Picture settings

Adjust the image or picture quality

 

Settings

Items

 

Item Description

 

 

Reset to defaults

 

 

Resets all picture adjustments to factory default settings.

 

 

 

 

 

Press the [OK] button to proceed.

 

Picture mode

Vivid

 

Provides enhanced picture contrast and sharpness for viewing in a well-lit room.

 

 

 

Standard

 

Recommended for normal viewing conditions with subdued room lighting.

 

 

 

Cinema

 

For watching movies in a darkened room. It provides a soft, film-like picture.

 

 

 

Game

 

For playing video games.

 

 

 

 

Custom (Photo)

Customizes each item according to your preference.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo is displayed in JPEG menu (full screen).

Back light

 

 

Adjusts the luminance of the back light.

 

Contrast,

 

 

Adjusts the color, brightness, etc. for each picture mode to suit your preference

Brightness,

 

 

• Display range

Contrast/Brightness/Color/Sharpness : 0 - 100

Color, Tint,

 

 

 

Tint

: -50 - +50

Sharpness

 

 

 

 

 

Color temp.

Cool/

 

Selects a choice of Cool (blue), Normal, or Warm (red) color.

 

 

 

Normal/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warm

 

 

 

 

A.I. picture

Off/

 

Controls dark areas without affecting the black level or brightness in the overall

 

 

 

On

 

picture.

 

 

C.A.T.S.

Off/

 

Automatically adjusts the screen brightness according to the ambient lighting

 

 

 

On

 

condition.

 

 

Video NR

Off/

 

Reduces noise, commonly called snow. Leave it off when receiving a strong signal.

 

 

 

On

 

 

 

 

Advanced

3D Y/C Filter

 

Off/

Minimizes noise and cross-color in the picture.

picture

 

 

On

 

 

 

 

 

Color matrix

 

SD/

Selects image resolution of component-connected devices.

 

 

 

 

 

HD

SD: Standard-Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

HD: High-Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only used with 480p video signal.

 

 

 

Black level

 

Dark/

Selects Dark or Light. Valid only for external input signals.

 

 

 

 

 

Light

 

 

 

 

 

MPEG NR

 

Off/

Reduces picture noise in MPEG-compressed video.

 

 

 

 

 

On

• For Digital TV only

 

 

 

 

3:2 pulldown

 

Off/

Adjusts the picture recorded in 24 fps for optimum quality.

 

 

 

 

 

Auto

 

 

 

 

 

Aspect

 

Screen format

FULL/4:3/JUST/

Changes the format (aspect ratio).

 

 

 

adjustments

 

 

ZOOM/H-FILL

Lets you choose the aspect depending on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the format of received signal. (p. 36)

 

 

 

 

 

H size

Size 1/Size 2

Adjusts the horizontal display range to

 

 

 

 

 

(displayed when

 

reduce noise of both side edges of an

 

 

 

 

 

the input signal

 

image.

 

 

 

 

 

is SD)

 

Size 2: Adjusts the image size according

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the aspect mode to reduce noise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(p. 36)

 

 

 

 

 

HD size

Size 1/Size 2

Selects between 95 % (Size 1) or 100 %

 

 

 

 

 

(displayed when

 

(Size 2) for the scanning area with High-

 

 

 

 

 

the input signal

 

definition signal.

 

 

 

 

 

is HD)

 

Select “Size 1” if noise is generated on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

edges of the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Size 1: Selected item for “HD size”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning 95 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Size 2: Selected item for “HD size”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning 100 %

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom

V-position/

Adjusts vertical alignment and size when

 

 

 

 

 

adjustments

V-size

aspect setting is “Zoom”.

Some menus are grayed out depending on the input signal or condition.

(e.g. “3:2 pulldown” will be grayed out if the input signal is high-definition or you are viewing photos, etc.)

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