TV Calibration

Someone on here turned me on to the AVS 709 kit (its free)

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i just extracted the files to a network drive and use the 'multimedia' app on the smart tv to pull the test video files up. if you have usb, you could always copy them to a stick and launch them that way.

i wouldn't bother burning a DVD like they say because lets face..who has a DVD player hooked up to their tv these days and its easier to select the video clip you want to view than ffwd through a stupid disk.

here's a guide for going through a few of the most useful tests in this kit:

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if you have a vizio, its important to note you'll use the 'backlight' option to calibrate the dark lines and not 'brightness'.

To be pedantic, while AVS HD 709 is outstanding and I recommend it highly, using its clipping and other eyeball patterns is not "calibration". It's typically the first step in a calibration, using Black and White Clipping to set Brightness and Contrast. Beyond that, you need a meter and software to try to get your TV to produce the expected output for a given stimulus. That's what AVS's various window and full field patterns are all about, and they are also where the pattern set starts to fall short, as they are very limited compared to pattern generators that come with programs like Calman.

As for plugging in settings others have come up with, good luck with that. You'll need it due to sample variance and incompetence of the posters. If you can't calibrate yourself and don't want to spend a few hundred on a legit calibrator (not Geek Squad), use AVS HD 709 to set up your TV, specifically Black Clipping (Brightness), White Clipping (Contrast), APL Clipping, Sharpness, and Color Clipping to see if you messed up anything in setting Contrast. See the included Patterns Manual for how to interpret these patterns. I wouldn't bother with Color Bars and a blue filter, though a blue mode might be useful; it's rare to need to adjust Tint anyway, and Color is usually pretty close. In any event, blue filters aren't particularly accurate. For Color Temperature, usually one of the Warms is closest to 6500K, and it will look wrong to most people, because they're used to cooler settings.

I've always started with this site, then made changes as I saw fit for my TV and room.


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