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Calibrating Televisions and Projectors

15th September 2015 Colour Management & Lighting

IMPORTANT - here we are specifically talking about televisions and projectors NOT attached to computers (e.g. TVs showing broadcast TV, playing a Bluray via a Bluray player, or using a home theatre mini-PC not running a full operating system (like Kodi boxes, Android TV boxes, Apple TVs etc). If your TV/Projector is connected to a regular computer, you just use the software that comes with your calibrator to calibrate it - but if there is no computer, this can of course not be done).



Televisions can be calibrated in a similar way to monitors to give a more accurate, true to life colour. If you already have a good monitor calibrator then you may already have most of what you need to calibrate your TV. It is an excellent way of squeezing more value out of something you already own.

There are also a number of after-market software packages, almost of  all of which are compatible with the Calibrite Display Plus HL (the best sensor for modern, high contrast displays).

Essentially it works like this:

  • Purchase a software package & a calibration target that is compatible with your current monitor calibrator (note that some TVs, e.g. Panasonic and LG OLEDs, often have calibration systems built in now, so you may only need to get a license for this instead of buying an after-market package).
  • Plug your calibrator into a computer you can bring near to your TV (a laptop is perfect).
  • The software then guides you through taking measurements of your TV, and gives instructions on the necessary adjustments you need to make to bring your screen toward accurate display.

You can find much more advanced information on this web forum - AVS Forum

The 'sticky' threads at the top are the most useful part. As you'll see it can get quite complex if you want it to, but the basic ideas and processes are pretty simple.

Have fun!

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