Picture settings

Adjust the image or picture quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settings

Items

Item Description

 

 

Reset to defaults

 

Resets all picture adjustments to factory default settings except for “Picture mode”.

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 taste.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo is displayed in JPEG menu.

 

Contrast,

 

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

Brightness,

 

• Display range

Contrast/Brightness/Color/Sharpness

: 0 - 100

Color, Tint,

 

 

Tint

: -50 - +50

 

 

 

 

Sharpness

 

 

 

 

Color temp.

Cool/Normal/

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

 

 

 

 

Warm

 

 

 

C.A.T.S.

Off/On

Automatically adjusts the screen brightness according to the ambient lighting

 

 

 

 

condition.

 

 

Video NR

Off/On

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

Color mgmt.

Off/On

On: Enhances green and blue color reproduction, especially outdoor scenes.

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 if you are viewing photos, etc.)

Advanced

3D Y/C filter

Off/On

Minimizes noise and cross-color in the picture.

picture

Color matrix

SD/HD

Selects image resolution of component-connected devices.

 

 

 

SD: Standard-Definition

HD: High-Definition

 

 

 

Only used with 480p video signal.

 

Black level

Dark/Light

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

 

MPEG NR

Off/On

Reduces picture noise in MPEG-compressed video.

 

3:2 pulldown

Off/Auto

Adjusts the picture recorded in 24 fps for optimum quality.

 

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. 15)

 

 

H size

Size 1/Size 2

Adjusts the horizontal display range to

 

 

 

 

reduce noise of both side edges of an

 

 

 

 

image.

 

 

 

 

 

Size 2: Adjusts the image size according to

 

 

 

 

the aspect mode to reduce noise. (p. 30)

 

 

Zoom

Adjusts vertical alignment and size when aspect setting is

 

 

adjustments

“ZOOM”.

 

 

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