PSP to SXRD 1080 calibration

[Derb]

Having viewed a few PSP films I am 100% satisfied with its calibration on the medium brightness level. The PSP has only 3 brightness levels & I have found medium to be the best. I watched a bit of Armageddon & was floored by how natural skin tones were as well blacks & detail. So I went to work on my HDTV to match the PSP calibration & I am very pleased with the results. First, I threw in my DVD copy (first release) of Armageddon on my HD DVD XA2 model player upconverted to 1080p & played back the UMD at the same time. I paused the same scene on both the HD player & PSP & went to work on getting accurate color representation & skin tone. The UMD actually has a better transfer than the DVD I got. Once I matched color, detail, skin tone, cloths, I than moved on to a high-def release. Training Day I found that blacks were not as solid & there was a tiny bit of over contrast which made colors a tad weaker than the PSP. One level up on the Iris setting fixed that & a gamma setting as well. I also synced the movie on both the HD player & PSP. The end result is near perfect calibration, in fact the picture has bit more warmth on the HDTV than the PSP while maintaining perfect skin tones. If you would like to try these settings be my guest & feedback is appreciated. Just write down your settings first just in case these are not for you.

Here goes;

HD DVD XA2 player (Default picture mode)
PSP Lite (Medium brightness)

Sony SXRD

Power Saving - On
Color Matrix - Standard
Custom Picture Mode
Iris - Low
Picture - 53
Brightness - 60
Color - 41
hue - 0
Color Temp - Warm 2
Sharpness - 90
Noise Reduction - Off

Advanced settings

Black Corrector - Off
Gamma - Off
Clear White - Off
Live Color - Off
White Balance;
RG = -8
GG = -10
BG = -2
RB = -7
GB = -3
BB = -2
Detail Enhancer - Off
Edge Enhancement - Off

Took me well over 3 hours but was worth it!

Enjoy!

[tomdkat]

Why do you consider the PSP display to be "calibrated"? Sure, you might like the picture but lots of people love their uncalibrated TVs.

Peace...

[Derb]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

Why do you consider the PSP display to be "calibrated"? Sure, you might like the picture but lots of people love their uncalibrated TVs.

Peace...

I thought I made it clear above.

Anyway the PSP is already professionally calibrated. Skin tones look 100% natural & vivid colors bring out fine detail in clothing & backgrounds when viewed on the PSP itself. What isn't perfect may be some UMD transfers, but aside from that everything else if flawless. Trying to get that flawless look on a HDTV isn't easy so I thought I'd share my findings.

True, there are probably lots of non-videophiles who actually own a 1080p set, but for those who are & own any SXRD panel, I thought some may take interest.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Derb

I thought I made it clear above.

You didn't address the PSP calibration much other than stating it was.

Anyway the PSP is already professionally calibrated.

And you know this how????

Skin tones look 100% natural & vivid colors bring out fine detail in clothing & backgrounds when viewed on the PSP itself. What isn't perfect may be some UMD transfers, but aside from that everything else if flawless. Trying to get that flawless look on a HDTV isn't easy so I thought I'd share my findings.

That's cool but the thing is a 1080p HDTV will be a different beast than the PSP display. What would be interesting is to have you perform an Avia or DVE video calibration of your TV and see if the color settings you got from the PSP match the SMPTE settings on the calibration DVDs.

Peace...

[Derb]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

You didn't address the PSP calibration much other than stating it was.

And you know this how????

That's cool but the thing is a 1080p HDTV will be a different beast than the PSP display. What would be interesting is to have you perform an Avia or DVE video calibration of your TV and see if the color settings you got from the PSP match the SMPTE settings on the calibration DVDs.

Peace...

WoW. Ok than.

Your right, I didn't address why I know its 100% calibrated.

I tried out Joe's HD DVD DVE, but I prefer my ISF tech's settings better & I prefer my latest settings better than my ISF tech's. I've tried out 2 different SXRD panels & have gotten the same results with the above posted settings.

Color is tricky to calibrate on a SXRD panel as there isn't just 1 setting. There are 9 different color settings which can be tweaked & thats not even going into the service menu! btw, I didn't go into the service menu JFYI. I found it wasn't necessary sinse I got my HDTV 99% as close to the PSP "default" calibration. The only difference is my HDTV has a tad more warmth to the image than the PSP after using the above settings.

So when are you going to try these settings out on your SXRD panel Tom?

[Iguana Man]

I appolgize in advance.


Is the PSP that little turd? That little screen about 3" wide? Are we saying Derb used that screen as a guide of any sorts to calibrate his real display?

This thread is either a complete joke or I've lost my mind...again.

[Pirate]

Iggy, the PSP has a 4.3" 16x9 screen and if you duct tape it to your face, it's just like having a 100" screen.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Iguana Man

I appolgize in advance.


