able to handle hd content they to were gonna drop them
hope your enjoying your humble pie this morning ,
well back to work now ,
Ajish(165),
I have the same problem, PIP does not work on my TV, it cannot be selected from the menu screen(greyed out)also my Laptop when connected switches the screen to standby?
Any clues Neil?
Ian
can someone tell me the best settings for the samsung le40m86bd on a virgin media v+ box with hdmi leads many thanks
lap top problem is simple ,
connect laptop
next switch lcd to pc input
then select the pc buttons that switch between internal and external screen , mine is fn and f12 but some are different
darren use the blu-ray settings ive posted so many times before just back gray to warm 1 and up backlight from 1 to 2
settings are very good, only i raised backlight and set dynamic contrast to Low because YCC lowers details. definitely its a must to disable all technologies (movie+, dni, dnr) - it corrupts the picture.
movie plus has its use in the right type of programme ,
your right though with dnie its shite ,
dynamic contrast is bad though dont use it it ,
black is set properly by using brightness and contrast ,
use these and leave the silly contrast ,black boosters for
currys shop floor ,
ive done a couple of 50 inch screen reviews lately
and found in last 12 months were lcd had closed in on plasma
the likes of pionneer have slammed the pedal to the floor and pulled away at an alarming rate ,
it can only be for the good of us though ,
Thanks for your reply neil much appreciated.
hi all sorry but im a bit confused by all the settings on here so many different ones, ive used some but not sure what are right and what are for what e.g.bluray virgin ps3. its way over my head. neil seems to be the guy to talk too.. i have a samsung le46m86bd, got a ps3 60 gb hooked up through hdmi, got a vigin box hooked up through scart. (v+hd on order) also got a samsung ht-x30 theatre system hooked up through hdmi. now my question is whats the best settings to use to on all to get the best out of my tv. many thanks. while im on i have noticed a black dot on my screen is it a dead pixel? a guy i know had a red dot on his but it went after a few days. i presume its a dead pixel can i do anything about it? the tv is only 1 month old.thanks again
lightly press the so called dead pixel in and see if it fades .
dont like repeating myself as ive posted settings so many times ,
hd feed ie sky hd blu-ray , hd-dvd (betamax) , virgin hd
sd scart or s-vhs
dvd hdmi - use blu-ray settings
tried pressing it neil, nothing happens. is it a problem that its there? will it get worse? bit of a techno phobic. thanks neil for taking the time to reply cheers
its not a problem but if you put out of your mind it ll not even be there .
also is it there with every input if not it could be the source
yea its there on all source’s buddy. not worried though i will take your advice and forget about it. thanks very much again
hello Ian
thanks 4 ur reply, but still waiting an advise about following.please help
Recently i purchased a Samsung HD Ready LCD TV Model LE40M86BD and LG 5.1 Home Theater Cinema system.
For TV, some of its functions are not working like PIP. Can u please explain how can i operate PIP. Also for Home Cinema system, its two speakers (Front Left and Front Right) and sub woofer are working as giving music while playing with CD, but couldn’t operate both two Rear speakers and central speaker.
Ajish
hi, erm i just wanted to know, where can i get a firmware update for my samsung lcd hd ready tv?
ajish
simple music is two channel
so if no sound comes from centre and rears
thats because its recorded in STEREO I,E, LEFT AND RIGHT
your sub works because its acting in tandem with front as a pair of stereo speakers simple hey
as for pip on this screen its poor just like the freeview and lazy remote …..
pity that it came so close to being PERFECT
please does anyone have a good set up for the wii on the le46m87 tv. it’s running on the component cable.
