While it may initially look appealing in the store, vivid or torch mode is far from accurate. It’s also done so that a TV can stand out against other TVs placed immediately next to it. That mode overemphasizes brightness and color so that the TV can look great on the display floor with its blazing florescent lighting. In the past, almost all TVs were preset to what was called vivid or torch mode. In fact, if you’re using your TV with its out of the box settings, then you are missing out on untapped performance. Whether you’re spending a few hundred dollars for an entry level TV or several thousand for a top-of-the-line model, your TV isn’t automatically setup to perform its best. Plasma TVs have won pretty much every year-including this year-even beating out the latest and greatest UHD/4K LED TVs. And, for those who think LED TVs are superior to plasma, you can reference the head-to-head competition in the 2014, 2013, and earlier Value Electronics HD Shootouts. For those of you may wonder why I went with a plasma, check out my rationale here. But remember, watching in vivid mode is roughly analogous to listening to music with bass and treble controls at maximum.ĮDIT: The "vivid" mode is specifically made to exaggerate color/contrast/brightness to make displays stand out on the showroom floor.With my old LCD TV failed, I decided to bypass ultra-expensive UHD models in favor of an inexpensive plasma HD TV. As poster thegage says, if you've been watching in "vivid" mode, you'll think the correct adjustments are too dark/plain looking. Set them to off/neutral before using a disc to calibrate your display. Some players and AVRs have their own brightness/color controls. Make sure your disc player and/or AVR aren't set to affect the disc video though. The DVD explains what to adjust and what to look for onscreen when the adjustment is correct. Then, for a basic setup, use any DVD (like Finding Nemo or Toy Story) that has a THX picture optimizer for a quick adjustment. If your display has its own built-in test pattern for basic black level/color adjustment, try that. A rough rule of thumb is to set picture mode to movie/cinema, and turn off any type of noise reduction. Agreed that AVS probably has a detailed thread on setup for your particular display ("official Acme 46HDxyz thread").
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