RICKYJ

I will use this blog to keep a list of our demo products:

Projectors

Optoma HD33
Epson TW6000
Epson TW9000
JVC X30

Projector screens

Draper React II Dimplomat 104"
Beamax A velvet 84"
Optoma pull up screen 92"
Various other screen samples from Dalite, SI Black Diamond 1.4....

Bluray Players

OPPO BDP93EU Player
OPPO BDP95EU Player

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I will be using this blog so that people can keep up-to-date with the current version of ChromaPure.

The current version is 2.2.12, available here as at 19 March 2012

One of the most common questions we get asked is what meter should I be using to calibrate my TV, so I thought I would cover some of the basics here:

Spyder3

These are now out of production, so care should be taken ordering a new meter, as it is likely to have been sitting around in a warehouse.

This is datacolors primary meter, and comes in 4 forms Express, TV, Pro & Elite. The differences being the software provided.

It's main flaw...

Within the projector world, people after talk about a dynamic iris and contrast ratios, so this blog is to try and explain what is meant by these terms:

Contrast

On/off contrast is the difference between the lowest black and highest (calibrated) white that a display can show in any 2 frames. This is usually shown as a ratio, i.e. 1:5000.

ANSI contrast is the difference between the lowest black and highest (calibrated) white that a display can show in...

Setting the contrast, is made up of two steps.

1. The first step is to use the contrast pattern (see below), and lower the contrast (after selecting the contrast bar in the picture menu, as shown above and then press left on the remote). Start by setting white-level very low so you can easily see the bars flash. Ideally you would want to see all the numbered bars 223-253 flash on these two patterns at a low setting, but in some situations the bars numbered 235-253 may never flash....