JVC DLA-X95R Projector Calibration and Settings Posted on September 27, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. JVC DLA-X95R Projector Review - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Highlights - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Overview2. JVC DLA-X95R Special Features - JVC DLA-X95 R Projector: Special Features - No Dynamic Iris - DLA-X95R 3D Abilities - Let's talk 3D active glasses - 2D to Simulated 3D on the DLA-X95R - JVC DLA-X95 R Calibration - JVC X95R Creative Frame Interpolation3. JVC DLA-X95R Special Features 2 - JVC e-Shift2 and "4K" resolution - JVC X95R Manual Iris4. JVC DLA-X95R and RS66 Projectors: Physical Tour - JVC DLA-X95R Physical Appearance - Control Panel - JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-RS66 Projector Input/Output5. JVC DLA-X95R and RS66 Projectors: Physical Tour 2 - JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-RS66 Menus - JVC DLA-X95R Remote Control - DLA-X95R Lens Throw - DLA-X95R Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. JVC DLA-X95R Image Quality - DLA-X95 "Out of the Box" Picture Quality - DLA-X95 Projector - Flesh Tones - DLA-X95R Black Levels & Shadow Detail7. JVC DLA-X95R Image Quality 2 - DLA-X95R Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Shadow Detail Performance - JVC DLA-X95R - Overall Color & Picture Quality8. JVC DLA-X95R Performance 19. JVC DLA-X95R Performance 2 - JVC DLA-X95R Projector - Post Calibration - JVC DLA-X95R Sharpness10. JVC DLA-X95R Performance 3 - X95R Light Leakage - DLA-X95R Image Noise - JVC DLA-X95R Audible Noise11. JVC DLA-X95R Projector Calibration and Settings - JVC DLA-X95R Color Temperature - JVC DLA-X95R Basic Settings - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Calibration and Settings - RGB Settings12. JVC DLA-X95R Projector – Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings (CMS) - CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)13. JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-X75R Projector – Competitors - JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-X75R vs. Sony VPL-VW95ES - JVC DLA-X95R vs. Sony VPL-VW1000ES - JVC DLA-X95R vs. Epson Home/Pro Cinema 5020UB/6020UB - JVC DLA-X95R vs. DLA-X55R and DLA-X35 - JVC DLA-X95R vs. Sony HW50ES14. JVC DLA-X95R – Projector Screens - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Screen Recommendations15. JVC DLA-X95R Projector – Warranty16. JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater Projector – Review Summary - JVC DLA-X95R Projector - The Bottom Line - Overall Color and Picture Quality of the JVC DLA-X95R - JVC DLA-X95R Brightness - 2D Viewing - JVC DLA-X95 3D Performance - More re: 3D17. JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater Projector – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater projector:18. JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater Projector – Review Summary 3 - JVC DLA-X95R Projector: Pros - JVC DLA-X95R Projector: Cons We adjust the general controls and perform a grayscale calibration of the DLA-X95R projector. Regular readers know I contract with Mike to our projector calibrations, including this JVC DLA-X95 home theater projector. In conjunction with the major site redesign Projector Reviews, has just started on, we will have a subscriber area, which we wish to populate with many things, primarily new content we haven’t offered before. One of our extra value for our subscribers will be to provide greater calibration detail. Starting a few months ago, all the $1500+ projectors (and some costing less) have the same level calibration such as this JVC X95R projector just received, including calibration of individual colors using the CMS. The CMS calibration of those primary and secondary colors, along with CIE charts and additional data will be presented in that new section when it launches in May, including the info on this JVC X95 projector. Stay tuned. Below we provide for this DLA-X95, the same of calibration and settings information as we have published in past projector reviews. JVC DLA-X95R Color Temperature Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom): Cinema 550 @ 6764, 351 @ 7066 in default Low lamp mode Film 514 @ 5933 Natural 685 @ 6921 Stage 748 @ 8273 Animation 757 @ 8904 3D 748 @ 8300 THX 676 @ 6979 User 1-5 685 @ 6866 Out of the Box Measurements: Essentially all the User modes, and several of the others, are the same, but for some variations in which color temp is selected. Color Temp over IRE Range, Best mode (Pre calibration): 30 IRE 6383 50 IRE 6618 80 IRE 6668 100 IRE 6764 Cinema (User and THX are very similar) JVC DLA-X95R Basic Settings Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis): THX Cinema Film Natural Stage Animation 3D User 1-5 Contrast = (0) 5 -1 -10 -2 -2 -5 -2 -2 Brightness = (0) 3 1 3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 Color Sat. = (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) Tint = (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) Color Temp = (6500) (Xenon2) (Xenon1) (6500) (7500) (8000) (7500) (6500) Gamma = (THX) (A) (Film) (Normal) (D) (C) (A 3D) (Normal) Color Profile THX Cinema1 Film1 Video Stage Anime1 3D Cine Video 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. Color Profiles are not in parens but are the defaults. Unlike the less lower cost JVC projectors, the X35 and X55R, the DLA-X95R (and the X75R) have a THX mode. These two projectors also have a number of different Color Profiles that can be selected (in addition to the