best settings?? Just got this monitor and having a hard time calibrating the brightness/contrast/colour etc to look good.. what settings are people using?
224688
a silly question..everyone has different taste in screen qualities...everyone's video card is different..on & on
763774
Did you tried to reset to factory settings first to have the base settings? From there set up the picture contrasts color and brightness.
280414
In essence, yes. You might have to tweak around with color settings until you get some good preset. Ones that come with the monitor suck arse. The monitor itself is used for datasheet viewing and I have no problems with it. It is a very good monitor and I plan on buying another one when my pocket allows it.
488001
wish i knew, i cant seem to find the sweet spot either, i read the reviews and set it to what some other guy had, and it looked bad on my set, i noticed when i switched from componet to hdmi, the color changed , somehow, not sure what the best settings are
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I don't know what the "best" calibration may be, but with this TV you have a wide gamete to choose from. I am not a Pro, I just know what I like. I simply looked at all the preset calibrations in the menu, tweaking each one with the settings available in the menu. After a few days, I narrowed down to "Vivid and/or THX Bright room" selections. After a couple more days of tweaking, I have settled on the THX Bright room calibration. I still go to the vivid now and then. I also developed a nice custom picture setting that I watch sparingly for some unknown reason. All in all, you have to play around until you find what best suits your eyes. Or shell out the bucks for a professional calibration. Good luck, have fun. I don't know what the "best" calibration may be, but with this TV you have a wide gamete to choose from. I am not a Pro, I just know what I like. I simply looked at all the preset calibrations in the menu, tweaking each one with the settings available in the menu. After a few days, I narrowed down to "Vivid and/or THX Bright room" selections. After a couple more days of tweaking, I have settled on the THX Bright room calibration. I still go to the vivid now and then. I also developed a nice custom picture setting that I watch sparingly for some unknown reason. All in... » Read More I don't know what the "best" calibration may be, but with this TV you have a wide gamete to choose from. I am not a Pro, I just know what I like. I simply looked at all the preset calibrations in the menu, tweaking each one with the settings available in the menu. After a few days, I narrowed down to "Vivid and/or THX Bright room" selections. After a couple more days of tweaking, I have settled on the THX Bright room calibration. I still go to the vivid now and then. I also developed a nice custom picture setting that I watch sparingly for some unknown reason. All in all, you have to play around until you find what best suits your eyes. Or shell out the bucks for a professional calibration. Good luck, have fun. « Show Less
1542003
No, I did not calibrate the colour settings. I'd say the picture quality was just great - out of the box. I know other models or brands need to be calibrated, but in this case, I don't know how the picture could be any better.
8063
No monitor comes color calibrated. I calibrated mine using Displays > calibrate.
1531521
If you did read my review, the colors are good AFTER you calibrate the monitor properly with proper equipment. Ofcourse the older TN panel can not match the IPS panels in colors, but the IPS panels are all currently (the affordable ones anyway) 60Hz. My previous monitor was an IPS monitor and after calibrating this properly i prefer this BenQ, but i think mostly because its bigger.So when you get your monitor, the colors are off, after calibration, theyre great. However do some research, maybe you dont really need a 120Hz panel and there might be something else out there for you, but im more than happy with mine.Mine:Gamut coverage 97.7% sRBGGamut volume 115.2% sRBGThe results are great. If you did read my review, the colors are good AFTER you calibrate the monitor properly with proper equipment. Ofcourse the older TN panel can not match the IPS panels in colors, but the IPS panels are all currently (the affordable ones anyway) 60Hz. My previous monitor was an IPS monitor and after calibrating this properly i prefer this BenQ, but i think mostly because its bigger.So when you get your monitor, the colors are off, after calibration, theyre great. However do some research, maybe you dont really need a 120Hz panel and there might be something else out there for... » Read More If you did read my review, the colors are good AFTER you calibrate the monitor properly with proper equipment. Ofcourse the older TN panel can not match the IPS panels in colors, but the IPS panels are all currently (the affordable ones anyway) 60Hz. My previous monitor was an IPS monitor and after calibrating this properly i prefer this BenQ, but i think mostly because its bigger.So when you get your monitor, the colors are off, after calibration, theyre great. However do some research, maybe you dont really need a 120Hz panel and there might be something else out there for you, but im more than happy with mine.Mine:Gamut coverage 97.7% sRBGGamut volume 115.2% sRBGThe results are great. « Show Less
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Head over to www.TFTcentral.co.uk, they have an area where they post ICC profiles and optimal settings gathered either from reviews they have done or from user submissions. The settings they offer are from hardware calibration. Although every screen is different (even within the same model!), the settings they have should get you close to accurate as far as calibration standards go. Here is the link with the settings database, the vs248h-p is there: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm Personally I am pretty happy with this monitor in sRGB mode. The only problem is that the default gamma is about 1.8 from my testing, so I lowered the gamma correction in my Nvidia Control Panel to 0.85 and got it closer to gamma 2.2. Looks much better...colors are no longer washed out. You can try that, or try the settings on tftcentral...although be aware that those are hardware calibrated to sRGB standards, and you may not prefer the way it looks.
