Optoma HD806 Projector Calibration and Settings-2 Posted on December 15, 2008 By Art Feierman 1. Optoma HD806 Projector Review - Optoma HD806 Projector Overview2. Optoma HD806 Projector Review-2 - HD806 Projector Highlights - Specs for Optoma HD806 - Special Features - Color Wheel and Lamp3. Optoma HD806 – Physical Tour - Optoma HD806 Physical Appearance - HD806 Projector - Control Panel - Optoma HD806 Inputs and Outputs4. Optoma HD806 – Physical Tour-2 - Optoma HD806 Menus - Optoma HD806 Remote Control5. Optoma HD806 – Physical Tour-3 - HD806 Lens Throw - HD806 Lens Shift - HD806 Anamorphic Lens6. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality - HD806 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones7. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality-2 - HD806 Black Levels & Shadow Detail8. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality-3 - Shadow Detail Performance9. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality-410. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality-511. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality-612. 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Optoma HD806 – Competitors-2 - Optoma HD806 vs. BenQ W5000 - Optoma HD806 vs. Epson Home Cinema 6100 - HD806 vs. InFocus IN82 - Optoma HD806 vs. Panasonic PT-AE300025. Optoma HD806 – Warranty26. Optoma HD806 – Review Summary - Optoma HD806 Projector - The Bottom Line - Optoma HD806 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities27. Optoma HD806 – Review Summary-2 - Optoma HD806 Projector: Pros - Optoma HD806 Projector: Cons - Optoma HD806 Projector: Typical Capabilities28. Optoma HD8000 Projector Specifications The default color settings for User, are cooler than the defaults for Cinema mode. Unfortunately, the Optoma does not allow you to specify which preset’s color settings you want to start with. So, we started with User, and ended up with a little wider swing in temperature range, than the default Cinema, but, despite that, a slightly better balanced image. The default color settings for User, are cooler than the defaults for Cinema mode. Unfortunately, the Optoma HD806 does not allow you to specify a particular preset for the starting point in a calibration. So we started with what User served up, and ended up with a little wider swing in temperature range, than the default for Cinema. Despite that, we ended up with a slightly better balanced image, overall. Gamma measured to 2.28, pretty close to the ideal 2.2 for movie watching. We did not measure different degamma’s (Film, Video, etc.) Video, however nicely lowers the gamma to give a big more brightness to the mid and darker areas for better TV and sports type viewing. RGB Settings These are the adjustments we made to Red, Green and Blue for the grayscale balance of the User mode Red Gain 105 (100) Green Gain 100 (100) Blue Gain 98 (100) Red Bias (127) Green Bias (127) Blue Bias (127) Resulting color temperature of white: 6742K, but the rest of the range is almost dead on. For a quick calibrate of “brightest mode” Mike recommends using the User setting, with the color temp set to warm (instead of User). Not quite as good a color balance, but it takes you back up a couple hundred lumens in brightness, to about the original Cinema measurement in the mid-1700 lumen range. 1. Optoma HD806 Projector Review - Optoma HD806 Projector Overview2. Optoma HD806 Projector Review-2 - HD806 Projector Highlights - Specs for Optoma HD806 - Special Features - Color Wheel and Lamp3. Optoma HD806 – Physical Tour - Optoma HD806 Physical Appearance - HD806 Projector - Control Panel - Optoma HD806 Inputs and Outputs4. Optoma HD806 – Physical Tour-2 - Optoma HD806 Menus - Optoma HD806 Remote Control5. Optoma HD806 – Physical Tour-3 - HD806 Lens Throw - HD806 Lens Shift - HD806 Anamorphic Lens6. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality - HD806 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones7. Optoma HD806 Projector – Image Quality-2 - HD806 Black Levels & Shadow Detail8. 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