Help with calibration - struggling with Saturation and Y value - HCFR / Eyeone LT / M

I have a Mitsubishi WD-73C11 which is the same as the WD-73640. It has full CMS system. I'm using and i1 (Eeyone LT / Eyeone Display 2 meter) and HCFR to do my calibraiton. My grey scale, color temperature and xy coordinates of primaries and secondaries are very accurate however my Y value and saturation can use some help.

I know the 100% white should have a Y of 100% but when I adjust the contrast to achieve this its too dim for my liking and the ftL is around 29. So I compromised by increasing the contrast to get a Y to 113 and the ftL to 33.

1. So my first question is: Is this a good Y / ftL compromise or is it more important to get my Y to 100 no matter what? I have a feeling my TV has some circuitry to limit above white output if that matters. When I look at blinking white clipping test patterns on AVS when I turn up the contrast to high I don't see above white, but the below white ones start getting a pinkish tint.

2. Or can I go for a 40 ftL, notate the 100% white Y value and then just adjust my primaries and secondaries based off rec 709 % of the white Y that they should be. I mean I'm basically just trying to get the following percentages for Y:R 21.26%, G 71.52% B 72.2%, Y 92.78%, C 78.74%, M 28.48%, right?


3. Also is, is the Y value the same as as as the ftL light output? Or are they just highly correlated? I ask this because I personally prefer a brighter / more saturated pictured so I'd prefer to have my ftL closer to 40 than 30. But despite what I do to the color control and the levels in the CMS if I push my contrast up to get closer to a 40 ftL my Y values always shoot up above the REC 709 spec. I can adjust down the intensity of color or the RGB's in the CMS down to get the Y lower but this also lowers the ftL independent of where I leave contrast.

I've attached my HCFR file as well as screen shots. I think with my controls I should be able to get my TV dead on the money across the board. If anyone can answer my questions and give me any pointers based on my calibration results I would be extremely grateful. If I'm missing something or not understanding things correctly please let me know. Thanks in advance.

 

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Thanks - that was very pertinent to what I'm trying to achieve. My 100% color saturation is very accurate but 25, 50, and 75 are all off. I'm going to re-calibrate using the 75% targets.

How about my 100% white Y. Is it OK to set it higher than 100 to get my desired ftL closer to 40?

I adjusted my CMS at 75% saturation. I'm gettinga flatter response from 0 - 75 at the expense of a little oversaturation @ 100%. I think it looks a little better subjectively.

Did I hit a respectable compromise or I can I tweak further. Some of the Y values were impossible to get on target when getting the RGB percentages and xy coordinates as close as possible. Green in particular is little off.

Results attached

I hear you. I know the i1 is low end. To avoid the cost of buying an expensive one I may look into renting an accurate spectro so I can generate offsets to calibrate my i1 or maybe just rent a better meter and use it for my calibrations directly.

Subjectively, the colors look much more balanced and properly saturated than at default settings so I think I'm definitely better than if I did nothing.

Oops I was a decimal place off on blue. thanks for pointing that out. Also, thanks for verifying that Y values for RGBCYM are all relative to Y for 100% IRE white.