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 … [Read more...] about Sony X900F Image Quality Review
Calibration
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 … [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, … [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 … [Read more...] about Samsung SUHD Calibration
RGB: Full vs. Limited
When using a Blu-ray player or a video game system, you often have many color space selections to choose from. The most common choices available are YCbCr, 4:2:2, 4:4:4, RGB, RGB Full or Enhanced, and RGB Limited. For the most part they output the same content in different ways except for RGB Full. … [Read more...] about RGB: Full vs. Limited