Calibrating PX80

james.miller · 20 Mar 2009 at 16:54

Nymins said:
or just a black jpeg viewed on the ps3?

thats preferable, you'll know its black then. just make sure the ps3 is not set to RGB full range as that will mess up the calibration.

So do you think the best way to do it is by getting a completely black picture, turning the brightness right down to zero and then upping it slightly until i see the black screen screen get that bit brighter?

no, start with your current settings and turn it down as i explained. there's no need to start at zero when the correct setting should be around the half way mark on the bar anyway

Nymins · 21 Mar 2009 at 15:47

Ok so i tried your brightness changing thing and i was basically at the point where it should be anyway. Looking at the TV, even when turned off the screen is a grey colour, so i think its just the way it is.

May invest in some lighting to go behind the TV, because i have a standard table lamp up behind the TV anyway and when its turned on, the blacks look jet black, but of course the light itself is a bit distracting, so i think lights that are designed to go behind a TV would be better.

Anyone tried this themselves? Does it bother you have the lights on behind the TV in a pitch black room?

Think -Ad- you have them right? Noticed a post of yours on AVForums about them awhile back.

Attu90 · 21 Mar 2009 at 20:04

Ive got a couple of sets of blue led strips (from Ikea) behind my screen and I find it better than having a totally dark room.

Nymins · 21 Mar 2009 at 20:37

Attu90 said:
Ive got a couple of sets of blue led strips (from Ikea) behind my screen and I find it better than having a totally dark room.

Yea i saw some of the LED backlights on the Ikea website. May take a look at them and see what they're like.

Just used the THX Optimizer from POTC DVD. Seems to get the best black level according to THX is to just take the brightness down -1 from the default settings, just like HDTVTest said.

I have Ratatouille coming on Blu-ray on Monday, which has its own built-in Pixar calibrator, so ill see what that says as well, but i think it all just in my head really. I kept expecting super jet blacks, but i shouldn't have cause its not a Kuro, so its really my own fault going through this.