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Picture settings, Adjust the image or picture quality

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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, Brightness, Color, Tint, Sharpness Adjusts the color, brightness, etc. for each picture mode to suit your taste • Display range Contrast/Brightness/Color/Sharpness : 0 - 100 Tint : -50 - +50 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 adjustments Screen format FULL/4:3/JUST/ ZOOM/H-FILL Changes the format (aspect ratio). 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 adjustments Adjusts vertical alignment and size when aspect setting is "ZOOM". 26

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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,
Brightness,
Color, Tint,
Sharpness
Adjusts the color, brightness, etc. for each picture mode to suit your taste
• Display range
Contrast/Brightness/Color/Sharpness
: 0 - 100
Tint
: -50 - +50
Color temp.
Cool/Normal/
Warm
Selects a choice of Cool (blue), Normal, or Warm (red) color.
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
picture
3D Y/C filter
Off/On
Minimizes noise and cross-color in the 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
adjustments
Screen format
FULL/4:3/JUST/
ZOOM/H-FILL
Changes the format (aspect ratio).
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
adjustments
Adjusts vertical alignment and size when aspect setting is
“ZOOM”.