Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Calibration and Settings Posted on July 24, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Viewsonic Pro9000 Home Theater Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro9000 Special Features - Pro9000 LED/Laser Light Engine - Picture In Picture - Pro9000 Projector 2D Only - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Management System3. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Appearance - Pro9000 Control Panel - Pro9000 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro9000 Menus - Viewsonic Pro9000 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro9000 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen5. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro9000 Out of the Box Picture Quality6. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Flesh Tones7. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 3 - Pro9000 Black Levels - Pro9000 Black Levels - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Pro9000 Projector - Bottom Line8. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 4 - Viewsonic Pro9000 - Overall Color & Picture Quality9. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 5 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV and Sports10. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Pre-Calibration Color temp, User 1 Mode11. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Brightness - Post Calibration: User 1 "best" mode = 448 lumens - Pro9000 Projector Low Lamp Mode12. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 3 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise13. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro9000 Basic Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Pro9000 User Mode - Pro9000 RGB Settings14. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Projector Screens15. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Competitors16. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Warranty17. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - The Bottom Line - Pro9000 Color and Overall Picture Quality18. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Pro9000 projector - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Typical Capabilities19. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Full Specifications Virtually every home projector we review gets calibrated. Note we do not calibrate many all-in-one, and gaming projectors. This Viewsonic Pro9000 is typical, though and gets calibrated. Our calibrations, including this Viewsonic Pro9000, are normally limited to a grayscale calibration, along with brightness, contrast, color saturation, tint (where applicable), etc. Only in very special circumstances will we calibrate the individual colors, in which case we discuss why. (If you hire a professional calibrator, they will normally calibrate those individual colors in the CMS.) Here are some pre-calibration numbers for the Viewsonic Pro9000, our calibration settings, and the final results. Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Temperature Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration) 30 IRE 7357 7050 50 IRE 7342 7087 80 IRE 7339 7057 100 IRE 7369 7360 Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom) Reference 1044 @ 7369 TV 1054 @ 7356 Cinema Film 1 1047 @ 7360 Cinema Film 2 773 @ 6112 User 1054 @ 7357 Game 1281 @ 7815 Photo 794 @ 6121 Bright Cinema 1132 @ 8477 Bright TC 1131 @ 8480 Viewsonic Pro9000 Basic SettingsWhile we have a complete set of Mike’s measurements, I’m going to hold off publishing them, as we wait for a full production Pro 9000 projector to arrive. I suspect that the next version of the projector will calibrate differently, and therefore, these would not be relevant. Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis): Viewsonic Pro9000 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode Post-Calibration color temps, 20 – 100 IRE Pro9000 User Mode Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration) v Mike’s notes (pre-production projector): Preset gamma curves need work. Gamma is right around 2.2 until you get to 90 IRE and it drops off to 1.5, making the average 2.11 (see grayscale chart). They’re really all over the place. Also, only having full range RGB controls makes it difficult to get a good grayscale balance. Green is in abundance at the higher IREs and absent at lower IREs, so you have to balance it as best you can without making grays look purple or red. The CIE chart shows pretty good color except for blue and magenta, which are not very accurate. It’s only really noticeable in test patterns though. Mike also noted: The User 2setting don’t seem to retain their starting picture modes, even though they retain the settings. If you leave User 2 mode, when you go back to it, it’s not the same. Art’s Notes: Viewsonic advises that this issue of a flakey User 2, has been addressed and fixed. We will confirm when the new Pro 9000 projector arrives Pro9000 RGB SettingsCalibration settings for User: Color Temp on Custom 3, Iris off, Gamma on Off, Color Space on BT.709, Color on 44, all other settings on default or as previously stated. 1. Viewsonic Pro9000 Home Theater Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro9000 Special Features - Pro9000 LED/Laser Light Engine - Picture In Picture - Pro9000 Projector 2D Only - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Management System3. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Appearance - Pro9000 Control Panel - Pro9000 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro9000 Menus - Viewsonic Pro9000 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro9000 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen5. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro9000 Out of the Box Picture Quality6. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Flesh Tones7. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 3 - Pro9000 Black Levels - Pro9000 Black Levels - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Pro9000 Projector - Bottom Line8. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 4 - Viewsonic Pro9000 - Overall Color & Picture Quality9. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 5 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV and Sports10. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Pre-Calibration Color temp, User 1 Mode11. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Brightness - Post Calibration: User 1 "best" mode = 448 lumens - Pro9000 Projector Low Lamp Mode12. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 3 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise13. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro9000 Basic Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Pro9000 User Mode - Pro9000 RGB Settings14. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Projector Screens15. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Competitors16. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Warranty17. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - The Bottom Line - Pro9000 Color and Overall Picture Quality18. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Pro9000 projector - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Typical Capabilities19. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Full Specifications Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 3 Viewsonic Pro9000 – Projector Screens