Samsung LN52A850
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Calibration: It's extremely easy to dial the backlight for this TV up or down to adjust for room light conditions (though it would help considerably if Samsung put a control for this feature on the remote control.) Turing the backlight up or down has a negligible effect on contrast and none on color. Calibration to D6500 was a cinch for the LN52A850 with our Sencore Auto Cal Pro testing setup.
| Picture Mode: | Movie |
 The LN52A850 calibrated very close to D6500K
 Adjusting the backlight has very little effect on the contrast |
| Color Temp: | Warm 2 | |
| Brightness: | 49 | |
| Contrast: | 85 | |
| Color: | 52 | |
| Tint: | G50/R50 | |
| Sharpness: | 8 | |
| Backlight: | 7 | |
| HDMI Black Level: | Low | |
| Digital NR: | No | |
| Other Settings: | ||
| Black Adjust: | Off | |
| Dynamic Contrast: | Off | |
| Gamma: | 3 | |
| Color Space: | Auto | |
| Edge Enhancement: | Off | |
| Color Balance Settings Post Calibration: | ||
| Red-Offset: | 27 | |
| Green-Offset: | 25 | |
| Blue-Offset: | 18 | |
| Red-Gain: | 15 | |
| Green-Gain: | 26 | |
| Blue-Gain: | 20 | |
Contrast Ratio: Contrast ratio for the LN52A850 using an ANSI checkerboard pattern measured an good result of 1145. This Samsung TV is fairly dark for an LCD, but the black levels really shine.
