Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings Posted on July 16, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro8200 Special Features3. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Appearance - Pro8200 Control Panel - Pro8200 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro8200 Menus - Viewsonic Pro8200 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro8200 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Flesh Tones6. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 - Overall Color & Picture Quality7. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro8200 Brightness8. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise9. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro8200 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro8200 Basic Settings10. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - RGB Settings11. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Projector Screens - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Screen Recommendations12. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Competitors13. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Warranty14. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - The Bottom Line - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Typical Capabilities15. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Full Specifications We calibrate every home theater that we review. The Viewsonic Pro8200 received the usual treatment. I “played” with the Pro8200 for a couple of days, passed it off to Mike for calibration and measurements. 24 hours later, I’m back to watching it. Ours is a pretty standard calibration, there’s always more done by some of the “hi-end” calibrators. Our calibrations, including the Viewsonic Pro8200, are normally limited to a grayscale calibration, along with brightness, contrast, color saturation, etc. Only in very special circumstances will we calibrate the individual colors, in which case we discuss why. Let’s take a look at the numbers: Viewsonic Pro8200 Color Temperature Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration) 30 IRE 8172 50 IRE 7685 80 IRE 8142 100 IRE 7718 Before we provide our settings, let’s see what we started out with: Pre calibration, these are the color temperatures over the grayscale range: Header Content Brightest 1653 @ 7232 Standard 1529 @ 7718 Theater 1296 @ 7891 Dark Room 839 @ 7993 User 1 1108 @ 10280 User 2 1108 @ 10277 NOTE: There are three other color temps in addition to Mid, but Mid gives the highest lumen output. (By default, Dark Room is on Eco lamp. With Eco off, Dark Room has same lumens as Standard) Lumen Output (Eco Lamp On, Brightest): 1306 That represents a drop from 1653 lumens at full lamp power. The math says that’s a drop of an almost perfect 21%. Most projectors drop 20 to 25% when going to their eco – low lamp, power mode. Viewsonic Pro8200 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. Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis) Brightest Standard Theater Dark Room User 1 User 2 Contrast (52) 50 (48) 50 (48) 50 (48) 50 (48) 50 (48) 50 Brightness (45) 52 (49) 53 (49) 53 (49) 55 (49) 55 (49) 54 Color 50 50 50 50 50 50 Tint 50 50 50 50 50 50 Color Temp (Mid) (Mid) (Mid) (Mid) (Mid) (Mid) Gamma (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration) 20 IRE 6667 30 IRE 6607 40 IRE 6551 50 IRE 6553 60 IRE 6557 70 IRE 6509 80 IRE 6421 90 IRE 6401 100 IRE 6198 Average gamma= 2.18 Viewsonic Pro8200 Post Calibration Grayscale: Standard Mode 1. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro8200 Special Features3. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Appearance - Pro8200 Control Panel - Pro8200 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro8200 Menus - Viewsonic Pro8200 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro8200 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Flesh Tones6. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 - Overall Color & Picture Quality7. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro8200 Brightness8. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise9. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro8200 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro8200 Basic Settings10. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - RGB Settings11. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Projector Screens - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Screen Recommendations12. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Competitors13. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Warranty14. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - The Bottom Line - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Typical Capabilities15. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Full Specifications Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance 2 Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings 2