See, that's what I thought, but turning down the contrast definitely dulled the white colors, so it seemed to be working as intended. It's not like the setting wasn't working, it's that right before turning it up to the point on the calibration picture said it should be, it maxed out. I'll take another look at it after the TV has had more use, I did this basically first thing once I turned it on
1. This is a known problem. I haven't experienced it myself so I don't have any troubleshooting for you, but there is a thread on here dedicated solely to that problem. I don't know if anyone found a fixed, but it's not just you! I'd search it up and see what's what
2. This I don't know what to tell you. It looked like it was going pretty slow for me last night, but MCC is a big fucking game. In my experiences with downloading software, your speed-test speeds (for you, the 24mbps) NEVER match the actual download speeds. Ever. But on the whole, there could be a variety of things causing a slower download. As for not downloading in rest mode, I'd do a full console restart (turn on energy saving, turn off, unplug, turn back on, change it back to instant-on) and see if that does it
3. The Xbox 360 games in Rare Replay are installed separately from Rare Replay, since these games specifically use the Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility as opposed to the emulation present in all the other titles. So yes, you will have to manually install them. They should be able to install from the disc
3Q. Yes, that's normal for those specific games from Rare Replay
5. I hear it totally is, can't wait to try it