Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector – Calibration & Settings Posted on February 28, 2017 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review - Home Cinema 3700 Overview (more) - Home Cinema 3700 Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Special Features - Image Enhancement Comparisons - CFI - Creative Frame Interpolation - The HC3700 Has A Pair of Rear Facing 10 Watt Speakers - Home Cinema 3700 Lens Shift - 3D Capable - Three Power Modes - HDMI-Link - User Memories3. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Special Features 2 - MHL on HDMI 2 - Optional Wireless Module - Picture In Picture - Gaming Input Lag - and Fast / Fine Modes4. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Hardware Tour - Home Cinema 3700 Hardware Overview - Epson HC3700 Lens - Control Panel - HC3700 Inputs and Connectors5. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review: Hardware Tour 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3100, 3700, 3900 Lens Shift Range - Epson Home Cinema 3700 Remote Control6. 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Epson Home Cinema 3700 – Advanced Calibration - Epson HC3700 CMS Settings: Cinema Mode - Epson HC3700 CMS Settings: Bright Cinema Mode - Epson Home Cinema 3700 Cinema Mode Post-Calibration Charts - Bright Cinema Mode Post-Calibration Charts11. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review: Summary - Overall Picture and Performance of the HC3700 Projector - Who Should Buy the HC3700 - and What's the Competition - The Bottom Line - Pros and Cons12. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Specifications EPSON HOME CINEMA 3700 PROJECTOR: CALIBRATION SETTINGS and POST CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS Epson Home Cinema 3700 Calibration Presets notesEric’s notes: I preformed 2 calibrations on the 3700, one for a dark room using Cinema mode (medium lamp) and a brighter day mode using Bright Cinema (bright lamp). Overall calibration went as expected, except there was one issue I observed with the color red when calibrating it using the projectors CMS controls. We normally calibrate the 6 colors using 100% saturation test patterns and try to put the colors at their correct (REC 709) x y coordinates and at their proper 100% luminance levels. If you look at either the before or after CIE charts you will see 100% red (outer dot) is a little under saturated and pushing towards yellow/green, while 80, 60, 40 & 20% are all over saturated and pulling towards magenta/blue. As I tried to move 100% red to its x y (box) it caused 80, 60, 40 & 20% to all move even further towards magenta/blue turning red more to pink. So, 100% red was slightly orange and 80 and below was pinkish. Now most of the content we watch is not at 100% levels so I only made a small adjustment to red, otherwise skin tones would become too pink. I hoping this issue is only with this 3700 sample. I was able to achieve outstanding white balance and near perfect 2.40 gamma curve in Cinema mode. Bright Cinema is designed of course to be bright and one way they achieve this is to have a very bright gamma curve, 1.56 in this case. As I tried to lower the gamma to my target of 2.10 it lowered the peak white down too much, similar to what we got out of Cinema Mode thus losing any benefit of a brighter mode. So, I only lowered the gamma to 1.87 to keep the overall light output up. Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom and Medium lamp): Dynamic 3119@6704K Bright Cinema 2286@7039K Natural 2008@6918K Cinema 2052@6505K Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE Dynamic Mode (mid zoom and Eco lamp): 2128@6702K This equates to a 32% drop off in lumen output vs high bulb. (3119 high vs 2128 low) This chart is repeated from the Performance page Pre-Calibration (Various Modes) – Color Temp over IRE range Cinema Mode (Med. Lamp, Mid Zoom) Bright Cinema Mode (Bright Lamp, Mid Zoom) 30 IRE 6729K 6887K 50 IRE 6860K 6943K 80 IRE 6978K 7057K 100 IRE 6918K 7039K Average Gamma = 2.37 Average Gamma = 1.60 Epson HC3700 Pre- and Post-Calibration Settings and Image Enhancement, By ModeCinema Mode Epson HC3700 Pre- and Post-Calibration for Cinema Mode (Medium Lamp & Mid Zoom) Pre-Calibration Post-Calibration Color Temp 5 (1-10) 5 (1-10) Skin Tone 3 (1-10) 3 (1-10) Gamma 0 -1 Super White Off Off Contrast 50 48 Brightness 50 50 Color 50 50 Tint 50 53 Auto Iris High Speed High Speed Sharpness (standard) 5 5 Thin Line / Thick Line 5 / 5 5 / 5 Epson HC3700 Pre- and Post-Cal Image Enhancement for Cinema Mode Pre-cal Image Enhancement Post-cal Image Enhancement Image Preset Mode 2 (1-5) 2 (1-5) Noise Reduction 1 (1-3) 0 (1-3) Mpeg Noise Reduction 1 (1-3) 0 (1-3) Super Resolution – Fine Line 2 (1-20) 12 (1-20) Super Resolution – Soft Focus Detail 2 (1-20) 12 (1-20) Detail Enhancement 20 (1-100) 20 (1-100) Bright Cinema Mode: Epson HC3700 Pre- and Post-Calibration for