Calibrated HD and SD Settings for LE40A656

Calibrated HD and SD settings for LE40A656, firmware 1023.0 Note: These settings are calibrated for a dark room viewing environment. If the settings are too dark, you can simply up the backlight. These settings were done on a 40" A656. As can be seen from the different settings on this page, one persons calibrated settings can greatly vary to the next. The settings are for reference only. They may or may not be accurate on other sets - they were calibrated for my set alone. HD REC709 Settings: Charts (all CIE76 delta errors below 3.2, all CIE94 delta errors below 1.5)

Settings: NOTE: There are two sets of settings here, firstly there are new settings I have just done using in my opinion better techniques in order to calibrate the colourspace. These techniques are using CIE94 to calculate the colour

errors, using 75% IRE colour patterns and with adjusting my secondaries so they fall in line with my actual primaries. In my opinion the CIE94 calibration is more accurate. I have left the CIE76 settings up anyway for reference. CIE94 calibrated settings: Mode: Movie Backlight: 3 Contrast: 98 Brightness: 46 Sharpness: 0 Colour: 52 Tint: 50/50 Black Adjust: Low Dynamic Contrast: Off Gamma: +1 Colour space: Red 21 0 0 Green 46 41 0 Blue 0 10 30 Yellow 45 45 0 Cyan 49 46 45 Magenta 23 0 33 White Balance: R-offs 25 G-offs 25 B-offs 24 R-gain 28 G-gain 25 B-gain 23 Colour tone: Warm1 Size: Just Scan Digital NR: Off HDMI Black Level: Normal\Greyed out for component, Low for RGB 16-235, Normal for RGB 0-255. 100hz Motion Plus: Off (Can be set to 'Low' for non film based material) Blue Only Mode: Off CIE76 Settings: Mode: Movie Backlight: 3 Contrast: 98 Brightness: 47 Sharpness: 0 Colour: 52 Tint: 50/50 Black Adjust: Low Dynamic Contrast: Off

Gamma: +1 Colour space: Red 25 0 5 Green 39 46 0 Blue 0 9 31 Yellow 45 45 0 Cyan 39 45 43 Magenta 20 0 37 White Balance: R-offs 25 G-offs 25 B-offs 24 R-gain 29 G-gain 25 B-gain 21 Colour tone: Warm1 Size: Just Scan Digital NR: Off HDMI Black Level: Normal\Greyed out for component, Low for RGB 16-235, Normal for RGB 0-255. 100hz Motion Plus: Off (Can be set to 'Low' for non film based material) Blue Only Mode: Off SD PAL settings: Charts (all CIE76 delta errors below 3, all CIE94 delta errors below 1.1) CIE94 Settings: Mode: Movie Backlight: 3 Contrast: 98 Brightness: 47 Sharpness: 0 Colour: 52 Tint: 50/50 (Greyed out) Black Adjust: Low Dynamic Contrast: Off Gamma: +1 Colour space: Red 23 0 0 Green 34 42 0 Blue 0 10 30

Yellow 47 46 0 Cyan 37 46 44 Magenta 29 0 34 White Balance: R-offs 25 G-offs 25 B-offs 25 R-gain 28 G-gain 25 B-gain 23 Colour tone: Warm1 Size: Auto Wide Screen Size: 4:3 Digital NR: Off DNIe: Greyed out HDMI Black Level: Greyed Out 100hz Motion Plus: Off (Can be set to 'Low' for non film based material) Blue Only Mode: Off Energy Saving: Low (Optional, I prefer a lower backlight for SD) CIE76 Settings: Mode: Movie Backlight: 3 Contrast: 98 Brightness: 48 Sharpness: 0 Colour: 52 Tint: 50/50 (Greyed out) Black Adjust: Low Dynamic Contrast: Off Gamma: +1 Colour space: Red 16 0 6 Green 28 33 0 Blue 0 8 19 Yellow 44 44 0 Cyan 28 38 39 Magenta 11 0 25 White Balance: R-offs 25

G-offs 25 B-offs 25 R-gain 29 G-gain 25 B-gain 21 Colour tone: Warm1 Size: Auto Wide Screen Size: 4:3 Digital NR: Off DNIe: Greyed out HDMI Black Level: Greyed Out 100hz Motion Plus: Off (Can be set to 'Low' for non film based material) Blue Only Mode: Off Device Setup Here is how I have my devices setup: Xbox 360: For this I use PC mode in order to have the most minimal lag possible. (HDMI cable into HDMI2) For games, HDMI2 named PC, Xbox 360 Reference Level = Expanded, Colourspace = RGB. For HD movies, HDMI2 not named PC, Xbox 360 Reference Level = Standard, Colourspace = Rec709. PS3: (via HDMI) Video Settings: BD\DVD Video Output Format (HDMI) set to Automatic. BD 1080p 24 Hz Output (HDMI) On. Display Settings: RGB Full Range (HDMI) Full Y Pb\Cb Pr\cr Super-White (HDMI) On TV Settings: HDMI Black Level Normal. There is no need to change settings between games and movies as the PS3 will automatically switch between them.