OSD Setup And Calibration Of The Samsung
U28D590D
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Pressing the joystick controller brings up a quick menu. Up is the OSD, left is
input select, right is PIP/PBP and down toggles the power.
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When the menu comes up, it's permanently fixed in the lower-right corner of
the screen, which conveniently keeps it away from test patterns. The Picture
menu is the only place you'll need to go for calibration adjustments. Brightness
controls the backlight in about 2cd/m? increments. Contrast comes set to 70,
but needs to be lowered to prevent clipping.
Game Mode improves input lag measurably. However, it also locks aut all
adjustments except for Brightness.
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MagicBright is Samsung's term for picture modes. Besides the Custom mode we
used in our testing, there's Standard, Cinema and Dynamic Contrast. Custom
gives you access to all image controls and is the best starting point for
calibration.
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MagicAngle is something we haven't seen before. Since TN panels suffer from
poor viewing angles, Samsung attempts to compensate by altering the display
gamma. In our tests, it proved effective at retaining detail when looking at the
screen from different horizontal and vertical angles. The feature won't make
you forget about IPS technology, but it is a well-executed compensation for TN’s
greatest weakness.
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HDMI Black Level is an important option that significantly impacts this monitor's
performance. By default, it's set to Low, which not only skews gamma but also
clips detail. We saw its effect in the color gamut tests as well. If you do nothing
else, change this to Normal for PC signals over HDMI. You'll lose a bit of light
output and contrast, but you'll regain lost detail and see better color accuracy. If
you use DisplayPort, it’s grayed-out and therefore not a factor.
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The Image Size option can display material in its original aspect ratio with black
bars (4:3 for example). Or choose the Wide option to fill the screen with a
stretched picture. If you use a native resolution signal, you get a 1:1 pixel-map.
The H and V Position sliders are active when the signal mode is set to AV; they
won't work for PC formats. This allows you to position windowed images
anywhere on the screen.
Lastly, you get an extensive list of picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture
options. You can display two sources at once, vary their aspect ratios, choose
which one plays audio and adjust their contrast independently. You can also
swap them.
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The OSD is available in 14 languages, and you can leave it on the screen for up
to 200 seconds. This is a real boon when you're tweaking a lot of settings.
Transparency lets about 50 percent of the image show through the menu.
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mode refers to signal format and can be set independently for each input.
Source Detection works just fine in the Auto mode, automatically switching to
an active signal.
Key Repeat controls how the OSD responds when using the joystick controller.
The Off Timer can be set to a range of one to 23 hours. Power LED On specifies
when the bezel light is on or off. Working means it’s on when the monitor is
powered up.
Finally, you can reset the entire OSD to its defaults with the Reset All command.
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If you want to view signal information, the last part of the menu tells you the
resolution, refresh rates and active input.
Calibration
We calibrated one of the HDMI inputs, so we had to change HDMI Black Level to
Normal for proper gamma results. Once this was done it was a simple matter to
tweak the RGB sliders in the Custom mode of Samsung's MagicBright. Our
preferred gamma preset is Mode 1, but if you'd like the picture a tad lighter,
choose Mode 2. Either one is pretty close to 2.2. Sharpness can be left at 60.
Higher settings cause edge enhancement, while lower ones result in image
softening.
Samsung
U28D590D
Calibration
Settings
Brightness 55
Contrast 61
Sharpness 60
MagicBright Custom
MagicAngle Off
HDMI Black
Level(HDMI Normal
signals only)
Color Tone
6, Green 5 5
Gien Red 56, Green 50, Blue 50
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