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Rather than jump on the "your calibration is shit so fix it" bandwagon I'll offer some actual advice.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thx.tuneup.free&hl=en
If you have a means of mirroring your phone screen (apple tv, roku, etc) you can get a reasonable calibration with this app. Its not great, but better than the factory settings and better than doing it without a reference.
My (admittedly very brief) search didn't turn up anything for Windows or OS X, but there is an Android app, if you have something that can run that.
THX-Tuneup https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thx.tuneup.free
Uses the Google cast and your phones camera to help you get the best brightness, contrast, color, and sharpness settings. I've been using it for years and love it.
I experience the same issues with my Vizio e43-c2. The best I could do is to try to compensate for it with the THX tune-up app. As for why it does this I have no answer. My theory is maybe the Vizio has a better more expensive video decoder and/or the builtin Netflix app is optimized for the display.
Check out the THX Tune Up app. You would likely have to hook it to something else that you can Chromecast to or use a laptop with a screen mirroring program but I used this to set up my Video and my 5.1 and I have amazing picture quality and my surround sound is perfect.
Note that this is mostly for setting your color and saturation and brightness, not for any setting specifically on the PS4
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thx.tuneup.free&hl=en
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thx-tune-up/id592624594?mt=8
Even poorer man's choice. See if it's any good for you. You'll need a TV/Receiver that supports screen mirroring via WiFi or MHL.
Ugh yeah they crank the backlight up to about 8 billion lux so it looks good in a brightly lit store.
It isn't very difficult to get a reasonable screen calibration either. I use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thx.tuneup.free&hl=en
Then tweak a few things afterward to get it just how I like. It isn't perfect, but better than just guessing.
Thanks for the response! I think I'll just stick with RGB. I'm happy with my picture right now, and I'd rather have less conversions going on. Could help with gaming by a very tiny amount. I'll keep that Spears & Munsil disc in mind. For some reason I can never find a decent deal on that Disney WOW disc. Which is fine, since I don't actually own a blu-ray player. I ended up calibrating my TV with a combo of the AVS Forums' HD 709 running off a PC and the THX tune-up app casting from my smartphone. Been super happy with the picture so far, so if I'm not complaining then I may as well leave the settings as they are.
Normally, I'd point you to the AVS Forum, but your specific model has almost no information: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-lcd-flat-panel-displays/2358913-samsung-unxxj6200-owners-thread.html
There are three primary options:
(1) Pay for a professional calibration, or use pro calibration tools yourself (likely less than desirable option in your case)
(2) Tweak the options as per your eyes - after all, what's wrong with the calibration out of the box? Is it too blue, too warm, etc.
(3) Try a THX Calibration tool. I have an Android tool that connects to the TV via HDMI: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thx.tuneup.free&hl=en
THX TuneUp App.
But, to be honest, I found it better to use a BluRay calibration disc. I used DIsney World of Wonder and I highly reccomend it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thx.tuneup.free
Download it to your phone then cast it.
Good place to start: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thx.tuneup.free