Calibration, calibration, calibration ...

To me, no point of owning a Ferrari if the car did not get a proper engine tuning. Same goes to HT, without a proper calibration (colour & sound) you will not able to maximize the full potential of your system. Recently I bought a colorimeter from Amazon. X-Rite i1 is a small and compact colorimeter, very affordable for a beginner like me. The setup is very simple, just attach the meter to the tripod and point the sensor to the projector or TV screen and hook up the meter's USB cable to the Notebook or PC. You need a proper software to interpret the data from the meter. I am using ColorHCFR software. More details about Greyscale and Colour Calibration can be found here.

Hardwares needed:

• Colorimeter
• Notebook or PC
• Tripod
  

Software needed:

• ColorHCFR or other calibration softwares
• Video test patterns
  

Click here on my previous sharing about sound calibration.

















Greyscale Calibration results:

• Top - after calibration
• Bottom - before calibration