3D Projector Reviews

Settings
Unit-to-unit sample variations, the viewing environment, and the source might render these recommendations less than optimum. They are only provided as a potentially useful starting place.

The settings here 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 set the basic controls, Brightness (Black level), Contrast (called “Picture” in Sony sets), Sharpness, and sometimes Color and Tint, correctly. 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 shown are for 2D only.

Calibration Preset	Reference
Reality Creation	On
Resolution	10
Noise Filtering	0
Cinema Black Pro
Contrast Enhancer	Off
Lamp Control	Low
Motionflow	Off
Contrast	96
Brightness	53 or 54
Color	50
Hue	50
Color Temp.	D65 (see below*)
Sharpness	30
Expert Setting
NR (Noise Reduction)	Off
MPEG NR	Off
Smooth Gradation	Off
Gamma Correction	2.4 or 2.2
Color Correction	Off
Clear White	Off
x.v.Color	Off
Color Space	BT.709
Input Lag Reduction	Off
*D65	Gain	Bias
Red	8	1
Green	0	0
Blue	-12	2