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Help - Flesh Tones Wrong on my brand new Flat Panel

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Mike Porper

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I've finally purchased a flat panel TV. It's a JVC JLC32BC3000. It's a 1080/60hz.

The problem's flesh tones. Caucasions look either too yellow, or too reddish-pink. Sometimes, skin looks burnt orange. African Americans have a bit too much yellow.

I've tried adjusting the tint and color levels, which helped. Flesh tones went from mustard yellow all the time, to the way I've just described above.

But, it's all a far cry from the natural skin tone my old Sony tube set effortlessly achieved [in all of the decades of it's long life; RIP].

I'm getting frustrated and seriously thinking of sending the piece of junk back, and just buying a used tube TV from Craig's List.

Follow Ups:

RE: Help - Flesh Tones Wrong on my brand new Flat Panel - Hornlover 08:20:54 10/27/11 (0)
You can often find the proper calibrated settings from the internet. I found the settings for mine from a review of the set. The settings were about the same as I came up with using a disk.
You need it calibrated. - Kal Rubinson 10:41:58 10/26/11 (6)
The adjustments are there for that purpose but they are not "tone controls." You can have the display professionally calibrated, you can buy a instrument-based calibration kit or you can use a calibration disc, of which, depending on your disc player, there are many. The latter is the cheapest and should be your first approach.

Kal
- Calibrate a 32" TV that cost less than $400? - Mr. Dick Hertz 16:42:31 10/26/11 (5)
  That wouldn't make sense. Calibrating that set would cost almost as much as the TV itself.
  - Yup. - Kal Rubinson 06:35:37 10/27/11 (4)
    You can get a suitable calibration disc for less than $10 or you can use the calibration suite included on many Disney DVDs/BDs for free.
    Or, if you are in my neighborhood, I can lend you one but taxi fare is likely to be more than $10.
    Kal
    - Examples of calibration discs (Open in New Window)
    Edits: 10/27/11
    - Not a DIY disc. Calibration by an ISF trained technician. nt - Mr. Dick Hertz 07:00:20 10/27/11 (3)
      nt
      - It will help - Jack G 07:45:54 10/27/11 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Not a DIY disc. Calibration by an ISF trained technician. nt posted by Mr. Dick Hertz on October 27, 2011 at 07:00:20
        
        I have several calibration discs. They aren't as good as a professional calibration, but they beat the hell out of the set straight out of the box.
        Jack
        
        RE: It will help...................Yes, that was my point. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 12:53:25 10/27/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: It will help posted by Jack G on October 27, 2011 at 07:45:54
        
        OOPS Misinterpreted post - Jack G 11:44:08 10/27/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: It will help posted by Jack G on October 27, 2011 at 07:45:54
        
        Cant seem to edit/delete posts on video asylum.
        Jack
RE: Help - Flesh Tones Wrong on my brand new Flat Panel - Hornlover 08:18:16 10/26/11 (0)
This is from the same source you were using for your tube set? After we got our 50" Panasonic, we got HD service from our cable provider, and the picture quality really sucked. Bad colors and resolution! We dumped the cable company and went to Dish Network. Great PQ now.
If it is the same source you were using, and were satisfied with, then it must be the set. Take it back and get a Panasonic plasma. You will love the PQ from it.

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