Calibrating a Television Set

[sanyasi]

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I would like to display my photos on our wall mounted television set when not watching television. So far the color rendition is terrible. In walking through the onscreen menus, I don't see a setting for color space, like sRGB. I find that adjusting some of the options--like saturation or brightness--doesn't work across all photographs.

 

Can a television set be color calibrated like a computer monitor? Does anyone have any experience with television set calibration that they can share?

 

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[wda]

I cannot answer your question, but have you embedded your image profiles by saving them with the files? That is no guarantee, but is a step often overlooked.

[erudolph]

FWIW, most HD TV is displayed in the Rec709 color space, which is approximately equal to sRGB. Most TVs out of the box have color temperature set towards the blue, to create an impression of greater brightness. You might try checking color temp to see if it can be set to something like Normal or Warm.

[sanyasi]

Yes. The question is whether the television reads those profiles. I do note that with the modern television monitors, there is often a usb port where you can load photos and do a slideshow. That would seem to leave the calibration/display to the TV. The question is what happens if you connect a computer directly to the TV. Is the interaction between the two the same as between a computer and more traditional computer monitor?

 

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[jedi996sps]

Yes. The question is whether the television reads those profiles. I do note that with the modern television monitors, there is often a usb port where you can load photos and do a slideshow. That would seem to leave the calibration/display to the TV. The question is what happens if you connect a computer directly to the TV. Is the interaction between the two the same as between a computer and more traditional computer monitor?

 

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No...well at least, not on mine. When connected via a hdmi cable, the colours on the TV are terrible. No, worse than terrible

[Luke_Miller]

Professional TV calibration services are available for those who are serious home theater enthusiasts. Just like computer monitor calibration, color patches are displayed on the TV and then "read" by a device attached to the screen.

[ruben_c]

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I've got a Spyder4PRO to calibrate my computer's screen and bought the TV upgrade to calibrate my home TV. Works good for home theatre purposes.

 

TV Calibration - Spyder - Imaging - Datacolor - Datacolor Imaging Solutions

[Rick]

Most "television sets" are not even close to being color calibrated. Most can not be calibrated to being even close to anything that is correct. Some of the plasma sets like the Pioneer Elite Pro series could be calibrated using colorimeters and software to display correct color.

 

If, I were you I would set up a separate profile in your set and adjust the picture as best you can for "eye pleasing" color. Save the profile in your set and use it when you want to have a screen saver.

 

I use the AppleTV puck and just let it link to my flicker site (anyone can use my flickr site as a screen saver) for screen saving. The color seems to be very good. I have plasma flat screens throughout the house and 9" front projection CRT in the theater. I set it up using one of these: http://www.curtpalme.com/ChromaPure_EyeOneDisplay3.shtm

http://www.curtpalme.com/ChromaPure.shtm

 

Anyway, you need to work with the settings in your set to get eye pleasing color. Also, your source has to be compatible with a flat screen. Get a good way to output video to your set from your photo files, like the Ap

[Bill Livingston]

Actually, almost any screen or projector can be calibrated...to a degree

 

The course that most custom installation companies and home theatre installers around the world send their installers and engineers to is this...

 

https://www.imagingscience.com/index.php

 

The course is run by Joel Silver and I attended one in Glasgow about ten years ago during my time at Linn. I also have attended ISF courses at CES and CEDIA in the US.

 

If you look at the link you will see here are courses all over the U.S. and Holland, China and Australia during 2015.

 

These courses are about as good as you will get anywhere in the world when it comes to setting your screen or projector for home cinema.

 

Whether that is what you need is another matter, but it possibly worth reading through the site to see...

 

Hope that helps... At least to a degree...

[pico]

We got one of the last very large Samsung tube TVs. It has sophisticated color tuning features, as well as a few presets. When tuned it is superior to any flat-screen TV I have tried. However, it is an energy sucker.

 

Recommendations for excellent, color tunable flat-screen units welcome!

[erudolph]

Hi Pico.... like you, I have an HD CRT. A 34" Sony with wonderful picture, weighing 200 pounds. I calibrate it through the service menus using a Minolta probe that cost about 5 or 6 thousand dollars but last year I was able to buy one off the auction site for $150. Unfortunately this probe will not work on any of the flat screen technologies.

 

About two years ago I helped a friend buy an LED tv and found a modestly priced LG that has RGB balance controls in 10 IRE steps from 0-100. Now if there was a cheap probe to measure those patches.

 

For doing some freelance work at home, I use a small OLED tv. Fantastic picture quality, no artifacts, etc. But it's only 24" and was quite expensive. A good calibration package now costs almost 7000 dollars. Like a Leica!