BenQ HT1075 Projector Calibration and Settings Posted on October 4, 2014 By Lisa Feierman 1. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review - BenQ HT1075 Projector - Overview - HT1075 Highlights2. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Special Features - Single Chip DLP Design, 3D - HT1075 Lens Shift - Projector Lamp Modes - MHL and Audio on the HT1075 Projector3. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Special Features 2 - HT1075 Audio and Sound Quality - Wireless HD Capability (Optional) - Sorry, No PIP and SWAP - Revised Menu System4. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Hardware Tour - HT1075 Hardware - Overview and Lens - HT1075 Control Panel - HT1075 Inputs and Connectors - HT1075 Lens Throw - HT1075 Lens Shift5. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2 - HT1075 Remote Control - HT1075 Menus - HT1075 Optional Wireless HD6. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Picture Quality - Impressive Out of the Box Color - Skin Tones - HT1075 Black Level Performance7. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - Dark Shadow Detail Handling - HT1075 HDTV and Sports Viewing - HT1075 Overall Picture Quality8. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Performance - Color Temp, Cinema, Pre-Calibration - Affect of Zoom Lens on Brightness - HT1075 Best Mode Color Temperature - Post Calibration - HT1075 Gamma9. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Performance 2 - HT1075 Sharpness - More Sharpness comparison Images - HT1075 Image Noise - Audible Noise10. BenQ HT1075 Projector Calibration and Settings - BenQ HT1075 Pre-calibration Settings - BenQ HT1075 Calibration - Mike's General Notes - Mike's Grayscale Calibration Notes11. BenQ HT1075 Projector Advanced Calibration - About this Calibration Information - BenQ HT1075 CMS - Mike's CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)12. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Summary - BenQ HT1075 - Home Entertainment or Home Theater Projector? - Picture Quality - HT1075 Brightness - The Bottom Line: Great Yet A Bit Disappointing!13. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review Summary 2 - The Bottom Line - continued - HT1075 Pros - HT1075 Cons14. BenQ HT1075 Projector Specifications Mike calibrated the BenQ HT1075 projector. Below we repeat a lot of the measurement results reported on the Performance page, but here we add the calibration settings Mike determined in completing his calibration of the HT1075. Let’s take a look at the numbers: BenQ HT1075 Pre-calibration Settings BenQ HT1075 Pre-calibration – Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis): Cinema Bright Standard User 1 User 2 Contrast (50)= 49 47 49 49 49 Brightness (50)= 51 50 51 51 51 Color (50)= Tint (50)= Gamma= (2.4) (BenQ) (2.2) (2.2) (2.2) As you can see above, Most of the controls are pretty close with 50 as default and few changing by more than 1 or two, and those really are fairly small increments. NOTE: Default Color Temp is Normal for all but Bright, which is Lamp Native. Brilliant Color is ON by default for all modes. Cinema mode is in Eco lamp mode by default. User 1 and 2 are equal to Standard mode by default. Lamp Mode=Normal (unless noted otherwise) All other settings at default (untouched) Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom): Cinema 2049 @ 6732, 1284 in Eco lamp mode (default) Bright 2446 @ 7458 Standard 2079 @ 6866 User 1 2079 @ 6856 User 2 2079 @ 6854 Lumen Output (Eco Lamp, Bright): 1560 That’s hefty brightness for an Eco mode, but again, color isn’t very attractive in Bright mode, so better to stick to Cinema or Standard, and run full power – better picture, more lumens! Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode) Cinema 30 IRE 6687 50 IRE 6734 80 IRE 6729 100 IRE 6732 NOTE: Cinema has the best balance, just slightly better than Standard. Effect of zoom on lumen output (Bright mode): Zoom out 2554 Mid-zoom 2446 Zoom in 2331 2554 is the maximum lumens measured. Note that as we occasionally comment, we do not measure ANSI lumens (measure 9 points from center to corners, and average. Rather Mike takes an average around the center of the screen, and we simply use that, in conjunction with reporting all brightness measurements at mid zoom, except for reporting the maximum (in this case Bright mode) measured at wide angle to have a “brightest number”. Since Mike changed from