has anyone calibrated their Sony KV-40XBR700?

[allen1013]

any tips on Calibration for this 40'' set ?

 

[Lincoln]

I've calibrated mine using both the older Video Essentials and Avia. I like Avia better for ease of navigation thru the chapters on the DVD. Since both the Avia and older VE were geared toward teaching you how to calibrate a CRT they are perfect for this set. It's very easy to do, just follow the DVD instructions. My only tip is to calibrate for each input type and use one of the 4 available picture modes on the set to save the calibration for each input. For example: I have "pro" picture calibrated for Component Input (DVD and HDTivo). I have "normal" calibrated for my s-video source. I haven't done this yet, but since I only use two modes I might use "vivid" and "movie" to have a second calibration for each input type I use for higher ambient room light for those times when I have guest over and the lights are turned up higher in the room.

 

[allen1013]

thanks.. i did some Calibration on my set using standard user menu with my sound & vision home theater tune-up dvd. did you calibrate your set using standard user menu or service menu?

 

[Lincoln]

No I did not use the service menus, just the standard user stuff. I'm very pleased with the calibration without trying to make changes in the service menu. I plan to have an ISF calibration professionally done on my LCD in the other room and might pay to have this TV done too. I just can't decide if it's worth spending $300-400 to calibrate something that's pretty darn great already???