With their 2019 8-Series and 6-Series, TCL introduced the iPQ Calibration app. Designed to run on iOS devices and certain Android models, it is meant to help someone calibrate their TV without needing extra equipment or to hire a professional to do it for them. Now that the iOS version has been released, we decided to use it on our 2019 75” TCL 825 TV and see how it compares to … [Read more...] about TCL iPQ Calibration Compared and Reviewed
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Sony X900F Image Quality Review
We’re going to start looking at the image quality of a number of TVs for 2018 starting with the Sony X900F. This year I'm doing these in a different way than before as well. They aren’t a traditional review, where we care about the design, the user interface, the price, and so on. I cover that at Wirecutter and need to make this different. Instead, I’m just going to focus on … [Read more...] about Sony X900F Image Quality Review
What is a 3D LUT
What is a 3D LUT If you’re looking to get a new or in 2018, you’ve probably seen the announcements or read the specs for them. One feature on them you probably didn’t see, or maybe didn’t know much about, is the presence of a 3D LUT, or Cube LUT (Look-Up Table) with direct access. While many TVs have had 3D LUTs in their video pipeline for a while, the LG models are the first … [Read more...] about What is a 3D LUT
Color Volume: Measuring and Understanding What it Means
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. So what is color volume, and how should we … [Read more...] about Color Volume: Measuring and Understanding What it Means
Samsung SUHD Calibration
On April 2nd in New York, Samsung held a press event to celebrate the release of their SUHD TVs. While these have actually been shipping for a bit now, some of the other models were not officially announced yet and the prices were unknown. Far more interesting to me, and many of the reviewers on-hand, was a special event Samsung held before this. We got an in-depth class on … [Read more...] about Samsung SUHD Calibration