Sony KF-60XBR800 Manual page 24

(9) Would and inline amp. from Radio Shack also help, hurt, or do nothing? I
removed my Radio Shack in- line amp with this set and it did not seem to hurt. It might
help, hurt or do nothing if you add one. I thought mine was in the hurt category.
(10) I have read that many on this thread have improvements on SDTV and Tivo
inputs. The images "look better" after making these modifications. What
components of the image got "better"? I seem to have a problem with the fidelity of
the image when watching anything with fast moving objects (or fast pans). Artifacts and
blurry images are all that I see. Will these SM edits fix this issue? The user menu
adjustments that help the most with satellite are DRC Reality 1 and Clarity 100. The
service menu adjustments that help the most with clarity are the adjustments under PIC-
BOOST2, PIC-BOOST3 and the GAMM/BLK adjustment under 2170-4. The size of the
screen is itself a problem, but the low factory gamma tends to emphasize the MPEG
artifacts. The other adjustments will help, but are more subtle.
(11) I was just curious about the calibration dvds that I have been reading about. Is
there a certain one that is recommended over the others? The other thing that I was
curious about was the tweaks that UMR has so kindly shared.... are those tweaks to
be done after the calibration dvd is run?
necessary to set your color decoder. The tweaks are actually intended to be done before
and during your calibration. The list is in the order they are in the TV with the values I
am using. Your settings may be something different in some cases (noted by using a test
image).
The order I use goes something like this:
PIC-BOOST2
PIC-BOOST3 - with Avia or image similar to CNN logo
2170P-4 (GAMM/BLK)
H POS ADJ* - with THX screen alignment image
PLL-C* - with THX screen alignment image
USER Menu Settings* - with AVIA or THX Optimizer
2170P-4 (SPIC) - with THX picture/contrast display
USER Menu Settings* - with AVIA and/or THX Optimizer
2170P-4 (Color Decoder)* - with Avia
User Menu (Hue)* - with Avia (if it changes go back to color decoder)
2170P-2 (reset values)*- copy settings from User Menu into reset settings. Remember to
start counting at zero.
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