HD TV Issues

[Stegoman05]

I just purchased the Insignia NS-BRDVD bluray player and a jvc Lt-42x579 lcd tv. So when i bought that, i also got Heroes season on Bluray. When i was watching the pilot, i notice alot of scenes were grainy. Another thing i notice was in dark scenes the shadows on the people faces were off a little. As in the face was had a red looking tilt and anthing that was dark or even black had a blueish tilt to it. Not sure how to explain it, but the color was off. So i wasnt sure if that was normal or not. If anyone can help that would be great. I tried to google it, couldnt really find anything. Also if need more information, please let me know.

Almost forgot, i am using a hdmi cord. One of the monster ultra.

 

[Brolan]

Did you calibrate your new TV?

 

[Stegoman05]

Ok i might sound like an idiot, but how do i calibrate my tv?

 

[Brolan]

There are a lot of different ways. The cheapest is to go through the settings and make the screen look as neutral and color balanced as you can. You can also buy devices to calibrate the screen or hire someone to do it for you.

I would also power everything off, disconnect, then reconnect your HDMI cable.

 

[Outpost4]

What Brolan is talking about is ISF calibration. It is a very expensive and time consuming procedure of calibrating a TV to get the proper color and light balances. You can buy discs that will approximate this process and you can do it yourself. I wouldn't bother.

Instead, don't try and judge the picture from just one disc or one show. Do it over time, watching a number of sources, live and on DVD. Adjust your TV so that it seems natural on most sources. Be aware that most TVs are too bright from the factory. It is very common that you have to bring down the brightness control from the factory setting to get the blacks to look right. And that's one of the things you are going for. You don't want the blacks to all go to single shade of dark gray, and a misadjusted TV will do that. Also be careful on the generic TV color settings, ones marked things like "vivid", "movie" and settings like that. I generally find the most bland of those settings is the best. If the picture jumps out at you, it's probably wrong.

You will notice more grain in low light situations with HDTV. That's the limit of technology. HDTV is like a good sports car. Not only will it handle better, you will pick up all the bumps in the road.

 

[TEH BABA]

Plan on getting a anime collection with that Blueray

 

[Stegoman05]

Ok i tried changing the video settings, but dosent seem to fix the problem. Im going to try again, i might of miss something. I have seen several movies on blue ray and it seems to vary from movie to movie. Some movies dont even have any problems with. Im really new to the HD world, so im learning as i go.

I want to thank you all for helping. I really appreciate it.

 

[Stegoman05]

Plan on getting a anime collection with that Blueray

And to answer your question, i haven't really gotten into the anime stuff yet. Im not against it, just dont know a whole a lot about it. If you have anything to recommend, let me know.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Go to the visual settings and mess around with lowering the sharpness.
I had probs with my TV when I first got it and found out that it's because the sharpness is set way too high, my telly looks better with no sharpness on at all.

 

[Outpost4]

Ok i tried changing the video settings, but dosent seem to fix the problem. Im going to try again, i might of miss something. I have seen several movies on blue ray and it seems to vary from movie to movie. Some movies dont even have any problems with. Im really new to the HD world, so im learning as i go.

Keep your expectations reasonable. Blu-ray isn't perfect. It's just the best we have so far. It sounds like some of your problems may be source related (bad transfers or maybe bad production in the first place).

I want to thank you all for helping. I really appreciate it.

You're welcome.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

I had the same problem when I installed our HDTV. I couldn't find the right balance of teh setings. It always looked like shit.
Until I put in the Terminator 2 DVD and used the THX calibration tool to set everything step by step: brightness, contrast, sharpness...
Everything from standard tv broadcast to bluray looks great since then,