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
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