Post Calibration: Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Posted on October 18, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Review - PLV-Z4000 Projector Highlights - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Overview - Special Features2. PLV-Z4000 Creative Frame Interpolation - Dynamic Image controls3. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Physical Tour - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Physical Appearance - Control Panel - Input/Output - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Menus4. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Remote Control - PLV-Z4000 Lens Throw - PLV-Z4000 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector – Image Quality - PLV-Z4000 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones - Black Levels & Shadow Detail6. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Shadow Detail Performance7. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Shadow Detail Performance - Overall Color & Picture Quality8. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports9. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Performance - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Brightness10. Post Calibration: Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Living mode - Quick Cal: - PLV-Z4000 Color Tempurature Measurements (default) for Pure Cinema mode - Effect of Zoom Lens Positioning on Brightness11. Sharpness: Sanyo PLV-Z400012. Sharpness: Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise13. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Calibration and Settings - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Color Temperature - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Basic Settings - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Post Calibration Grayscale14. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Post Calibration Grayscale1 - RGB Settings15. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Projector Screens - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Screen Recommendations - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Competitors - PLV-Z4000 vs. LG CF181D - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Mitsubishi HC3800, HC6800, HC700016. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Competitors1 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z700 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. BenQ W6000 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8100 UB and 8500UB - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Panasonic PT-AE400017. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Warranty - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Review Summary - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line: Sanyo PLV-Z4000 1080p 3LCD home theater projector18. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Pros - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Cons - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Typical Capabilities19. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Specifications Living mode - Quick Cal:Mike worked on improving the color slightly, while still trying to get out about the maximum lumens. That resulted in a measured 596 lumens with white – 100 IRE measuring 7180K. Personally, I favor grabbing the extra 275 lumens of Dynamic, which is definitely cooler (more blue) measuring about 8300K up from almost 7200K. For Pure Cinema (Creative Cinema with the dynamic features turned off, basically), post calibration numbers are excellent: Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration): 20 IRE 6151 30 IRE 6432 40 IRE 6551 50 IRE 6551 60 IRE 6588 70 IRE 6530 80 IRE 6576 90 IRE 6475 100 IRE 6571 Mike notes: Greyscale is very flat from 30 to 90 IRE. Delta E grayscale error averages 1.4 which is very good performance (lees than 3 is good). Gamma set to -1 averaged 2.2 which is exactly the target. Note: A calibrated Living mode, is our “best” choice for most HDTV and sports viewing, when lighting conditions do not call for every last lumen. The image is better than Dynamic mode. That said, the Z4000’s dynamic mode looks a lot better than the old Z3000’s, and isn’t far behind Living mode, in color terms. You will get about a 40% boost in lumens going from Living, to Dynamic. The other dynamic features, such as Auto Black Stretch, Dynamic Gamma, and Contrast Enhancement, have little effect on the brightness measurements, although they definitely impact the overall image. PLV-Z4000 Color Tempurature Measurements (default) for Pure Cinema mode Color Temp over IRE Range, Best Mode = Pure Cinema, Out of the Box: 30 IRE 7012 50 IRE 7350 80 IRE 7159 100 IRE 6980 Definitely a little “cool” – shift to blue, but not bad Effect of Zoom Lens Positioning on BrightnessAs you could compute from numbers found above, setting the projector to full wide angle on the zoom lens (so the projector is as close as it can get to a given sized screen), increases brightness about 15.5%, while moving the projector back – to use full telephoto, drops the brightness (compared to the mid-point placement), by roughly 23%! 1. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Review - PLV-Z4000 Projector Highlights - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Overview - Special Features2. PLV-Z4000 Creative Frame Interpolation - Dynamic Image controls3. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Physical Tour - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Physical Appearance - Control Panel - Input/Output - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Menus4. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Remote Control - PLV-Z4000 Lens Throw - PLV-Z4000 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector – Image Quality - PLV-Z4000 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones - Black Levels & Shadow Detail6. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Shadow Detail Performance7. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Shadow Detail Performance - Overall Color & Picture Quality8. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports9. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Performance - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Brightness10. Post Calibration: Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Living mode - Quick Cal: - PLV-Z4000 Color Tempurature Measurements (default) for Pure Cinema mode - Effect of Zoom Lens Positioning on Brightness11. Sharpness: Sanyo PLV-Z400012. Sharpness: Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise13. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Calibration and Settings - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Color Temperature - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Basic Settings - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Post Calibration Grayscale14. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Post Calibration Grayscale1 - RGB Settings15. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Projector Screens - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Screen Recommendations - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Competitors - PLV-Z4000 vs. LG CF181D - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Mitsubishi HC3800, HC6800, HC700016. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Competitors1 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z700 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. BenQ W6000 - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8100 UB and 8500UB - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 vs. Panasonic PT-AE400017. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Warranty - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 - Review Summary - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line: Sanyo PLV-Z4000 1080p 3LCD home theater projector18. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Pros - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Cons - Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector: Typical Capabilities19. Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector Specifications Sanyo PLV-Z4000 – Performance Sharpness: Sanyo PLV-Z4000