The Four Peters said:
Just ordered this yesterday, being delivered on Friday. Can't wait. Any suggestions for the Calibration disc and breaking it in? Keeping in mind that it's Masters weekend and there's no way I won't be using it all weekend (running it on loop for 72 hours won't be happening). Also any other setup options or Samsung tips and tricks are definitely encouraged.
Also splurged on the Sonos sound bar too (yeah the credit card got a workout this weekend). Any recommendations on expansion speakers? Not going to get anything soon but will eventually expand the system.
I went with the Disney Wow disc for calibration. Reasonably priced and very straightforward. The set has a very weird balance with the black and white levels (contrast/brightness), I literally can't get the whites to clip but moving it too far one way can make the blacks clip. I arrived at a level that gets me the most dynamic range without clipping either end. My room doesn't have a ton of ambient light, but I still appreciate the light output.
Most of the rest I based on that thread that Couperin47 linked. I can go through tonight and update this post with more of the settings that I switched. But there were two biggies:
1. Turn on the one that does the proper conversion of 24hz sources. This will allow for smooth panning/scrolling on Blu-Ray if your player supports it.
2. Turn off the one that does the frame interpolation "soap opera mode" as they call it. It's distractingly bad more often than it helps.
They have similar names so I forget which is which. I think CinemaSmooth is the one you want on but I'll confirm. There is also some interesting nomenclature on which way to set one thing for PC vs
TV black levels.
EDIT:
I have the following settings on mine. YMMV.
Picture mode: movie
Cell light: 18
Contrast: 90
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 10
Color: 50
Tint: G50/R50
Picture size: 16:9 - I was getting pixel tearing along the edges when this was set otherwise. This doesn't seem to clip but doesn't have those weird pixel tearing artifacts.
Under Advanced Settings (learned from that thread):
Dynamic Contrast - Off
Black Tone - Off
Flesh Tone - 0
RGB only - Off
Color Space - Auto
White Balance - didn't touch
10p White Balance - off
Gamma - 0
Under Picture Options
Color Tone - Warm2
Digital Clean View - Off (I think this is noise reduction, reduces detail also)
MPEG Noise Filter - Off (I don't have much low-res MPEG2 content)
HDMI Black Level - Normal (full PC 0-255 range, not limited range, depends on what your source outputs)
Film Mode - I think this is where you set CinemaSmooth when watching a 24p source like a blu-ray movie
Motion Judder Canceller - Off
Black Optimizer - Dark Room