Projector Calibration and Settings

Epson Home Cinema 8100 Color Temperature

Pre calibration, these are the color temperatures over the grayscale range:

Color Temp over IRE Range, Cinema Gamma, Medium color temp, BC on:

Mike notes: For not being calibrated, RGB balance is quite good throughout IRE range

Because the Home Cinema 8100 doesn’t have presets that work the same as most other projectors – with different gammas and color temps, as separate controls, here are two more charts that should provide some clarity (or confusion). You can see how the Gamma affects different color temp settings, and vice versa:

Lumen Output for various Gamma modes at 100 IRE, color temp on Medium:

Lumen Output at various Color Temps at 100 IRE, Gamma on Auto:

Below you’ll find final color temp measurements, post calibration.

Epson Home Cinema 8100 Basic Settings

In addition to calibrating Red Green and Blue for a correct grayscale balance (6500K), there are a number of other settings that come into play. Typically Contrast and Brightness (white balance and black balance), need to be done first. Color saturation and gamma also need adjustment.

All other settings at default

Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis):

All other settings at default (untouched).