Hitachi calibration

reeltrouble1

Went through the basic Avia RPTV calibration set up last night. The first step on the video menu is for White Level or Contrast adjustment, I just could not see the "blooming effect" they talk about on my set. Anybody have a Hitachi 53" and already do this. The factory setting for movies pushes the Contrast all the way to 100% so I am beginning to think their is no so called blooming for this model.

The brightness was to high and I readjusted this down to around 28%, Hue and Luminance down to 31%. I did not see much diff in the sharpness so I left it at around 40%.

Any help appreciated.:cool:

wrxmy02

You might of missed it ...they said on RPTV blooming does not show the same as a tube. Your right ..you can crank it to 100%
and see a little blooming.
Contrast adjustments are made to control your highlites. I found that test near useless on my Hitachi.

fireshoes

Most people have their contrast WAY too high. You can indeed have blooming. Having the contrast too high not only increases the risk of burn-in, but shortens the lifespan of the tv.

Check out the following link for everything you need to know to setup your tv and then some:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=323602

acdds

I just recently bought the 57F500. I ran thru the DVE disk and could not get the blooming effect to occur. My settings are: Contrast 38%, Brightness 41%, Color 36%. This is with the room fairly dark (except for some ambient light) fo movie watching. I found that the brightness is too low for watching TV during the day with a lot of light in the room.