Sony WEGA picture modes and calibration

[Logan 5]

I have a question about an older Sony WEGA (KV-32FV15). Under the VIDEO menu there are a variety of modes that can be selected (Vivid, Sports, Movie, and Standard). The manual simply reads: "Select MOVIE for a finely detailed picture. Select STANDARD to receive a standard picture." Does anyone know what these modes actually do? Would you set your WEGA to the "movie" mode and then calibrate it? Or would you set it to "Standard" mode to calibrate it?

[1138]

Either Movie or Standard. The other two just try to tweak the picture which, if you've calibrated your TV properly, is unwanted. Things like edge enhancement.

I've read that movie is the best setting for the least amount of image enhancement but I've also heard people liking standard so either should fit you good.

[SidcupMartin]

i was thinking that these were just pre-sets and didn't make much of a difference -- that's why i calibrated mine on just the standard... was this wrong?

[J Greer]

On my Wega I use them as presets. I calibrate each mode to work the best with the selected component . I use "Movie" for DVD, "Vivid" for Video Games, "Standard" for TV/Sat and so on. I find they work well to take full advantage of the component . Just calibrate each setting to your liking and the settings will be stored. You can see the setting differences if you select MENU and then scroll thru your picture mode settings by pressing the
PICTURE MODE button.

[SidcupMartin]

what i meant was if i'm calibrating my dvd on standard there is going to be no difference between the calibration on standard mode or movie mode?

[Logan 5]

I noticed a difference in calibrating for each mode (when set to MOVIE for instance, it will influence the way I set black levels and contrast). When I opened this topic I was just wondering if it is best to calibrate in STANDARD, or calibrate seperately for both. It sounds as though calibrating seperately for both may be the best solution but hope to hear from more people on this.

[tomdkat]

Originally posted by Logan 5
It sounds as though calibrating seperately for both may be the best solution

Does the TV store the video settings for each video mode or for each video input? Meaning, your calibration work in ONE mode might not be "optimal" for another mode on the same input.

In other words, if you calibrate the Video 1 input in "Movie" mode and then in "Standard" mode, your "Movie" mode settings might get modified if the TV saves video settings per video input. In this example, Video 1 is the only video input being used.

Peace...

[Logan 5]

It stores the settings for each mode (which is a good thing). However, I don't think they are simply presets because you can't duplicate MOVIE mode by adjusting STANDARD mode ... something more is happening ... or so it appears to me.

[1138]

It keeps the settings for each mode but you can't calibrate for each input. And the differences between the modes is just picture enhancemnts. Some have them on and some don't. Like I said, Vivid and Sports add artificial enahcanments to try and make the picture look better. You don't really need them if you calibrate your TV on either of the other two. I've never understood vivid as it always seems to look awful no matter how you set it.

[J Greer]

Originally posted by Logan 5
It stores the settings for each mode (which is a good thing). However, I don't think they are simply presets because you can't duplicate MOVIE mode by adjusting STANDARD mode ... something more is happening ... or so it appears to me.

I agree with you on that point, their seems to be more going on with settings you can't access(at least not in the standard menu) But like I said I use them as presets for some select componets, but I would never veiw DVD's an any MODE other then "Movie" or "Standard". I also have to agree with 1138 "Vivid" is a useless MODE that I don't ever use because it makes everything look horrid. I did say I use it in my above post but that was a typo. I use "Sports" for most vidio games after some adjustment, other wise most video games seem a tad to dark for my eye's if I try to play them on my DVD calibrated "Movie" or my TV/VCR calibrated "Standard".

[brian]

In "movie mode" on most sets (At least on my Samsung, and some Sony's I read about) Scan Velocity Modulation is disabled, where as the other modes have it enabled. From what I understand, Velocity Scan Modulation makes black lines thicker, and hence, you lose detail.

Here's a page describing what SVM looks like, and this gives an example on how to disable it on some Sony sets.

Now, while my Samsung is certainly different than a Sony Set, I allways noticed that that lines were smoother, and more precise on "movie mode" than other picture modes -- exception being my colors were being washed out. Anyways, after messing around with my set's service menu -- I was able to disable SVM and other things that were causing excessive ringing around objects -- much worse than your average dvd's edge enhancement -- where now all my picture modes look simply, nice.

[SeanL]

I watch dvd's on the "movie" setting, and regular tv on "standard". I calibrated on the "movie" setting(tweaked the "standard" settings by eye). On my set I can adjust the scan velocity modulation or "VM" on the menu. I turned the "VM" off, set my color temperature to neutral, then did the calibration, it's made for a gorgeous picture.

[Logan 5]

Originally posted by brian
In "movie mode" on most sets (At least on my Samsung, and some Sony's I read about) Scan Velocity Modulation is disabled, where as the other modes have it enabled. From what I understand, Velocity Scan Modulation makes black lines thicker, and hence, you lose detail.

Thanks! This is the first I've heard an explanation of what precisely was happening (it's always bothered me). If I get a chance, I'll calibrate that set in MOVIE mode and then compare STANDARD and MOVIE modes.