Need Best 30hf85 Calibration Settings! Please Help

hdballa · 06-15-2005, 08:05 PM

I just bought the new toshiba 30HF85 and need the best calibration settings for this hdtv as I dont want to buy a calibration disk. Please help me as soon as possible. Looking forward to watching the nba finals in HD and chillaxing on the xbox. Peace

rgower · 06-16-2005, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by hdballa

I just bought the new toshiba 30HF85 and need the best calibration settings for this hdtv as I dont want to buy a calibration disk. Please help me as soon as possible. Looking forward to watching the nba finals in HD and chillaxing on the xbox. Peace

I have the 30HFX84, but these will give you a good place to start...

SVM off first!
Brightness 33
Contrast 38
Color 16
Tint -12
Sharpness 22
Temp Warm

I used the DVE disk for these. You may need to tweek for your set.

Congrats on the new set...Welcome to HIGH DEF!

Keith_R305 · 06-16-2005, 01:32 PM

I calibrated my 30HF85 using Avia and this is what I got:

Brightness= 23
Contrast= 11
Color= 18
Tint= -9
Sharpness= 10
*SVM off
*Color= Warm

Keep in mind that every Tv will calibrate differently so what I have on my 30HF85 may be different on yours. You really should consider a calibration disk, Avia is pretty good and teach you about what you just bought.

TerminallyOdd · 06-17-2005, 11:15 AM

Do you guys have different settings to cable and for DVD? I would assume these are your DVD settings, correct?

My cable looks pretty good (pretty good as in SD looks no better than so-so, but HDTV looks awesome), but my DVD, or anything 480p looks pretty mediocre. It's either fuzzy and smudgey, or grainy 'cause it's too sharp. Colors look muddy as well.

rgower · 06-21-2005, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by TerminallyOdd

Do you guys have different settings to cable and for DVD? I would assume these are your DVD settings, correct?

My cable looks pretty good (pretty good as in SD looks no better than so-so, but HDTV looks awesome), but my DVD, or anything 480p looks pretty mediocre. It's either fuzzy and smudgey, or grainy 'cause it's too sharp. Colors look muddy as well.

As I mentioned before, All sets are different. They sometimes come from the factory w/ different settings in the service menu. You will need to do the fine tuning yourself. You may want to use the settings from Keith_R305 since he has a set that is the same model #. You can only calibrate with a DVD player, and then change the various input settins to your calibration #'s.

06-15-2005, 08:05 PM	#1
hdballa How can anyone watch standard def? Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 18	Need Best 30hf85 Calibration Settings! Please Help I just bought the new toshiba 30HF85 and need the best calibration settings for this hdtv as I dont want to buy a calibration disk. Please help me as soon as possible. Looking forward to watching the nba finals in HD and chillaxing on the xbox. Peace

06-16-2005, 01:32 PM	#3
Keith_R305 What is HD? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Gainesville,FL Age: 24 Posts: 3	I calibrated my 30HF85 using Avia and this is what I got: Brightness= 23 Contrast= 11 Color= 18 Tint= -9 Sharpness= 10 SVM off Color= Warm Keep in mind that every Tv will calibrate differently so what I have on my 30HF85 may be different on yours. You really should consider a calibration disk, Avia is pretty good and teach you about what you just bought.

06-17-2005, 11:15 AM	#4
TerminallyOdd How can anyone watch standard def? Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 17	Do you guys have different settings to cable and for DVD? I would assume these are your DVD settings, correct? My cable looks pretty good (pretty good as in SD looks no better than so-so, but HDTV looks awesome), but my DVD, or anything 480p looks pretty mediocre. It's either fuzzy and smudgey, or grainy 'cause it's too sharp. Colors look muddy as well.