I have a question for those who professionally calibrate televisions. When you adjust a television's color temperature to be 6500K is that set for all user setups. For instance on my pioneer 5020, I have movie, dynamic, optimum, sport, game and standard. Prior to a calibration, I know the color temperature varies considerably from one to the other. But after calibration are they all set at a default of 6500K, or do you just adjust it for just one or two of those user choices?

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the more that is asked for the more it costs. Also limited to what the tv permits for calibration.

on the 5020 ... the movie mode is usually the one that is done. The other modes are wrong ... just different kinds of wrong.

regards

You can also request one memory to be set up for 5400K to be used for black and white films. This mimics the old carbon arc projectors which were in contemporay use in the days most B&W films were produced. That gives the picture a character typical in the day and anticipated by the film's producer. TV programs produced in the B&W days should be displayed with the video standard white point of D65.

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In your particular case, you have just 1 memory for color temperature - whatever it is set to will affect the other modes, but they won't be accurate.

For example... lets say from the factory, your Movie mode is 6150K (I hate using color temp since it doesn't take green into account at all, but it's easier to understand what's happening this way)... and let's say your Standard mode is 7700K (much too blue). Getting Movie mode to 6500K means increasing the color temp setting by 350K. That means Standard mode is likely to measure around 8050K (7700+350) after calibrating Movie mode.

This is how YOUR TV works - other TVs, even other Pioneers, may have a very different memory setup for grayscale. Some TVs have a separate memory for each mode. Some Pioneers not only have separate memories for each mode, but they ALSO have separate memories for each RESOLUTION so you can calibrate 480i and 480p the same or differently. You can calibrate 1080p for Blu-ray and do a different calibration for 1080i. Etc. You can't do that with your particular TV because it doesn't have all those extra memories.

In your particular case, you have just 1 memory for color temperature - whatever it is set to will affect the other modes, but they won't be accurate.

For example... lets say from the factory, your Movie mode is 6150K (I hate using color temp since it doesn't take green into account at all, but it's easier to understand what's happening this way)... and let's say your Standard mode is 7700K (much too blue). Getting Movie mode to 6500K means increasing the color temp setting by 350K. That means Standard mode is likely to measure around 8050K (7700+350) after calibrating Movie mode.

This is how YOUR TV works - other TVs, even other Pioneers, may have a very different memory setup for grayscale. Some TVs have a separate memory for each mode. Some Pioneers not only have separate memories for each mode, but they ALSO have separate memories for each RESOLUTION so you can calibrate 480i and 480p the same or differently. You can calibrate 1080p for Blu-ray and do a different calibration for 1080i. Etc. You can't do that with your particular TV because it doesn't have all those extra memories.

Thanks for the info! That is exactly what I was trying to figure out. Now I'm a little smarter today.