Convergence

Sony TV Convergence

Convergence is the alignment of the three color guns in a rear projection television set at various points across the screen. Proper convergence is essential to obtaining a high-quality picture from an RPTV. A convergence grid is displayed on the television consisting of horizontal and vertical lines. The intersection points of these lines are adjusted to ensure the red, green and blue color guns are properly aligned.

Many people choose RPTVs for their home theater systems. Although RPTVs offer a significantly larger picture, if it’s not properly configured using a convergence system, the picture can be less than desired. RPTVs need to have the projection guns aligned properly to obtain a crisp picture. Alignment of the three guns is better and worse at various positions on the screen. Convergence is the alignment of the red, green, and blue guns. Most RPTVs offer some form of adjustment through the menus.

Convergence Adjustment TV

Convergence for advanced RPTV users means extracting the best possible picture from your RPTV. This allows you to do adjustments using your advanced menu set. These settings use a more-detailed convergence grid to align the color guns and are used by trained technicians to fix problems and gain improved picture quality. If you think this is something you want to try, the first step is to purchase a factory service manual. This service manual will explain the advanced settings in detail. Service manual adjustments are the intermediate step between having basic video adjustments and having an ISF-certified technician perform a full-vide calibration of your system.

How To Do Dynamic Convergence Sony TV

You’ll also want to make sure your scan velocity modulation is set properly on your RPTV. Scan velocity modulation is similar to sharpness settings, because it adds information to the picture to smooth transitions between colors. But this addition can actually reduce detail, which is why most home theater users prefer that scan velocity modulation be disabled.

You may want to make sure your scan velocity modulation is disabled on your RPTV. Many people actually prefer it this way. Disabling your scan velocity modulation is different on each television, so you should read your television manual to determine how to disable your scan velocity modulation settings through your menu settings. Toshiba RPTVs can disable the scan velocity modulation by beginning adjustments in folk mode and saving the preferences. To find more information about disabling your scan velocity modulation on your particular set, try consulting the internet, as there are many sites with brand and model-specific information about how to turn off scan velocity modulation.