Sony VPL-VW350ES Projector – Calibration Page Posted on July 6, 2016 By Art Feierman 1. Sony VPL-VW350ES Home Theater Projector Review - Sony VPL-VW350ES Overview - VPL-VW350ES Highlights2. Sony VPL-VW350ES Home Theater Projector – Special Features - True 4K Projector - Reality Creation (Detail Enhancement) - MotionFlow – Aka: CFI or Smooth Motion3. Sony VPL-VW350ES Home Theater Projector – Special Features 2 - 3D - Black Levels As Related to This Sony's Lack of an Iris - VPL-VW350ES as Game Projector - Input Lag - Power Lens Feature But No Lens Memory4. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Hardware - Overview - VW350ES Lens - Control Panel - VPL-VW350ES Inputs and Connectors5. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Hardware 2 - Sony VPL-VW350ES Remote Control - Sony VPL-VW350ES Menus6. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Picture Quality - Out of the Box Picture - Skin Tones - HDTV and Sports7. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - VPL-VW350ES Black Level Performance - Dark Shadow Detail - Overall Picture Quality8. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Performance - VW350ES Brightness - Post Calibration Reference Mode - Affect of Zoom Lens, and Eco mode, on Brightness9. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector – Performance 2 - Audible Noise and Image Noise10. Sony VPL-VW350ES Projector – Calibration Page - Post Calibration Color Temperature - VPL-VW350ES Calibration - Pre-Calibration - Mike's General Notes on the VPL-VW350ES - Mike's Grayscale Calibration Notes on the VPL-VW350ES11. Sony VPL-VW350ES Projector Review – Advanced Calibration Information - Mike's CMS Calibration Notes - Lumen Output - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration) - CMS - Sony VPL-VW350ES Calibration Charts12. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review Summary - VPL-VW350ES: The Big Picture - The Competition - Pros - Cons13. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Specifications CALIBRATING THE VPL-VW350ES PROJECTOR: GENERAL CALIBRATION AND GRAYSCALE (RGB) SETTINGS Post Calibration Color Temperature Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre Calibration) Reference 30 IRE 6118 50 IRE 6144 80 IRE 6129 100 IRE 6133 The color temperature measurements for the VPL-VW350ES, shown above, are repeated from the Performance page, for your convenience. Below find the grayscale settings general settings Mike came up with as part of his calibration. Note that he did not do what we call a quick-cal of the brightest mode. Normally that means taking the brightest mode, and get the most improvement in picture quality without sacrificing significant brightness. In this case, those modes already look impressively good without any fine tuning. VPL-VW350ES CalibrationCalibration settings for User: Color Temp on Custom 3, Gamma on Off, Color Space on BT.709, all other settings on default or as previously stated. Custom 3 Color Temp Gain R = -10 G = 0 B = 0 Offset R = 0 G = 0 B = 1 Lumens at 100 IRE: 1254 @ 6529 Pre-Calibration Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis): Reference TV Cinema Film 1 Cinema Film 2 User Contrast = (Max) Brightness = (50) 53 53 53 Color = (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) Tint = (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) Color Temp = (D65) (D75) (D65) (D65) (D65) Color Space = (BT.709) (Color Space 1) Color Space 3) Color Space 3) (BT.709) Gamma = (Off) (2.4) (7) (Off) (Off) Contrast Enhancer = (Off) (Middle) (Middle) (Low) (Off) Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis): Photo Bright Cinema Bright TV Game Contrast = (Max) Brightness = (50) 52 52 52 Color = (50) (50) (50) (55) Tint = (50) (50) (50) (50) Color Temp = (D55) (D75) (D75) (D65) Color Space = (BT.709) (Color Space 3) (Color Space 2) (Color Space 3) Gamma = (Off) (9) (10) (9) Contrast Enhancer = (Off) (Middle) (High) (Low) Lamp Mode=High (unless noted otherwise) All other settings at default (untouched) Mike's General Notes on the VPL-VW350ESThe VW350ES has an excellent picture with all the default settings. RGB balance was consistent across the IRE range, with just a little too much red in the D65 color temp. Once the lamp has more hours on it, this may go away. Even so, there’s little difference in the picture before and after calibration. Gamma is a flat 2.2 when the Gamma control is Off. Contrast is right on in every mode and Brightness just requires a bit of adjustment in certain modes. Mike's Grayscale Calibration Notes on the VPL-VW350ESAs was the case with the HW600ES, a number of modes are almost identical when it comes to default grayscale and lumen output. At 100 IRE, Reference, Cinema Film 1, Cinema Film 2, Game (which was surprising) and User modes all have roughly the same RGB. The RGB balance is also very consistent across the entire IRE range. Red was high in each of the modes mentioned above, but was easily attenuated with calibration. Before calibration, Delta E had a maximum of 3.8, which is excellent. The User mode calibrated so well that Delta E was 0.9 or less from 30 to 100 IRE, rising only to 1.4 at 20 IRE. The calibrated grayscale actually exceeded the HW600ES. 1. Sony VPL-VW350ES Home Theater Projector Review - Sony VPL-VW350ES Overview - VPL-VW350ES Highlights2. Sony VPL-VW350ES Home Theater Projector – Special Features - True 4K Projector - Reality Creation (Detail Enhancement) - MotionFlow – Aka: CFI or Smooth Motion3. Sony VPL-VW350ES Home Theater Projector – Special Features 2 - 3D - Black Levels As Related to This Sony's Lack of an Iris - VPL-VW350ES as Game Projector - Input Lag - Power Lens Feature But No Lens Memory4. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Hardware - Overview - VW350ES Lens - Control Panel - VPL-VW350ES Inputs and Connectors5. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Hardware 2 - Sony VPL-VW350ES Remote Control - Sony VPL-VW350ES Menus6. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Picture Quality - Out of the Box Picture - Skin Tones - HDTV and Sports7. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - VPL-VW350ES Black Level Performance - Dark Shadow Detail - Overall Picture Quality8. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Performance - VW350ES Brightness - Post Calibration Reference Mode - Affect of Zoom Lens, and Eco mode, on Brightness9. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector – Performance 2 - Audible Noise and Image Noise10. Sony VPL-VW350ES Projector – Calibration Page - Post Calibration Color Temperature - VPL-VW350ES Calibration - Pre-Calibration - Mike's General Notes on the VPL-VW350ES - Mike's Grayscale Calibration Notes on the VPL-VW350ES11. Sony VPL-VW350ES Projector Review – Advanced Calibration Information - Mike's CMS Calibration Notes - Lumen Output - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration) - CMS - Sony VPL-VW350ES Calibration Charts12. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review Summary - VPL-VW350ES: The Big Picture - The Competition - Pros - Cons13. Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector Review – Specifications Sony VPL-VW350ES 4K Home Theater Projector – Performance 2 Sony VPL-VW350ES Projector Review – Advanced Calibration Information