old equipment and software to newer gear/software at the beginning of 2014, projectors now measure just about 10% brighter than his old gear. Back then our numbers were below most other reviewers, and now their a bit higher. BenQ HT1075 Calibration Calibration settings for User 1: Gain R (100) = 101 G (100) = 100 B (100) = 99 Offset R (256) = 256 G (256) = 256 B (256) = 256 Lumens at 100 IRE: 2018 @ 6733 Calibration settings for User 2: Gain R (100) = 101 G (100) = 93 B (100) = 99 Offset R (256) = 256 G (256) = 256 B (256) = 256 Lumens at 100 IRE: 2202 @ 7608 Calibration of best mode: User 1 with Cinema setting except Gamma is set on 2.2. Mike did a “quick-cal” of Bright mode and put it in User 2. Note that the adjustment was limited to a drop of green gain from 100 to 93, which did remove a good chunk of the excess green. Problem is, by doing so, the projector is barely brighter than Standard mode which looks a lot better, or, the 2000 lumen calibrated Cinema mode in User 1. Calibrated Color Temp over IRE Range 20 IRE 6574 30 IRE 6476 40 IRE 6524 50 IRE 6471 60 IRE 6508 70 IRE 6512 80 IRE 6522 90 IRE 6496 100 IRE 6603 Average gamma = 2.18 Nice! Mike's General NotesI did a Quick Cal of Bright, but even a slight reduction of green causes the lumen output to drop more than 10% and does not improve the green cast enough to make it worth it in my opinion. Considering you can get almost 2100 lumens in Standard mode, the extra 100 lumens you get by dropping the green in Dynamic is of little value. Mike's Grayscale Calibration NotesGrayscale by default in every mode but Bright (which uses the Lamp Native color temp instead of Normal like all of the other modes) was among the best I’ve seen. As expected, Cinema mode had the best default grayscale, but Standard was close behind. As you can see from the calibration settings, there was minimal adjustment to Gain and no adjustment to Offset needed to get an exceptional RGB balance. Delta E was 2.4 or less from 20-100 IRE before calibration and improved to 1.0 or less from 20-90 IRE (with a maximum of 1.7 at 100 IRE), after calibration. The 2.2 gamma setting provided a smooth gamma graph with an average of 2.18. 1. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review - BenQ HT1075 Projector - Overview - HT1075 Highlights2. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Special Features - Single Chip DLP Design, 3D - HT1075 Lens Shift - Projector Lamp Modes - MHL and Audio on the HT1075 Projector3. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Special Features 2 - HT1075 Audio and Sound Quality - Wireless HD Capability (Optional) - Sorry, No PIP and SWAP - Revised Menu System4. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Hardware Tour - HT1075 Hardware - Overview and Lens - HT1075 Control Panel - HT1075 Inputs and Connectors - HT1075 Lens Throw - HT1075 Lens Shift5. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2 - HT1075 Remote Control - HT1075 Menus - HT1075 Optional Wireless HD6. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Picture Quality - Impressive Out of the Box Color - Skin Tones - HT1075 Black Level Performance7. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - Dark Shadow Detail Handling - HT1075 HDTV and Sports Viewing - HT1075 Overall Picture Quality8. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Performance - Color Temp, Cinema, Pre-Calibration - Affect of Zoom Lens on Brightness - HT1075 Best Mode Color Temperature - Post Calibration - HT1075 Gamma9. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Performance 2 - HT1075 Sharpness - More Sharpness comparison Images - HT1075 Image Noise - Audible Noise10. BenQ HT1075 Projector Calibration and Settings - BenQ HT1075 Pre-calibration Settings - BenQ HT1075 Calibration - Mike's General Notes - Mike's Grayscale Calibration Notes11. BenQ HT1075 Projector Advanced Calibration - About this Calibration Information - BenQ HT1075 CMS - Mike's CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)12. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Summary - BenQ HT1075 - Home Entertainment or Home Theater Projector? - Picture Quality - HT1075 Brightness - The Bottom Line: Great Yet A Bit Disappointing!13. BenQ HT1075 Projector Review Summary 2 - The Bottom Line - continued - HT1075 Pros - HT1075 Cons14. BenQ HT1075 Projector Specifications BenQ HT1075 Projector Review – Performance 2 BenQ HT1075 Projector Advanced Calibration