Is the PSP that little turd? That little screen about 3" wide? Are we saying Derb used that screen as a guide of any sorts to calibrate his real display?

This thread is either a complete joke or I've lost my mind...again.

Yep indeedee. Content on that little screen looks better than any High-def content on any size HDTV.

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by Derb

Yep indeedee. Content on that little screen looks better than any High-def content on any size HDTV.

So... a UMD at 480p looks better than any title in 1080p on any HDTV? Are you talking about just the color saturation?

[Derb]

Originally Posted by piratehunter

So... a UMD at 480p looks better than any title in 1080p on any HDTV? Are you talking about just the color saturation?

I thought only color saturation was flawless on the PSP UMDs. Once I put in Training Day, I noticed fine background object detail didn't look anything like 480 SD as well. Detail easily matched my HD DVD of Training Day & I noticed more detail on the actors clothing than the HD DVD! Maybe because of the size of the screen. 300k pixels is a lot for a 4.3" display. Whatever the reason, I wasn't happy with my ISF tech's calibration, so I went to work matching the PSP to HDTV as close as I could. Still Training Day on the UMD looks slightly better but not night & day.

Oh, 3 of the 9 color settings are match to CNET, & well as my calibration wizard who I now must terminate.

Wondering if anyone has attempted to try these settings instead of making this thread look like spam?

[Iguana Man]

Originally Posted by Derb

Yep indeedee. Content on that little screen looks better than any High-def content on any size HDTV.

Yeah, and if I squint at something it too looks better! Are you MAD? Seriously, I ain't accusing you of spam, but......wow.....here I thought I was the lone local drunk.

Well....good for you and good luck..oh wait, luck? BWAW-HAWHAWHAW!

Derb, it's Friday night and the beatings will probably continue even without me.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Iguana Man

Yeah, and if I squint at something it too looks better! Are you MAD? Seriously, I ain't accusing you of spam, but......wow.....here I thought I was the lone local drunk.

Well....good for you and good luck..oh wait, luck? BWAW-HAWHAWHAW!

Derb, it's Friday night and the beatings will probably continue even without me.

Thanks.

Next time I find a hidden jem, I won't share it.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Derb

Your right, I didn't address why I know its 100% calibrated.

Ok, care to address that at some point?

I tried out Joe's HD DVD DVE, but I prefer my ISF tech's settings better & I prefer my latest settings better than my ISF tech's. I've tried out 2 different SXRD panels & have gotten the same results with the above posted settings.

That's cool but preferences and what is technically "correct" are two different things. One might prefer an image with blooming reds since they think that's "rich color" when it's technically not "correct". Since the calibration DVDs come with industry standard SMPTE patterns, I would be interested to find out how the PSP-based settings compared with the industry standard patterns. Before we did the Avia video calibration on my dad's Vizio 1080p 42" LCD HDTV, he thought the colors were beautiful. The Avia color pattern demonstrated the colors were WAY off, despite how they looked when watching content.

Color is tricky to calibrate on a SXRD panel as there isn't just 1 setting. There are 9 different color settings which can be tweaked & thats not even going into the service menu! btw, I didn't go into the service menu JFYI. I found it wasn't necessary sinse I got my HDTV 99% as close to the PSP "default" calibration. The only difference is my HDTV has a tad more warmth to the image than the PSP after using the above settings.

Ok.

So when are you going to try these settings out on your SXRD panel Tom?

Well, I guess I'll have to set a SXRD panel first but I'm not sure if I want a LCoS set instead of a DLP set. If I could borrow your SXRD panel, I could try the settings out and compare the results with Avia or DVE patterns and see how things differed.

Peace...

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by piratehunter

Iggy, the PSP has a 4.3" 16x9 screen and if you duct tape it to your face, it's just like having a 100" screen.

Peace...

[Derb]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

That's cool but preferences and what is technically "correct" are two different things. One might prefer an image with blooming reds since they think that's "rich color" when it's technically not "correct". Since the calibration DVDs come with industry standard SMPTE patterns, I would be interested to find out how the PSP-based settings compared with the industry standard patterns. Before we did the Avia video calibration on my dad's Vizio 1080p 42" LCD HDTV, he thought the colors were beautiful. The Avia color pattern demonstrated the colors were WAY off, despite how they looked when watching content.

I agree one's preference's can be way off to technically "correct" calibrated settings. This was not just a few minor tweaks. Below is what I had my settings before & I was getting blooming reds so much so all actors looked like they had bad sun burn. Only when viewing 480p content though.

Power Saving - off
Color Matrix - Standard
Iris: Medium
Picture: 73
Brightness: 53
Color: 55
Hue: 0
CT: Warm 2
Sharpness: 45
NR: Medium
BC: Low
G: Off
CW: Off
WB: Default
LC: High
DE: Max
EE: Off

Quite the switch if you compare to the above. So far I've watched numerous dvds & high-def titles with the settings in the first post & all is good.