Samsung LE40M86BD Settings

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Vincent Teoh

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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