i’ve been trying a few ps3 set ups and still not happy with one. Also sky hd coming on thursday so any help appreciated for that also
plus what about the standard tv and also dtv
Hello Neil
thanks for ur reply
About PIP, when i contacted CURRY Ireland from where i bought TV, they told me that this TV have two tunner, one Analogue and one Digital. Digitial tunner is not working in Ireland at present. So, only when digital service will start and digital tunner is in place, then PIP will work. Is it ture? Can i operate PIP function now? Please advise
About LG Home Cinema System, i got replacement system yesterday as for old one its Centre and Rear speaker(two) not working as per their checking. But even when i got new one only Front Speaker (Left & Right) and sub woofer is working. But still Rear Speaker (Left & Right)and Centre speaker not working. I used to play Audio CD, MP3,DVD etc.. also i tried to get sound from Rear and Centre speakers for Television, Satellite Reciever without success. Can i able to get output from this Rear Speakers and Centre Speaker? Or do i need to change this Home Cinema system with any other Brand one. Kindly advise.
Thanks and regards
Ajish
most tv progs are broadcast in stereo i know sky use dolby surround for films sports etc
bose 321 gs is a 2.1 system that gives virtual surround sound on any prog you watch dvd stereo even older mono stuff ,,,,,,,,,
and the bass is outstanding ,, pricey though ,,,,,,,
older 321 is available 99 percent same as new one apart from the video output is s-vhs pity that
andy its simple wii 480p picture on a 1080p panel it will never be great
i use a sharp 32 for my sons one and its fine ,
Hello Neil
I found a way to operate all 5 speakers inculding Rear, Front,Centre and subwoofer. what i have done is in remote control there were an option VSM and SOUND and in Sound mode when i pressed PL II MTRX, PL II MOVIE & PL II MUSIC, all speakers are working. However there is a slight noise from all speaker. Can u advise how to sort out it.
Also looking for an advise about PIP on how to operate it.
thanks
Ajish
Hi Neil,
you did lot of work here, thanks.
I have one problem, and maybe you can help.
I have this samsung LCD and PS3, conected with HDMI cable.
Everything rns fine exept one thing. Playing DVD from PS3, even upscaled are worse then from regular DVD player on my second Samsung Plasma HD ready, not Full HD.
Is it normal, or make I something wrong?
Thanks in advance a nd Happy New Year to England
Jozef
Ajish
Pip only works on hdmi.Hope that clears ure answer anymore q’s contact me budddy
jojosr
have you updated ps3 version 2.10 ?
it should look decent mine is as good as a denon upscaler
I’ve come from Plasma over to this set as the image retention when playing games was causing problems.
Pretty much every setting I see has contrast up and around 90 which coming from Plasma is really hard to take, I was used to have around 50-55 on Plasma and having Brightness down to around 30-35.
I understand LCD is different but to be honest I am not into all this settings stuff but from what I have read and used from here for Xbox 360 / Sky HD and PS3 all connected by HDMI I am not that happy. I have used lower levels of contrast and Brightness and find the picture much better on the eye however if these are more natural for LCD (the higher contrast levels) I am willing to give time to get used to them.
Neil, have you had any success with lower contrast settings or do you stand by the high contrast?
Cheers
Hello Jamesbond(189)
i didn’t understand fully. Is PIP doesn’t work with Televison? Is it will work with Satellite Reciever(I have a free to air satellite reciever)? Or Is it will only works with SKY HD at present? Or Is PIP doesn’t work in Ireland now as here no digital service available? Please advise.
Also for my HD ready tv (LE40M86BD), there are some functions which are not working like PIP. These are in Sound mode “SOUND SELECT”, in Picture mode “TINT”, in Setup mode “GAME MODE”,”HOME THEATRE PC”, “HDMI BLACK LEVEL”. Would please advise on why these functions not working and how can i get activate. At present i have Aerial Connection and Free 2 air Satellite Connection with my TV and Home Cinema system. Please advise
thanks
Ajish
james high or low ?
