Toshiba Regza 55WL863 / 55YL863 Owners Thread

x3j3UKN

I actually received the YL863 the one with glasses. Is this essentially the same panel with the addition of glasses?

When I turn 3D on a sky channel it asks which mode? What do I choose?

Kev12

Side by side. But from what I've seen on it so far , I wouldn't bother, crosstalk city.

The YL has got more features if you compare them on the Toshiba website.

vipergrm

As far as I am aware the diffeence is only the colour and the YL comes with a free pair of glasses.  Apparently the latest firmware is supposed to improve SBS performance.  Is this not the case?

Kev12

You may be right, I'm not sure, but the website does show various differences when compared side by side. Off the top of my head, Active Gamma is one of them, does the WL have adjustment for that?

How about some backlight/brightness/contrast settings?

vipergrm

Yes I'm pretty sure it does.  I also think the Toshiba website mentions that the YL863 only has two HDMI ports when in actual fact it has four.

kaylord

True that. Only different finish on the frame and a pair of active glasses (2011 lineup - fpt-AG02).
Panels are identical on both WL and YL models: an LG IPS one for the 42" format, and AUO-AMOY for 46" and 55".

Kev12

Ok, I think we've established that they're the same, how about some chat about settings?

I'll start off with mine, although I've just done it by eye and some of them I don't know what they do!

Hollywood night:
Backlight  55
Contrast.  87
Brightness  -4
Colour.  -6
Tint      0
Sharpness. 0

Colourmaster  Off
Colour temp  0
LED Backlight control  high
Black/White level. 5
Static Gamma  4
NR. Both off
Resolution . Auto  3
Active Vision M800  Standard
Motion Detection Range  Standard
3D Judder. Off

vipergrm

Believe it or not I just bought the TPA-1 Auto-calibration tool!  Would be willing to loan it out if anyone is interested for a small fee

Was thinking around £30 is reasonable considering the cost

Kev12

I'm interested in that. Let us know how it goes.

What do you think of the above settings?

kaylord

I heard that toolset isn't that accurate as it can lead to non-optimal settings. Surely better than nothing, don't expect perfection though.

Ahem... obviously, given that we all have the same panel, post your results