JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Calibration and Settings Posted on October 10, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Review - DLA-RS15 Projector Highlights - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Overview2. JVC DLA-RS15 Special Features - LCoS Projector - D-iLA - Individual SXRD panel adjustment - CFI - Creative Frame Interpolation3. JVC DLA-RS15 Physical Tour - JVC DLA-RS15 Physical Appearance - JVC DLA-RS15 Menus slideshow - Control Panel - Input/Output4. JVC DLA-RS15 Remote Control - DLA-RS15 Lens Throw - DLA-RS15 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Image Quality - DLA-RS15 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones - JVC RS15 Black Levels & Shadow Detail6. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Image Quality1 - Shadow Detail Performance7. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Image Quality28. Overall Color & Picture Quality - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports9. JVC DLA-RS15 – Performance - JVC DLA-RS15 Brightness - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - Uncalibrated: - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - Calibrated: - Sharpness10. JVC DLA-RS15 – Performance - JVC DLA-RS15: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - JVC DLA-RS15 Image Noise - DLA-RS15 Audible Noise11. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Calibration and Settings - JVC DLA-RS15 Color Temperature - JVC DLA-RS15 Post Calibration Grayscale - JVC DLA-RS15 Basic Settings12. JVC RS15 Gamma settings: - JVC DLA-RS15 RGB Settings - Brightness Post Calibration - JVC RS15 Projector Screen Recommendations13. JVC DLA-RS15 – Competitors - JVC DLA-RS15 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8500UB, Pro 9500UB - JVC DLA-RS15 vs, JVC DLA-RS25 - JVC DLA-RS15 vs. BenQ W6000 - JVC DLA-RS15 vs. Optoma HD860014. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Warranty - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - Warranty15. JVC DLA-RS15 – Review Summary - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - The Bottom Line - JVC DLA-RS15 Brightness - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities16. JVC DLA-RS15 – Review Summary1 - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Pros - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Cons - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Typical Capabilities17. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Specifications The JVC DLA-RS15 home theater projector lacks the full CMS – color management system – found on the more expensive JVC’s. This means that you can only calibrate it “so far”. That happens to be plenty far, however, as we obtained a rather great looking image with fine skin tones, with a standard grayscale calibration. The JVC RS15 lacks the rather excellently pre-calibrated THX mode found on the more expensive JVC’s. A good calibration will be needed to get the most out of an RS15. It looks pretty good out of the box, but it does get better. JVC DLA-RS15 Color TemperatureAll of the JVC presets offer a bit cool white, with white (100 IRE) at 7142K or higher, instead of our “optimal” 6500K. That said, the JVC RS15’s color temperature gets warmer, as we go down the grayscale, until it’s actually very warm by 30 IRE. These are the measurements, taken “right out of the box.” Color Temp over IRE Range, Best mode (Pre calibration): 30 IRE 5865K 50 IRE 6486K 80 IRE 6832K 100 IRE 7165K For your convenience, these were the starting measurements. You can see that Cinema 1, 2, Natural, and the User modes start out the same, with the differences here, simply relating to the level of accuracy of the gear. Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom): Cinema 1 711 @ 7142 Cinema 2 722 @ 7165 Cinema 3 751 @ 8504 Natural 721 @ 7183 Stage= 751 751 @ 8297 Dynamic= 763 763 @ 9125 User 1 or 2 721 @ 7180 JVC DLA-RS15 Post Calibration GrayscaleHere’s a look at the results of Mike’s calibration (saved to User 1): Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration): 20 IRE 7141 30 IRE 6517 40 IRE 6567 50 IRE 6648 60 IRE 6623 70 IRE 6526 80 IRE 6548 90 IRE 6574 100 IRE 6737 After calibration Mike’s got this small color temp spike over 7100K in the darkest ranges that’s mostly a blue tinted green. It’s just there, a little off, but rarely of any consequence. White is still technically a touch cool, but that’s real close to right on. The RS15 does not calibrate as well as the more expensive JVC’s, but we are still talking about some pretty good numbers, and a great picture, to match. While the end result looks extremely good, including skin tones, this JVC is not as dead on as the other JVC’s or some of its competitors. JVC DLA-RS15 Basic SettingsIn 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. Our final settings (the default settings for Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Tint are all 0, in all modes). Mike made adjustments to these, and the Color Temp settings for each of the seven modes: Header Content Cinema 1 Cinema 2 Cinema 3 Natural Stage Dynamic Contrast = (0) -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 Brightness = (0) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Color Sat. (-25) (-3) (-3) (0) (0) (10) Tint (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) Color Temp (5800) (6500) (7500) (6500) (7500) (High Bright) Gamma (C) (A) (B) (Normal) (D) (D) Both User modes have same default settings as Natural mode Lamp Mode=High (unless noted otherwise) Lens aperture fully open (3) for all All other settings at default (untouched) Zoom set at mid-point for all measurements Note, the JVC does not have User savable settings (you can customize all modes). The RS15 has those two User modes. When we say “not savable”, understand: If you make changes, the next time you go to that mode, those changes will still be there. But, if you make more changes, the older ones are lost. With a true User Savable memory, once you hit save, you will always get those settings back, unless you make changes and resave the User mode. To get the very most out of the DLA-RS15, a calibration is necessary. You can try our settings, but, we feel projectors in this price range should be individually calibrated. 1. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Review - DLA-RS15 Projector Highlights - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Overview2. JVC DLA-RS15 Special Features - LCoS Projector - D-iLA - Individual SXRD panel adjustment - CFI - Creative Frame Interpolation3. JVC DLA-RS15 Physical Tour - JVC DLA-RS15 Physical Appearance - JVC DLA-RS15 Menus slideshow - Control Panel - Input/Output4. JVC DLA-RS15 Remote Control - DLA-RS15 Lens Throw - DLA-RS15 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Image Quality - DLA-RS15 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones - JVC RS15 Black Levels & Shadow Detail6. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Image Quality1 - Shadow Detail Performance7. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Image Quality28. Overall Color & Picture Quality - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports9. JVC DLA-RS15 – Performance - JVC DLA-RS15 Brightness - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - Uncalibrated: - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - Calibrated: - Sharpness10. JVC DLA-RS15 – Performance - JVC DLA-RS15: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - JVC DLA-RS15 Image Noise - DLA-RS15 Audible Noise11. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Calibration and Settings - JVC DLA-RS15 Color Temperature - JVC DLA-RS15 Post Calibration Grayscale - JVC DLA-RS15 Basic Settings12. JVC RS15 Gamma settings: - JVC DLA-RS15 RGB Settings - Brightness Post Calibration - JVC RS15 Projector Screen Recommendations13. JVC DLA-RS15 – Competitors - JVC DLA-RS15 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8500UB, Pro 9500UB - JVC DLA-RS15 vs, JVC DLA-RS25 - JVC DLA-RS15 vs. BenQ W6000 - JVC DLA-RS15 vs. Optoma HD860014. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector – Warranty - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - Warranty15. JVC DLA-RS15 – Review Summary - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector - The Bottom Line - JVC DLA-RS15 Brightness - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities16. JVC DLA-RS15 – Review Summary1 - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Pros - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Cons - JVC DLA-RS15 Projector: Typical Capabilities17. JVC DLA-RS15 Projector Specifications JVC DLA-RS15 – Performance JVC RS15 Gamma settings: