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Calibration
 In order to ensure that we test HDTVs under the best possible circumstances we calibrate them using DisplayMate software. This is the same software used by many manufacturers. Below you can see our calibrated settings. If you wish you can also pay someone to come into your home and calibrate your HDTV, alternatively you can use our settings, although we need to note that the best calibrations are unique to your viewing environment. The calibrated settings listed below only list items that we changed.
| Setting |
Default |
Calibrated |
| Picture Mode |
Custom |
| Backlight |
85 |
100 |
| Brightness |
50 |
50 |
| Contrast |
50 |
42 |
| Color |
50 |
31 |
| Sharpness |
4 |
0 |
| Noise Reduction |
Low |
Off |
| Color Enhancement |
Normal |
Off |
| Advanced Adaptive Luma |
Medium |
Off |
| Backlight Control |
DCR |
Off |
| Color Temperature |
Cool |
Normal |
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The only major changeds that we made from the default settings are to reduce the contrast and turn off sharpness and a few other vide processing features.
Video Modes
The SV471XVt has a few video modes on offer, including some sports-themed modes.
| Mode |
What it Does |
| Standard |
For everyday use; moderate contrast and brightness |
| Movie |
Lowers the contrast setting. Suitable for watching movies in a darkened room |
| Game |
Boosts contrast and brightness for best game viewing. Turns off any video processing that involves a delay |
| Vivid |
Exaggerates the contrast to produce brighter colors |
| Football |
Smooths image |
| Golf |
Increases sharpness, shifts colors towards green |
| Basketball |
Smooths the image for better motion |
| Baseball |
Shifts colors slightly to red |
| Custom |
Customized mode for user settings |
That's a pretty wide selection of modes, although it is a little odd that there are 4 sports modes that are only slightly different, but only one movie mode and one custom mode. We would have preferred a wider selection of custom modes.
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• Our calibration settings involved minor changes to the contrast, color and white balance settings