Modes), shown above. JVC DLA-X95R Projector Calibration and Settings Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration): 20 IRE 6245 30 IRE 6415 40 IRE 6517 50 IRE 6569 60 IRE 6536 70 IRE 6534 80 IRE 6645 90 IRE 6643 100 IRE 6680 Average gamma= 2.20 Best Mode: Lumens at 100 IRE: 658 (mid-zoom) Brightest Mode: Lumens at 100 IRE: 748 (mid-zoom), 818 (wide angle) JVC DLA-X95R Post Calibration Grayscale: User 1 “Best” mode RGB Settings User 1, Custom Color Temp 1 w/ 6500 starting point Gain (0) R = -7 G = -1 B = -15 Offset (0) R = 0 G = -2 B = 0 Calibration settings: Calibration settings for User 1: Gamma on Custom 1 Color Space on Standard Color on –6 Color Temp @ 6500K No specific “brighest mode” was “created” due to Stage (with Color Temp set for 7500), being less than 100 lumens brighter than a calibrated “Best”. Short translation. Use either the calibrated mode, or when you want a little brighter, Stage, although lowering the color temp to 7000 is a little nicer than 7500. Mike’s comments (same as on the Performance page): Grayscale Calibration Grayscale calibrated pretty well, with an average Delta E of only 1.3. The RGB balance was also pretty good, other than a spike in Red at 20 IRE. Adjusting Gain has a greater effect on the total IRE range than it should, whereas Offset has less of an effect on upper IREs. So, if you adjust Gain, then compensate for the adjusted gain effect with Offset, it works out pretty good. As Animation (the brightest mode) is only 81 lumens more than THX mode, there’s no need for a quick cal of a “bright” mode. Typical of JVC projectors, gamma was too low in any of the presets (Normal was the high with an average gamma of 2.14), so I used the custom gamma. The custom gamma started with the Normal preset, but I dropped the numbers -15 from 5 to 75%, -10 at 80% and -5 at 90 and 95%. This results in a pretty smooth gamma with an average of 2.20. Luminance tracking is quite good as well. The standard color gamut is decent and doesn’t have the oversaturated green that prior models had, but the secondaries are all off a little in hue (see CIE charts). Fortunately, the CMS works quite well and I was able to dial in the colors pretty well. Overall, colors look very good. A reader “Rob I” contacted me with a valid point. We report and mention in the review that after the calibration, 20 IRE and below were strong on red. (Not too bad, still over 6200K). Rob points out that when Mike was calibrating the gamma, he could have used the ability to make separate gamma adjustments respectively to R, G, and B. Doing that, he says will allow one to calibrate out that extra red. Nice. Our thanks to Rob, for sharing good info. 1. JVC DLA-X95R Projector Review - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Highlights - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Overview2. JVC DLA-X95R Special Features - JVC DLA-X95 R Projector: Special Features - No Dynamic Iris - DLA-X95R 3D Abilities - Let's talk 3D active glasses - 2D to Simulated 3D on the DLA-X95R - JVC DLA-X95 R Calibration - JVC X95R Creative Frame Interpolation3. JVC DLA-X95R Special Features 2 - JVC e-Shift2 and "4K" resolution - JVC X95R Manual Iris4. JVC DLA-X95R and RS66 Projectors: Physical Tour - JVC DLA-X95R Physical Appearance - Control Panel - JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-RS66 Projector Input/Output5. JVC DLA-X95R and RS66 Projectors: Physical Tour 2 - JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-RS66 Menus - JVC DLA-X95R Remote Control - DLA-X95R Lens Throw - DLA-X95R Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. JVC DLA-X95R Image Quality - DLA-X95 "Out of the Box" Picture Quality - DLA-X95 Projector - Flesh Tones - DLA-X95R Black Levels & Shadow Detail7. JVC DLA-X95R Image Quality 2 - DLA-X95R Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Shadow Detail Performance - JVC DLA-X95R - Overall Color & Picture Quality8. JVC DLA-X95R Performance 19. JVC DLA-X95R Performance 2 - JVC DLA-X95R Projector - Post Calibration - JVC DLA-X95R Sharpness10. JVC DLA-X95R Performance 3 - X95R Light Leakage - DLA-X95R Image Noise - JVC DLA-X95R Audible Noise11. JVC DLA-X95R Projector Calibration and Settings - JVC DLA-X95R Color Temperature - JVC DLA-X95R Basic Settings - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Calibration and Settings - RGB Settings12. JVC DLA-X95R Projector – Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings (CMS) - CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)13. JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-X75R Projector – Competitors - JVC DLA-X95R and DLA-X75R vs. Sony VPL-VW95ES - JVC DLA-X95R vs. Sony VPL-VW1000ES - JVC DLA-X95R vs. Epson Home/Pro Cinema 5020UB/6020UB - JVC DLA-X95R vs. DLA-X55R and DLA-X35 - JVC DLA-X95R vs. Sony HW50ES14. JVC DLA-X95R – Projector Screens - JVC DLA-X95R Projector Screen Recommendations15. JVC DLA-X95R Projector – Warranty16. JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater Projector – Review Summary - JVC DLA-X95R Projector - The Bottom Line - Overall Color and Picture Quality of the JVC DLA-X95R - JVC DLA-X95R Brightness - 2D Viewing - JVC DLA-X95 3D Performance - More re: 3D17. JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater Projector – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater projector:18. JVC DLA-X95R Home Theater Projector – Review Summary 3 - JVC DLA-X95R Projector: Pros - JVC DLA-X95R Projector: Cons JVC DLA-X95R Performance 3 JVC DLA-X95R Projector – Advanced Calibration Information