i use a spyder tv to set my screens up so it means nothing i just get it bang on the reference screens on calibration discs and so on;;;
plasma still better for skin tone ,,,
75-80 contrast looks ok on built in freeview but backlight has to come up to 4-5
try it
but my settings are all done after the cables and mains leads are upgraded first
Hello James/Neil
I am waiting for your advise
I have an another issue also while watching Television like RTE1,2,etc.. from Aerial. There are slight shadow copies on the screen. It is not too much visible.I made some kind of adjustments in Picture, but still shadow copy appears. In the case of Satellite channels which are receving through satellite dish which i have, doesn’t have satellite problem, so is cause of this problem about Aeriel or about Aeriel cables which are connecting with TV. Please advise
thanks and regards
Ajish
hey ajish
pip only works I think the PIP option is only available in the menu when watching via hdmi,component or vga.I’ve just tried it and the option is blanked out when watching via the internal tuner or through the scart.
What inputs are you trying to use PIP in? It’s not capeable of doing it in every mixture of inputs i.e;
you can PIP;
Component in: Analogue TV, EXT1, EXT2 or AV
HDMI in: Analogue TV, EXT1, EXT2 or AV
PC in: Analogue TV, EXT1, EXT2 or AV
you cant PIP;
Component in: S-Video, Component, HDMI, PC or Digital TV
HDMI in: S-Video, Component, HDMI, PC or Digital TV
PC in: S-Video, Component, HDMI, PC or Digital TV
This is all in the manual supplied with your TV
Hope this helps.
Regards,
AJISH IF U HAVE FUTHER PROBLEMS CONTACT ME
Hello James
thanks for your reply
I am using Aerial cable(as this is the only option) to connect my TV for getting Analogue Television channels like RTE1,2,etc.. and for connecting TV & DVD Home Cinema system using HDMI Cable and for Audio through Home Cinema System, i am using Optical Cable. By doing anything extra Can i use PIP in Analogue TV? Please advise.
Another input is Free to Air satellite Recieiver. I am connecting this with my TV using Scart Cable. And for audio through Home Cinema System i am using RCA Cables. But as i understood from your message, with scart cable i can’t use PIP. So, if i will use Component Cable instead of scart cable to connect between Satellite Reciever and TV,then Can i use PIP function? Because my satellite reciever have a component socket. Please advise.
Also it is wondering me that it seems there is no need of RCA cables now for getting audio of Satellite Reciever through Home Cinema, soon after i connected Diigital Optical Cable with my TV and Home Cinema. This optical cable is working for Satellite Reciever also. How this happend?
James, please advise on 2nd part of 192 about some other functions.
thank u very much for your help
regards
Ajish
Any settings for freeview and for DVD (576P) through components?
Keep up the good work!!!!
Thanks
hey neil or ne1 have decent settings for the le37m86 when using a ps3? cheers
to ajish,
I dont think it is aplicable via analogue or just your standard tv.
example
I am on my ps3 via hdmi and lets say i wanted to watch bbc 1 what i do is i go to pip and press it then choose the output,so lets say i choose tv,from their i can watch tv,but if i wanted the Pip picture to be sky or dtv i just change the Pip selected output.
However if i was on tv bbc 1 as the main picture,you cannot pip that and view your ps3 as the subpicture because it doesnt work like that.
hope that cleared things up
cheers
to be honest with you ajish,
i pretty much am a newbie aswell so therefore my advise is only advise which i got when i was in need.So i cant answer all your questions.for that i apologize.
Hello James
No problem about it.
While watching RTE1,2,etc.. in TV, there is shadow of picture appearing behind it. Is it something related to the Aerial cable which i am using to connect TV? How to make it correct?
Please advise
regards
ajish
Hi guys,
Just bought this tv - I have my 60gb ps3 connected via a HDMi 1.3 Cable by Pro Range.
I took the tv out of the box and plugged on Planet Earth Blu Ray - Blown away!
However I then put on COD4 and it automatically ran at 720p. Not only this but the picture was absolutely Rubbish. The colours were blurred as were the textures - it was like playing an N64 game.
Tried it through my component lead - same thing - I then found this site.
I’m new to all this and it seems like Neil is the man I want to speak to but if anyone else can help I’d be very greatful.
I’ve tried a few of the settings above and it does improve the picture but its still not right seems Jagged and dull.
Please Please relist the full settings I need for my PS3 games, blu ray and built in freeview.
Also do you think the PS3 would work better on another similar value or less expensive tv?
Thanks a bunch,
Richard
richard
dont use game mode at all ,
ive posted blu-ray settings so many times see above .
but ive redone the freeview ones ;
contrast 80
brightness 45
sharpness 40
colour 51-53
backlight 4
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use the blu-ray ones for everythink else ,
steer clear of black adjust or contrast enhancer ;
ill list every setting for you later on as ive broke my wrist
and need my wife to type ,,,
firstly update your ps3 to version 2.10
ill also list every settting for your ps3
Neil your a star,
if you could email them to me that would be brilliant, rc.webster@hotmail.co.uk.
Sorry to hear about your wrist mate.
Also if you have any reccomendations for better hdmi cables or other items I can ut I’d be really thankful.
p.s. I have never used game mod - the shop told me it was crap and I installed 2.1 when it was firt released.
Cheers mate, Richard
alright richard lad
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PS3 = SETTINGS
BD/DVD SETTINGS
CINEMA - AUTO
DVD UPSCALER - FULL
BD/DVD VIDEO OUTPUT- YPB/CB/PR/CR
BD 1080P 24HZ - ON
BD/DVD- DYNMAMIC RANGE - AUTO
BDDVD- AUDIO- BITSTREAM
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PS3 DISPLAY SETTINGS
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VIDEO OUT - 1080P
CROSS COLOUR FILTER - OFF
RGB FULL RANGE - FULL
YPB/CB/PR/CR - HDMI
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HDMI TV SETTINGS
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MOVIE MODE
CONTRAST - 91
BRIGHTNESS-50
COLOUR-51
SHARPNESS-30
COLOUR TONE-WARM 2
DETAILED SETTINGS
ALL OFF
EXCEPT XVYCC-ON
COLOUR - WIDE
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TV SETUP
ENERY SAVING - LOW
HDMI BLACK LEVEL - LOW
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BUILT IN FREEVIEW.
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MOVIE MODE
CON - 80
BRI- 45
COLO-53
SHARP-40
COLOUR TONE 1 0R 2 FOR FILMS
BACKLIGHT 4
SIZE 16;9
MOVIE MODE ON - OFF FOR MOVIES ,
WHITE BALANCE IS THE SAME FOR BLU-RAY AND FREEVIEW
17- R OFFSET
15-G OFFSET
11-B OFFSET
4-R-GAIN
14-G GAIN
30-B GAIN
OH YER FORGOT
HDMI PICTURE SIZE IS -JUST SCAN
ENJOY
Thanks mate, imagine that wasn’t too easy with your wrist wrapped up.
Just invested in the Tacima CS929 mains conditioner on your reccomendation, Any thing else help, different mains lead? monster hdmi?
Cheers Neil
mains leads is a big yes ,
russ andrews has just improved his entry level power max cable ,,
as for hdmi
subscribe to what hi-fi and you get 83 pound chord lead for free,
monster ones are overpriced ,, qed p1 is good
oh yer
get your ps3 one to ,
I’ve applied the settings youjust gave me.
I cannot begin to tell you what a difference that has just made. Thank you SO MUCH!!
hy the hell don’t Samsung set the television up like that as standard?!
I’ve also just bought the two leads you suggested,one for the PS3 and one for the LE40M86BD. Those combined with the Tacima CS929 should hopefully improve the picture still….
Looked on Whathifi for the free cable on subscription - couldn’t find it.
I looked for the QED P1
Sorry…. cut off….
Looked for the QED P1 but couldn’t find that either - found QED Qunex HDMI-P Cable. Also the MONSTER M1000DAV (if overpriced) and the CHORD HDMI 1.3 SILVER PLUS look pretty good.
What do you reccomend HDMi wise and anything else I can do?
Thanks again Neil,
Richard
sorry to be so thick niel