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Somebody posted these settings, try them and post back your results. Backlight: 60 Contrast: 89 Brightness: 51 H. Sharpness: 50 V. Sharpness: 50 Color: 52 Tint: R2 Expert control: Dynamic Contrast: Off Noise Reduction: Off MPEG Noise Reduction: Off Super Resolution: Off Black Level: Low Real Cinema: On Color Gamut: Standard Edge Enhancer: High Color Filter: Off Color Temperature: Warm Gamma: 2.2 Method: 2 Points Pattern: Outer R/G/B Contrast: 0/0/0 R/G/B Brightness: 0/0/0 R/G/B/C/M/Y/K Tint / Color: 0 (all) TruMotion: User De-Judder: 1 De-Blur: 7 LED Local Dimming: High Aspect: Just Scan Energy Saving: Off Also this link to a review of this model has some info that may be useful: http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?9230-Review-LG-55LW5600-LED-LCD
655252
Unfortunately no answer would really help you. Everyone views different colors/shades on their own monitors.
2103499
I'm a pretty dedicated gamer myself and I've had the monitor for a few weeks now. I could hardly notice anything personally. However if you really don't like the colors you could download the proper monitor color profile online and it will supposedly make it look great. Although I never bothered because it was fine to me. And I have no idea what the angle problem is. If you mean is the screen a little tilted or whatever I'm going to say that mine is perfectly fine. Hope this helps you make your choice.
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I think Luger got it right. It's 60Hz (and still fine for passive 3D), and I would agree about the glossy screen. I had mine facing a window and when the sun shined in, it was very reflective.Don't get me wrong, though; I still really like this monitor (as per my review).
2218298
Unfortunately we do not have any calibration settings that we suggest for these TV's. Our suggestion would be to research either (CNET or AVS Forums) to find out what people are saying is the best calibration
1989224
My calibrated setting below produced a fantastic picture: Backlight: 80 Contrast: 78 Brightness: 56 Color: 39 Tint: -3 Sharpness: 25 All video processing like smooth motion, auto brightness off. Smart Dimming: On Tempest 790 put in a review in June of 2013 and this was his settings. I followed them and then made slight adjustments to fit our viewing. But, They as he left them are great. Hope this helps in your setup.
1613449
Same question here. I did a calibration with the THX calibrator on the Monsters Inc DVD (some commentators recommend this as an inexpensive way to calibrate). Much of the calibration could not be done. I did find that for watching movies, according to the THX calibration, brightness should be at 100 and contrast at 36- this is contrary to the advice of another reviewer who urged max contrast. I'm using hdmi in from a Philips upscaling DVD player, and optical out from the tv. I'm not getting the back channels on my Logitech speakers and am scratching my head about that.
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If you did read my review, the colors are good AFTER you calibrate the monitor properly with proper equipment. Ofcourse the older TN panel can not match the IPS panels in colors, but the IPS panels are all currently (the affordable ones anyway) 60Hz. My previous monitor was an IPS monitor and after calibrating this properly i prefer this BenQ, but i think mostly because its bigger. So when you get your monitor, the colors are off, after calibration, theyre great. However do some research, maybe you dont really need a 120Hz panel and there might be something else out there for you, but im more than happy with mine. Mine: Gamut coverage 97.7% sRBG Gamut volume 115.2% sRBG The results are great.