HDTV Picture Setting

[Soul]

What's best for viewing the Dragon Box, "Standard" or "Movie"?

[BobZ]

I use Movie on everything lately - it makes the picture darker and thus crisper.

[desirecampbell]

Different 'modes' on TVS are almost always just black-level/colour-saturation setting presets. The best thing to do is to leave it on 'Standard' and adjust your TV properly. A properly configured TV always shows the best video.

[linkdude20002001]

My TV has a "user" setting, so I just use that, and set it so the whites are whiter and the skies are bluer. It's my custom Dragon Box Z setting. ^_^

[MajinVejitaXV]

My TV has a "user" setting, so I just use that, and set it so the whites are whiter and the skies are bluer. It's my custom Dragon Box Z setting. ^_^

When you burn out your TV quicker than normal, don't complain. ;p

The correct answer is to get yourself some calibration patterns (they can be found free online), some color filter gels and set your brightness/contrast and colors to reference levels. This not only gives you the optimum picture, but it also ensures that your television has the longest life possible.

This from the guy with the Pioneer plasma who hasn't had any decrease in brightness in 6 years, and guess what I did when I first bought it? ;p

[Soul]

Well thanks anyways guys, I went ahead a double checked a made sure my TV's Picture settings were where they should be.
Ahh, Google search is your friend.

[desirecampbell]

Well thanks anyways guys, I went ahead a double checked a made sure my TV's Picture settings were where they should be.
Ahh, Google search is your friend.

Good. Getting the best video possible is great, but it means nothing if you've jacked your contrast up and screwed your colour saturation.

[linkdude20002001]

When you burn out your TV quicker than normal, don't complain. ;p

The correct answer is to get yourself some calibration patterns (they can be found free online), some color filter gels and set your brightness/contrast and colors to reference levels. This not only gives you the optimum picture, but it also ensures that your television has the longest life possible.

This from the guy with the Pioneer plasma who hasn't had any decrease in brightness in 6 years, and guess what I did when I first bought it? ;p

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'll look into it. Though, I don't have a plasma screen TV... What you're talking about is good for all TVs I assume, yeah?

[BulmaFan]

What's best for viewing the Dragon Box, "Standard" or "Movie"?

Well, it really depends what HDTV brand you have. Having try so many brands myself, some TVs look better in standard while others look better in movie. I have a Samsung Plasma, and Standard mode looks better in mine. Movie mode in my plasma is horrible: it makes the picture too blurry, dark, and colors look unnatural.
I reccomend getting a calibrating DVD/BR to get better results. If you dont have enough budget, try searching online for self-calibrating tips like I did.
If you are watching HD or HD upcaled video, make sure you have the Sharpness al the way down, because all it does is add artifficial detail. Make sure you put Sharpness all the way to zero: if it looks to blurry in your TV(not all TVs are the same), try to raise it just a bit. Sharpness is only good if your watching Standard Def in SDTVs, so I dont understand why they added it in HDTVs. When you are fixing the Contrast and Brightness, make sure you are still able to se detail through bright and dark scenes. For Color, just make sure is not too saturated. Last but not least, dont mess with Tint unless you have a calibrating disk.
I hope these helps, and make sure you search for helpful tips.

[GizmoKSX]

My friend and I were calibrating his HDTV using test patterns. His TV's "movie" preset wasn't perfect, but the yellow looked great. No amount of custom tweaking (really, we tried every option) could get the yellow to look that good. The picture quality in that preset was not attainable through custom settings. We customized the settings anyway to get the rest of levels to where they should have been, and lived with the yellow looking a little gross.
Based on that experience, I'd still recommend using custom settings, but it's also worth seeing how your presets look with a test pattern.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

I have the latest edition sharp aquos 60". The black levels on this tv are just outstanding, it has extremely crisp piture, extremely dark black and very white whites. The colors are as real as you're going to get with the current technology.

Just use the menu settings, and setup to your liking.