BenQ W1070 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 Posted on June 7, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. BenQ W1070 Home Theater Projector Review - BenQ W1070 Highlights - BenQ W1070 Projector Overview2. BenQ W1070 Special Features - BenQ W1070 3D - BenQ 3D Glasses - Gaming with the BenQ W1070 - W1070 Brilliant Color3. BenQ W1070 Special Features Part 2 - Full Color Management System - CMS - W1070 ISF certification - W1070 Smart-Eco mode - W1070 Audio - W1070 Lamp Life4. BenQ W1070 Projector – Physical Tour - BenQ W1070 Projector - Appearance - W1070 Control Panel - W1070 Projector - Input/Output5. BenQ W1070 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - W1070 Menus - BenQ W1070 Remote Control - BenQ W1070 Lens Throw - BenQ W1070 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen6. BenQ W1070 Projector – Image Quality - BenQ W1070 Out of the Box Picture Quality - BenQ W1070 Projector - Skin Tones7. 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BenQ W1070 – Full Specifications BenQ W1070 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration) User 1: 20 IRE = 6427 30 IRE = 6427 40 IRE = 6496 50 IRE = 6449 60 IRE = 6477 70 IRE = 6419 80 IRE = 6452 90 IRE = 6469 100 IRE = 6499 Average gamma = 2.16 Calibrated color temps, 20 – 100 IRE: Gamma proved to be rather good, and very close to the targeted 2.2. Mike had this to say about the gamma: Using the 2.2 gamma setting results in an average gamma or 2.16. The next step is 2.4, which results in an average gamma of about 2.36, which may be too dark. To try these, open the menus, and from the Image menu, select Cinema mode. Then go down to Advanced. Open it, then select RGB. Place these number in, replacing the defaults. The improvements should be pretty obvious. We recommend you then save your settings under User 1. W1070 Post Calibration settings Calibration settings for User 1: Gain (50) R = 51 G = 50 B = 49 Offset (256) R = 256 G = 256 B = 256 Average gamma = 2.16 W1070 Calibrated Brightness in Lumens: 100 IRE: 1711 @ 6668 That’s a whole lot of calibrated lumens! Mike provided these additional notes, regarding the ability to calibrate different settings, limitations, etc.: NOTE: There was no reason to do a Quick Cal of the brightest mode (Dynamic) as it’s only 56 lumens brighter than User 1 to begin with. The W1070 has amazingly good RGB balance right out of the box and almost perfect with just a few minor adjustments to the Gain. If you see a little red in the light grays, you could even forego adjusting the Red gain, just turn Blue down one notch and end up with an RGB balance that beats a lot of pricier projectors after calibration. Color looks pretty good with adjustment, but you easily turn down the Red in the CMS if you think it’s a bit too much. Mike reports the CIE chart looks much better than the last affordable BenQ projector he worked with: This is a big improvement over the W1200 reviewed last year. 1. BenQ W1070 Home Theater Projector Review - BenQ W1070 Highlights - BenQ W1070 Projector Overview2. BenQ W1070 Special Features - BenQ W1070 3D - BenQ 3D Glasses - Gaming with the BenQ W1070 - W1070 Brilliant Color3. BenQ W1070 Special Features Part 2 - Full Color Management System - CMS - W1070 ISF certification - W1070 Smart-Eco mode - W1070 Audio - W1070 Lamp Life4. BenQ W1070 Projector – Physical Tour - BenQ W1070 Projector - Appearance - W1070 Control Panel - W1070 Projector - Input/Output5. BenQ W1070 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - W1070 Menus - BenQ W1070 Remote Control - BenQ W1070 Lens Throw - BenQ W1070 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen6. BenQ W1070 Projector – Image Quality - BenQ W1070 Out of the Box Picture Quality - BenQ W1070 Projector - Skin Tones7. BenQ W1070 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance - Black Levels Comparison - Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Comparison - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: BenQ W1070 Projector - Bottom Line8. BenQ W1070 Projector – Image Quality 3 - BenQ W1070 Overall Color & Picture Quality9. BenQ W1070 Projector – Image Quality 4 - BenQ W1070 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D - BenQ W1070 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content10. BenQ W1070 Projector – Performance - BenQ W1070 Brightness - BenQ W1070 Calibrated: User 1 "best" mode = 1711 lumens - BenQ W1070 Modes: Image Comparison11. BenQ W1070 Projector – Performance 2 - W1070 Lamp Brightness Smart-Eco vs. Full Power - BenQ W1070 Pre-Calibration Color temp - W1070, Post Calibration, Best Mode (User 1)12. BenQ W1070 Projector – Performance 3 - BenQ W1070 3D Brightness - BenQ W1070 Sharpness - Sharpness Comparison Images13. 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