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Pros:
– Bold, sharp image, high contrast, deep blacks, 10-point white balance, +tons of features for tuning for the best picture.
– Excellent PC Mode, colors can be accurately calibrated, perfectly fine as computer monitor (you must set the name under Tools to *PC* for the mode to work)
– Fast PC and Game Mode
– 4 HDMI ports.
– Most Display Settings are saved separately for each input source, make sure to select Apply Picture Mode: Current Source under Display settings.

Cons:
– No local dimming. I am disappointed that most 32” lack this feature, so the slightly less than black black bars may be distracting when viewing non 16:9 contents in a completely dark room.
– Hard to reach Game Mode (you would have to press Options – scroll up/down to Setup – scroll up/down to General – scroll up/down to Game Mode…) . I would prefer a dedicated game mode button on the remote.
– Viewing angle could use some improvement, but this is perfectly fine for me since I got it for the bedroom and I will be the only person sitting before it.
– Odd looking stand, would prefer a standard rectangle or oval Samsung stand.

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Here are my basic calibrated settings. Keep in mind that every tv is slightly different, so only use this as a guideline.

Movie Mode: (for BluRay & other videos) (very laggy for games)
Backlight – 13 (190 cd/m2)
Contrast – 87 (highest before highlight clips)
Brightness – 45 (anything higher than 45 will result in lighter lowest black level)
Sharpness – 20 (set to 0 for the most accurate image)
Color – 47
Picture Size – ScreenFit
Advanced
Color Space – Auto
Dynamic Contrast – Low
Gamma – 0
Picture Options
Color Tone – Warm 1
Auto Motion Plus – Clear or OFF for movies, Standar/Smooth for Sports and Animations
Both Noise Filters – OFF for BluRay, Auto for Pixar, HIGH for Animations on DVD.

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Game Mode:
Backlight – 13 (190 cd/m2)
Contrast – 78 (highest before highlight clips)
Brightness – 45 (anything higher than 45 will result in lighter lowest black level)
Sharpness – 20 (set to 0 for the most accurate image)
Color – 40
Picture Size – ScreenFit
Advanced
Color Space – Auto
Dynamic Contrast – Low
Gamma – 0
Picture Options
Color Tone – Warm 1

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PC Mode: (Calibrated to 6500k) (Must select “PC” for the input source name)
Backlight – 8 (120 cd/m2)
Contrast – 100
Brightness – 40
Sharpness – 50
Picture Size – ScreenFit
Picture Options
Color Tone – Warm 2
White Balance
R-Gain – 21
G-Gain – 25
B-Gain – 23

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