Hi i had virgin media installed two days ago and i am very happy with it but i cant get the picture settings looking right for bbchd.I go to the user settings but i just cant get the picture looking crisp.I found this website called plasmatvbuyingguide.com and they had a review of a pioneer tv with a list of the settings to use for the optimal picture settings ill show you the list below.Is there anyone out there who tell me or send me a link for which picture settings to use for whatching hd content for my PDP-436XDE plasma display.
Thanx
(need a link like this for my tv)
Pioneer PDP-4270HD Optimal Picture Settings
AV Selection User
Contrast 32
Brightness +3
Color +5
Tint -2
Sharpness -4
PureCinema Off
Color Temperature Low
CTI Off
DNR Low
MPEG NR Low
also iv seen a dvd called Digital Video Essentials is this worth getting for my HDTV
optimal picture settings
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AlanBrown
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Welcome to the HDTV Magazine forum. The simplest advice I could give you, for helping you achieve the best settings for your HDTV, would be to have it professionally calibrated. You can find a qualified calibrator at www.isfforum.com. The service will cost several hundred dollars.
If your budget is already stretched, 'Digital Video Essentials' is a good place to start learning what your TV's picture adjustment controls really do and how to achieve the best picture, short of hiring a professional. Copying someone else's settings will only get you in the neighborhood of the best picture for your TV. No two TVs are exactly alike. There are variations from sample to sample, off the same assembly line. The largest variable for any TV owner is the viewing environment conditions at the time you're watching a program.
TV has never been plug and play, never has been, and likely never will be. The 'DVE' DVD will help you learn what a correctly calibrated video image is supposed to look like. It's really limited to precisely setting up your DVD player and the TV input used for the DVD signal. However, once you learn how to set up a DVD player, many of the same techniques can be used for other types of video signals.
Equipping the average consumer with a new HDTV is somewhat like expecting them to play a new game without knowing the rules or the goal. The goal in video is to achieve image fidelity. In other words, being able to see the same image a program's producer intended for his audience to see.
You have the equipment to watch a program but you haven't been taught what to do with all the options available to you. Most picture adjustments, if increased or decreased too far, will distort or even obscure certain image components. In the case of TVs that make their pictures by way of glowing phosphors, such as CRTs and plasma panels, adjusting them incorrectly can actually damage the set permanently.
TVs have a difficult time competing with brightly lit rooms. High ambient light will wash out and contaminate a TV picture. Screen reflections will obscure the image. Many people use special subdued lighting behind the TV, called 'bias lighting,' for watching video programs in a darkened room. This technique is used by video production professionals to reduce eyestrain during extended viewing sessions, and to avoid the types of viewing environment problems just discussed.
This forum can help you with other specific questions but a great tutorial to start with is 'Digital Video Essentials.' It will be available soon in HD DVD as well.
Best regards and beautiful pictures,
Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
www.cinemaquestinc.com
"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"
