The Samsung H6400 is a mid-range Full HD LED TV released in 2014, which, when properly configured, can deliver very balanced and natural picture quality. In 2014, Samsung manufactured or purchased high-quality displays for its TVs.

Explanation of settings

When the backlight is set to 18, the TV achieves a good balance between brightness and black depth for typical home viewing. In darker rooms, this value can be reduced slightly to improve perceived contrast, and in bright rooms, it can be increased.

A contrast level of 95 allows the display to retain detail in bright areas without noticeable degradation, and a brightness level of 50 is the optimal setting.

A sharpness level of 12 avoids artificial edge enhancement and maintains a clean, natural image, which is especially important for high-quality Full HD content.

Color is set to 52 with a G50/R50 tint, which provides a neutral and accurate color balance without shifting to green or red. The color tone and color temperature are set to Warm2, which brings the white balance closer to the cinematic standard and eliminates the cold bluish tint typical of factory settings. Gamma +1 slightly deepens the midtones, adding better depth perception and a more cinematic image.

All dynamic image enhancements, such as dynamic contrast, black tone, noise reduction, digital noise filter, MPEG noise filter, movie mode, Auto Motion Plus, and LED Motion Plus, are disabled. This ensures that the image remains stable and free of artificial processing artifacts. Disabling these features also reduces input lag, which is especially important when using the TV for gaming. The HDMI black level is set to “Normal” to preserve proper shadow detail when connected to external devices.

The white balance adjustment is based on a 20-point IRE method with RGB correction applied in several intervals. The settings are subtle and focus on fine-tuning the red, green, and blue levels to achieve a more neutral gray scale across the entire brightness range. This helps eliminate minor color shifts in shadows, midtones, and highlights, resulting in a more accurate and consistent image.

Overall, these settings provide a good TV picture setting that is suitable for most users.

Settings for TV Samsung H6400

 SETTINGS

WHITE BALANCE

Picture ModeMovieINTERVALRedGreenBlue
Backlight181010
Contrast95210-2
Brightness503002
Sharpness1240-10
 Color525-101
 TintG50/R5060-10
Dynamic ContrastOff7-1-2-2
Black ToneOff8020
Flesh Tone09100
RGB Only ModeOff10200
Color SpaceAuto    
10pt White BalanceOff    
Gamma+1    
Expert PatternOff    
Color TempWarm2    
Method20pt IRE    
PatternOuter    
xvYCCOff    
Noise ReductionOff    
Color ToneWarm2    
Didital Noise FilterOff    
MPEG Nose FilterOff    
HDMI Black LevelNormal    
Film ModeOff    
Auto Motion PlusOff    
LED Motion PlusOff
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