[eyespy]

Hi,
just recenty noticed that during dark scenes on my Toshiba Regza 46RV535U using Blu-Ray, DVD and even the Digital Cable box, that the dark scenes seem a tad blotchy, maybe square-ish and even greyish/reddish. Especially noticeable during fade in/out of dark scenes. And it seems to be more on one side of screen. TV is only 2 years old and never had this problem before. Picture is crystal clear other than this new problem. Settings have not been changed, so this is not the reason for this new problem.
Any suggestions? Maybe a new TV by the looks of this!!

Thanks,
bill

 

[57]

Perhaps you didn't notice a change of setting or picture mode. Here's the FAQ on proper TV optimization.

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=76161

I suspect that the "brightness" (black level) is probably too high and could be brought down a bit. Hard to tell from here though.

Thread moved to LCD forum.

 

[eyespy]

Thanks! Will check it out further tomorrow!!

bill

 

[eyespy]

Five Seven,
I've reduced the Brightness from 55 to 41. All other color settings are neutral. The blotchy patches on darks are now gone and the picture still seems bright enough. Still, never had that problem before with Brightness set to 55. Does setting it to 41 seem a little low? Is this indicative of another problem?

Thanks for the help,
bill

 

[57]

I've had brightness settings anywhere from 30-70 depending on the TV, so I cannot say for your particular TV. In itself, this is not indicative of a problem. If you don't see black crush with your 41 setting, then you're probably OK.

 

[eyespy]

Thanks Five Seven! Didn't want to buy myself a new TV for X-Mas!! All seems fine now!

Thanks and Happy Holidays,
bill