Jake

Just got a new Samsung 32 LCD tv for the 360 but am finding the picture much to dark esp with PGR3.

Can anyone give me any tips on setting up this TV for the 360?

Cheers
Jake.

bob269

PGR is a dark game (in the dark bits), i've got the Sammy LE32M61B and its great on all other games, there is a gamma control in the pgr setup, try adjusting that first.

As for the tv, i've got it set to Dynamic Contrast. looks great

Jake

By Dynamic contrast you mean the preset option with Movie, Standard, Custom, etc?

bob269

Yup.

Not sure if your model has the auto brightness option, if so i've got this turned off as it tends to darken the pic.

Neanderthal

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Sorry if it's been done to death, but what's the difference between the 41B and the 61B ?

bob269

I've got the LE32M51B not the 61 as stated above.


51B is 2000:1 contrast, 10 bit colour and some other bits.

The 61B is the latest with 5000:1 contrast.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/t...tlcd/index.asp

I would highly recommend the Sammy's for use with the xbox 360

Neanderthal

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I'd previously been looking at the 41B as it was the one that was coming up on various suppliers websites.
Didn't know whether the 51B meant something like the same TV just with a freeview tuner etc.
Thanks for the reply

Jake

So to recap then use the Dynamic factory preset with the Brightness sensor off?

bob269

The digibox freeview thingys tend to have an X after the model name.

Try this place mate, very cheap and next day delivery for me (dont think the 51 has even hit the high streets yet, it certainly hadnt when i bought it in december)

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/search.asp?q=SAMSUNG+32+LCD


Yes mate, and as for PGR shaddowy bits, they are dark so try the gamma adjust in the video settings, personally i've just learnt to live with it, if you get to know the tracks you pretty much know the corners anyways.

Jake

Cheers Bob

Neanderthal

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From me as well

NWMark

41B 51B and 61B are different generations of the same tv, like said above the freeview ones tend to have an X at the end of the model number.

the 26" 41B are the ones MS used to demo the 360 on there in store setups.

Cant you set the TV type in the XBox settings, seem to remember this effects brightness. apparently King Kong has major problems with some tv's and brightness as there is no in game comtrols to overide default settings.

Mark

Jake

You can only set the resolution within the dashboard. Individual games have some control over brightness etc but not much.

The Samsung tvs have loads of different settings but for me it either goes really washed out or too dark.

bob269

have you got the xbox360 set to 720 resolution