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Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000

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Calibration Summary



• Used Cinema Mode
• Only minor adjustments needed
• Calibrated using DisplayMate software

Calibration

It's rare for a television to come out of the box ready to give you the best picture, as such we take the time to calibrate our HDTVs before testing them. For our calibration process we use DisplayMate software, which is the same software used by many television manufacturers.

With the Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000 we found we needed to make only some minor adjustments from the standard Cinema mode. We turned down the picture and brightness controls a little and turned off the Noise Reduction and Cinemotion options. We also turned the sharpness down to zero.

Although our calibration settings are not perfect for every situation, they are a good place to start if you want to try and fiddle with your HDTV, and it's a lot cheaper than paying someone to come to your home and professionaly calibrate your television. You should also note that our calibration settings are focused on achieving the best picture accuracy, which means we are willing to give up things like brightness for the sake of color accuracy, for example. Our complete calibrated settings for the Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000 are listed below.

Setting Default Calibrated
Picture Mode Cinema
Backlight Min (0) Max (10)
Picture 80 73
Brightness 50 46
Sharpness 8 0
Noise Reduction Low Off
Cinemotion Auto Off

Video Modes

As with most HDTVs the Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000 offers several preset video modes. As we mentioned above we used the Cinema mode as the starting place for our calibration process. The KDL-32L5000 also offers a Vivid and Standard mode, below are what Sony says these modes are for.

Mode What it Does
Vivid 'Select for advanced picture contrast and sharpness.'
Standard 'Select for standard picture settings. Recommended for home entertainment.'
Cinema 'Select for viewing film-based content. Most suitable for viewing in a theater-like environment.'

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