Roger Ward

Got the new HD Basics Blu-Ray yesterday which I’ve used to re-adjust the settings on my BRAVIA television. Previously I’d posted settings for my “X Series”, but these new settings are wildly different to my previous settings.  I quite like these new settings, they bring out excellent shadow detail with very natural colours.  Novices may not like these settings due to the fact that there are no overblown colours and a low brightness level. But the detail in return is quite astonishing compared to the previous settings.

Let me know what you think.

• Backlight: 2
• Picture: 85
• Brightness: 52
• Color: 55
• Hue: 0
• Color Temperature: Warm 1
• Sharpness: 51
• Noise Reduction: off
• MPEG Noise Reduction: Low
• DRC Mode: Mode 1
• Black Corrector: Low
• Advanced C.E.: Low
• Gamma: Low
• Clear White: off
• Color Space: Standard
• Live Color: off
• DRC Pallette 50/60
  • White Balance
  • R-Gain: -7
  • G-Gain: -7
  • B-Gain: 0
  • R-Bias: 6
  • G-Bias: 4
  • B-Bias: 0-10

• Detail Enhancer: Low
• Edge Enhancer: Low
• Motionflow: High
• Cinemotion: Auto 1

I’ve also attached images below taken after calibration. They’re not totally indicitive due to the camera, but they give a good idea of what the image is like.

No guesses of what I’m going to be doing tonight. This morning the HOT post office delivery chick (stuff political correctness!) we have servicing this area knocked on my door with my Amazon package. Woohoo as Homer Simpson would say. Neighbours, you’ll be staying up late with this noise!

Transformers Blu-Ray Disc

Due to my never ending search for perfection when it comes to my HD television, I am forever calibrating the hell out of the damn thing till I’m happy. For a while now, I didn’t think that was going to happen. But after lots of researching and adjusting, I think I might have done it. So if you own an “X Series” Sony Bravia, give these settings a try, you might like them!

A note though. I’ve calibrated and optimized for Blu-Ray and HDTV sources only. I haven’t tested these settings for Standard Definition sources, although I would still think they wouldn’t be to bad either.

Backlight: 2
Picture: 76
Brightness: 50
Color: 52
Hue: 0
Color Temperature: Neutral
Sharpness: 30
Noise Reduction: off
MPEG Noise Reduction: off
DRC Mode: Off
Black Corrector: off
Advanced C.E.: off
Gama: off
Clear White: off
Color Space: Standard
Live Color: off
White Balance
R-Gain: 0
G-Gain: 0
B-Gain: 0
R-Bias: 0
G-Bias: 0
B-Bias: 0
Detail Enhancer: Low
Edge Enhancer: Low
Motionflow: Standard
Cinemotion: Auto2

Well the day is here for all those Apple nuts and all those sheep who are always into the latest “FAD”. It’s iPhone day everyone, so enjoy.

Me, well I’ll not be jumping onto the truck with the rest of the sheep. I’m going to be original and go into the mobile shop and get something that isn’t an iPhone. Crazy I know!

Speaking of being crazy. Looks like I’m not the only one who thinks the iPhone is a grand waste of money, so does Talk Soup: