PROJECTOR REVIEWS

Unit-to-unit sample variations, the viewing environment, and the source — and, particularly for a projector, the screen size and gain, the distance from the projector to the screen, and the lamp age — might render these settings less than optimum. They are provided here only as a potentially useful starting place.

The settings that are most likely to translate reliably from one sample to another are those involving specific features with only a few selections, such as Gamma and Noise Reduction. The ones most likely to be subject to sample variations are video controls offering a wide range of adjustment, such as white balance (grayscale) and color management (where available). Even relatively small differences in the common control settings — such as Contrast, Black level, and Gamma — can shift the white balance, though the resulting visible change may be minor. Production tolerances can do the same.

We strongly recommend that you find the optimum basic video settings for your sample by using one of the many available display setup discs, such as Digital Video Essentials HD Basics (Blu-ray). These will help you to correctly set the basic controls: Brightness (Black level), Contrast, Sharpness, and sometimes Color and Tint. Experimenting with the more complex color calibration and other controls in the user menus will do no harm; the changes may be easily reset. But adjusting these by eye is unlikely to produce an accurate result and is no substitute for a full calibration. The latter is best left to a trained and properly equipped technician such as those certified by the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) or THX.

The settings here are for 2D only. The display was not calibrated for 3D.

			SDR		HDR
Picture Mode			THX		HDR
Clear Black			Off		Off
Lamp Power			Low		High
Lens Aper.			–4 Man.		Maximum Manual
Color Profile			THX		HDR
Color Mgmt			Not Used		HDR

Color Management (HDR)
		Red	Green	Blue	Cyan	Mag	Yellow
Axis		0	0	0	0	0	0
Hue		1	0	0	9	8	–3
Saturation		19	14	9	10	15	9
Brightness		30	–7	18	25	25	25

Color Temp (SDR)
Correction Value: 6,500 K
	Gain	Offset
R	–5	–20
G	–20	–9
B	–25	–3

Color Temp (HDR)
Correction Value: 6,500 K
	Gain	Offset
R	–17	–5
G	–19	–11
B	–29	6

			SDR		HDR
Gamma
Picture Tone			0		8
Dark Level			0		7
Bright Level			0		0
MPC Level
4K e-shift5			Off		On
GraphicMode			2K		4K
Enhance			4		4
Smoothing			0		0
NR			0		0
Blur Reduction
Low Latency			On		On
Clear Motion			Off		Off
MotionEnhance			Off		Off
Contrast			0to+5		–7 to –15
Brightness			0 - 3		0 - 3
Color			0		0
Tint			0		0
Input Signal
Input Level			Auto		Auto
Color Space			Auto		Auto
Aspect
Progressive			Auto		Auto
HDMI2 EDID			A		A
Eco Mode			Off		Off