4K TV Reviews

Settings
Unit-to-unit sample variations, the viewing environment, and the source might render these recommendations less than optimum. They are provided only as a potentially useful starting place.

All the settings here are for controls found in the user menus. Those settings most likely to translate reliably from one sample to another involve specific features with only a few selections, such as Gamma. The ones most likely to be subject to sample variations are video controls offering a wide range of adjustment, such as white balance (grayscale) and color management (called Color Space here). It’s also unknown if different sized sets in a manufacturer’s same model range will perform optimally with these settings.

We strongly recommend that you find the optimum basic video settings for your sample by using one of the many available display setup Blu-ray discs. A full color calibration, however, is best left to a trained and properly equipped technician such as those certified by the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) or THX.

	Full HD/SDR	UHD/HDR
Backlight
Local Dimming	Middle	Middle
Backlight	65	100
Auto Light Sensor	Off	Off
Minimum Backlight	0	0
Picture Mode	Calibrated	HDR Theater
Contrast	30	52
Brightness	50	50
Color	47	30
Tint	R2	0
Sharpness	3	3
Aspect Ratio	Auto	Auto
Advanced Picture Options
Overscan	Off	Off
Color Temperature	Low	Low
Motion Enhancement	Off	Off
Blur	0	0
Judder	0	0
Digital Noise Reduction	Off	Off
Active Contrast	Off or Low	Off or Low
Color Space	Auto	Auto
Gamma Adjustment	2	2
RGB Only Mode	Off	Off

Expert Settings

Color Tuner (SDR)										Left on Defaults (all 0)
Color Tuner (HDR)
	R	G	B	Y	C	M
Hue	1	0	0	0	0	1
Saturation	0	5	1	4	3	0
Brightness	1	-1	0	3	0	2

White Balance (2-point SDR)
	R	G	B
Offset	1	1	4
Gain	3	0	-2
White Balance (2-point HDR) Leave on Defaults (all 0)

White Balance (10-point SDR)
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Red	-1	0	-1	0	1	0	0	-2	-2	0
Green	2	2	0	0	1	0	-1	-5	0	-3
Blue	1	1	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	1	0

White Balance (10-point HDR)
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Red	0	0	0	2	6	0	10	8	10	-10
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-10
Blue	0	0	0	-10	-10	0	0	0	0	10