Friday, October 2, 2009

Toshiba 32AV502R Best 720P SET....

So I was in the market for a 32 inch set for the bedroom and decided to go with 720P, since 1080P just isn't necessary for this size. I looked at the Panny, LG, and the Sammy 460 series and this Toshiba's had the deepest blacks out of the three. Blacks are more important to me being a Kuro owner. I've had this tv up and running now for 24 hours straight for over a week and no issues thus far. Very sharp picture with HD running through it. Good blacks(for an lcd), but the color accuracy leaves something to be desired. Luckily the picture menu allows you to correct this. The sound is decent, although you will get vibration with certain dialog with the bass turned all the way up. Here are the settings I came up with for the best possible picture and fixing the color issue, which is a green push. This was done with a ISF calibration disc in a dark room. If you wish for a brighter picture for sports viewing or because you have the tv in a brighter setting, then bump up the backlight. Each input has it's own picture settings.
UPDATED SETTINGS:
Cable TV (HDMI)
MODE: PREFERENCE
CONTRAST: 90
BACKLIGHT: 30
DYNALIGHT: OFF
BRIGHTNESS: 54(cable tv) 32 for DVD(component connection)
COLOR: 40
TINT: 0
SHARPNESS: 5

ADVANCED PICTURE SETTINGS:
DYNAMIC CONTRAST: OFF
STATIC GAMMA: 0
COLOR TEMP: WARM
B DRIVE: 4
G DRIVE: -5

NOISE REDUCTION:
DNR: OFF
MPEG REDUCTION: OFF

THEATER SETTINGS:
PICTURE SIZE: NATIVE(HDMI) (FULL for component connection)
CINEMA MODE: FILM
AUTO ASPECT RATIO: OFF

I gave it a four star only because of the speaker vibration during certain dialog and the major color adjustment it needed, but for the money, I could have easily given it a five star.

1 comment:

  1. Brilliant of you to list the recommended settings along with the calibration conditions!

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