Bright Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration Post-Calibration Color Temp 5 (1-10) 4 (1-10) Skin Tone 3 (1-10) 3 (1-10) Gamma 0 -2 Super White Off Off Contrast 50 50 Brightness 50 50 Color 50 50 Tint 50 53 Auto Iris High Speed High Speed Sharpness (standard) 5 5 Thin Line / Thick Line 5 / 5 5 / 5 Epson HC3700 Pre- and Post-Cal Image Enhancement for Bright Cinema Mode Pre-cal Image Enhancement Post-cal Image Enhancement Image Preset Mode 3 (1-5) 2 (1-5) Noise Reduction 7 (1-3) 0 (1-3) Mpeg Noise Reduction 1 (1-3) 0 (1-3) Super Resolution – Fine Line 5 (1-20) 12 (1-20) Super Resolution – Soft Focus Detail 5 (1-20) 12 (1-20) Detail Enhancement 30 (1-100) 20 (1-100) Grayscale Calibration (RGB Balance) HC3700 Custom Custom color temp w/ 5 starting point Gain Red = 39 Green = 51 Blue = 48 Offset Red = 49 Green = 50 Blue = 50 HC3700 Bright Cinema Mode Custom color temp w/ 4 starting point Gain Red = 41 Green = 50 Blue = 42 Bias Red = 50 Green = 52 Blue = 51 HC3700 Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration Charts Epson Home Cinema 3700 Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration CIE 1976 Saturation Sweeps (target BT.709) Epson Home Cinema 3700 Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration RGB Balance / Grayscale Tracking (target D65) Epson Home Cinema 3700 Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration DeltaE 2000 (target below error of 3) Epson Home Cinema 3700 Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration Gamma Log 2.37 Average Gamma (target 2.40) Epson HC3700 Bright Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration Charts Epson Home Cinema 3700 Bright Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration CIE 1976 Saturation Sweeps (target BT.709) Epson Home Cinema 3700 Bright Cinema Pre-Calibration RGB Balance Grayscale Tracking (target D65) Epson Home Cinema 3700 Bright Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration DeltaE 2000 (target below error of 3) Epson Home Cinema 3700 Bright Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration Gamma Log 1.56 Average Gamma (target 2.10) Post-Calibration Color Temperature Color Temp over IRE Range (Post Calibration) IRE Cinema Mode Bright Cinema 10 6798K 7571K 20 6610K 6335K 30 6388K 6332K 40 6439K 6354K 50 6437K 6421K 60 6508K 6471K 70 6466K 6494K 80 6465K 6516K 90 6507K 6495K 100 (White) 6449K & 1944 Lumens 6507K & 2231 Lumens Average Gamma = 2.37 (target 2.40) Average Gamma = 1.87 (target 2.10) 1. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review - Home Cinema 3700 Overview (more) - Home Cinema 3700 Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Special Features - Image Enhancement Comparisons - CFI - Creative Frame Interpolation - The HC3700 Has A Pair of Rear Facing 10 Watt Speakers - Home Cinema 3700 Lens Shift - 3D Capable - Three Power Modes - HDMI-Link - User Memories3. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Special Features 2 - MHL on HDMI 2 - Optional Wireless Module - Picture In Picture - Gaming Input Lag - and Fast / Fine Modes4. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Hardware Tour - Home Cinema 3700 Hardware Overview - Epson HC3700 Lens - Control Panel - HC3700 Inputs and Connectors5. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review: Hardware Tour 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3100, 3700, 3900 Lens Shift Range - Epson Home Cinema 3700 Remote Control6. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Picture Quality - Out of the Box Picture Quality - Home Cinema 3700 Skin Tones Handling - Black Level Performance7. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - Dark Shadow Detail - Sports and HDTV on the HC3700 - Bottom Line on Picture Quality8. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Performance - Home Cinema 3700 Brightness by Mode - Color Temp performance - Pre-Calibration - Effects of Lamp Power on Brightness9. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector – Calibration & Settings - Epson Home Cinema 3700 Calibration Presets notes - Epson HC3700 Pre- and Post-Calibration Settings and Image Enhancement, By Mode - Grayscale Calibration (RGB Balance) - HC3700 Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration Charts - Epson HC3700 Bright Cinema Mode Pre-Calibration Charts - Post-Calibration Color Temperature10. Epson Home Cinema 3700 – Advanced Calibration - Epson HC3700 CMS Settings: Cinema Mode - Epson HC3700 CMS Settings: Bright Cinema Mode - Epson Home Cinema 3700 Cinema Mode Post-Calibration Charts - Bright Cinema Mode Post-Calibration Charts11. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review: Summary - Overall Picture and Performance of the HC3700 Projector - Who Should Buy the HC3700 - and What's the Competition - The Bottom Line - Pros and Cons12. Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Specifications Epson Home Cinema 3700 Projector Review – Performance Epson Home Cinema 3700 – Advanced Calibration