New TV need help calibrating

[kol]

Got a new TV yesterday and need some help calibrating it. What is the best way to do this? Any tips?

 

Samsung UE32K1500

[AshleyAshes]

To be honest I think you're over thinking it.  You certainly can use something like a Spyder from Datacolor to 'professionally calibrate' your TV and even BestBuy tried to upsell me on calibration services.  But honestly?  Television consumption is a highly subjective experience and people have a lot of different tastes.  Just fiddle with the settings until you like what you see, because the picture settings that you like will be the right settings for you.

[BrinkGG]

4 minutes ago, kol said:

Got a new TV yesterday and need some help calibrating it. What is the best way to do this? Any tips?

 

Samsung UE32K1500

Use a site like tweaktv to find the best picture settings for it. 

This is the closest I could find. http://www.tweaktv.com/tweak-my-tv/calibration-guide/samsung-ue32c6600.html

[BrinkGG]

2 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

To be honest I think you're over thinking it.  You certainly can use something like a Spyder from Datacolor to 'professionally calibrate' your TV and even BestBuy tried to upsell me on calibration services.  But honestly?  Television consumption is a highly subjective experience and people have a lot of different tastes.  Just fiddle with the settings until you like what you see, because the picture settings that you like will be the right settings for you.

While I agree that viewing is subjective, but if you don't know where to start, a site like tweak can help get the tv to a good place to start. 

[kol]

On 12/2/2016 at 8:20 PM, Brink2Three said:

Use a site like tweaktv to find the best picture settings for it. 

This is the closest I could find. http://www.tweaktv.com/tweak-my-tv/calibration-guide/samsung-ue32c6600.html

Used the tweaktv link here and it turned out pretty decent for being a diffrent tv. Did change some stuff but mostly kept it the same.

 

Cheers.

[kol]

Just now, kol said:

Used the tweaktv link here and it turned out pretty decent for being a different tv. Did change some stuff but mostly kept it the same.

 

Cheers.

 

[.spider.]

I have calibrated several TV and by far easiest and most beneficial thing you can do is to use the factory "movie" -preset.

In most cases the "movie" preset is very close to rec709.

If they are some image enhancement features turned on turn them off.

 

Here are test patters you'll only need the basic ones 

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/139-display-calibration/948496-avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration.html#/topics/948496?_k=kgrayv

Instructions are displayed on each video.

 

Are you connecting devices to your TV?

 

 

 

[.spider.]

On 12/2/2016 at 9:20 PM, Brink2Three said:

Use a site like tweaktv to find the best picture settings for it. 

This is the closest I could find. http://www.tweaktv.com/tweak-my-tv/calibration-guide/samsung-ue32c6600.html

Instead of using values from a Samsung c Series TV for a k-Series TV you could also use a dice to find your settings.

 

 

[kol]

31 minutes ago, .spider. said:

I have calibrated several TV and by far easiest and most beneficial thing you can do is to use the factory "movie" -preset.

In most cases the "movie" preset is very close to rec709.

If they are some image enhancement features turned on turn them off.

 

Here are test patters you'll only need the basic ones 

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/139-display-calibration/948496-avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration.html#/topics/948496?_k=kgrayv

Instructions are displayed on each video.

 

Are you connecting devices to your TV?

 

 

 

Yeah it'll be a 3rd monitor for my PC for some controller gaming (Rocket League etc) and blu ray playback from my PC. I'll also be connecting a Wii (through component) and a Wii U through HDMI to the TV too. I have downloaded the video files and will play them tomorrow on my PC and have a look. I understand the white and black level videos but what about the colour video? 

[.spider.]

20 minutes ago, kol said:

 I understand the white and black level videos but what about the colour video? 

You can set saturation and tint with it but a blue filter is required.

You could also check if your TV has a "blue only" mode.

 

You basically adjust saturation and tint until there's no flashing visible anymore.

 

IMO "blue only" mode only works on CRT displays but some people they otherwise.