Help with dark, grainy image on Samsung DLP

watch in Movie mode, with the contrast at 90 and then adjust the brightness control to make black look black and not gray. (to do this correctly, use a BD test disc like Video Essentials Basics).

good luck

Never actually watched our copy of the Transformers BD on our own display -- got it for my kid, not me  -- but depending on the content/title, grain will (and *should*) be there.  Again, can't really speak for Transformers, but some readily noticeable grain showing up in dark scenes is a common/normal enough thing as that's just a matter of physics and the limitations of shooting film in dimly lit situations.

If it looks too grainy in this case, ie. recent Hollywood Blockbuster fare, then maybe you've got your Sammy DLP's dynamic control settings turned on or something -- either that, all your setttings might be too bright for the dark areas like Gregg alludes.

For watching DVDs and BDs (at least), turn any dynamic settings off and go w/ actual settings like Gregg suggested.  If you're watching in a dimly lit environment, you probably want to go w/ the lowest LED light control setting as well -- that's what I do for watching movies -- and that will actually save you some power consumption near as I can tell.  Also, turn off the edge enhancement control -- if that's on, that could be causing the extra grainy look.  I'd also turn off the DNR setting, but if you still find images to be a bit too grainy for you (after getting the rest of the image just right), I guess you might want to put that on low or something.

Hope that helps...

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