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Sony X900F Image Quality Review

July 27, 2018 by Chris Heinonen 30 Comments

We use CalMAN and advanced measurement tools to see the image quality of the Sony X900F stands up in both SDR and HDR.

Color Volume: Measuring and Understanding What it Means

April 11, 2017 by Chris Heinonen 2 Comments

Coming out of CES 2017, one of the key things you heard thrown around from manufacturers was Color Volume. For the past few years, we’ve heard companies talk about what percentage of the DCI/P3 or Rec.2020 color gamuts they cover, but those are 2D measurements. Color volume adds the third dimension, brightness, to the measurement. […]

UltraHD Blu-ray Database

January 22, 2016 by Chris Heinonen 2 Comments

In March 2016 we finally see the launch of the UltraHD Blu-ray player format with a $400 player from Samsung and titles from many studios. These UltraHD discs will likely be the best sources of UltraHD content at home. This new format offers 10-bits per pixel instead of the 8-bits of Blu-ray for better gradients […]

Touring CNet’s Testing Labs

March 24, 2014 by Chris Heinonen Leave a Comment

The testing setup that I am always in awe of it the one that CNet has. While most of us have to do our testing in a vacuum and rely on subjective memory or our objective test data, CNet has access to almost all the recent, popular displays. The room design enables them to do […]

Which Gamma is Correct?

March 10, 2014 by Chris Heinonen 1 Comment

As 2014 TVs begin coming out, I’ve been rethinking how I properly attempt to calibrate them. While measuring the grayscale and color gamut are easy, picking the correct gamma is hard to decide. There are many factors that come into play, from the room and environment to the capabilities of the display itself. It makes […]

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