What is a 3D LUT If you’re looking to get a new LG 8-series OLED or SK-series LCD TV 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) … [Read more...] about What is a 3D LUT
Calibration
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
Gamut CIE: Stop Using This Chart!
Everyone needs to stop using the Gamut CIE chart on its own. Home Theater still uses it alone. Same with Projector Central. Many other publications and websites do as well. Some might run it with a matching luminance chart, but not most. They don't include a DeltaE chart to show errors. There is no … [Read more...] about Gamut CIE: Stop Using This Chart!