Calibrating HDR - Blu-ray Forum

Safari Ken · 12-21-2018, 05:10 PM

Hello! I recently got a TCL 65r617 TV, and it's been spectacular. Way better than I'd expected, even. One of the first things I did, as with any TV, was calibrate the image using a blu-ray with test patterns (I forget the name of the disc offhand, but one of the main ones I guess). Like many TVs, the TCL has separate settings for each input and for HDR and SDR, Dolby Vision, etc.

Initially, I simply ported over the calibrated SDR settings to the HDR settings, and things look just swell. But then I did that for a Dolby Vision input, and it looked like garbage. I realized that Dolby Vision maybe shouldn't be calibrated, since it's already kinda calibrated in the first place. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but putting Dolby Vision on default made things look great again.

But that made me start thinking about the HDR calibration. I decided that I'd like to calibrate the HDR specifically, but I can't figure out a way to trick my TV into going into an HDR mode, while still seeing the test patterns.

So this was a long-winded way to ask, do any of you have any tips for calibrating HDR? Unlike Dolby Vision, I feel like it needs to be calibrated, but as good as it looks now, I'm the kind of guy who wants to make sure. But I'm also the kind of guy who doesn't have a lot of cash to spend on a hardware densitometer, just for this one thing.

Thanks!

12-21-2018, 05:10 PM	#1
Safari Ken Member Member since:Nov 2011 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:3	Calibrating HDR Hello! I recently got a TCL 65r617 TV, and it's been spectacular. Way better than I'd expected, even. One of the first things I did, as with any TV, was calibrate the image using a blu-ray with test patterns (I forget the name of the disc offhand, but one of the main ones I guess). Like many TVs, the TCL has separate settings for each input and for HDR and SDR, Dolby Vision, etc. Initially, I simply ported over the calibrated SDR settings to the HDR settings, and things look just swell. But then I did that for a Dolby Vision input, and it looked like garbage. I realized that Dolby Vision maybe shouldn't be calibrated, since it's already kinda calibrated in the first place. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but putting Dolby Vision on default made things look great again. But that made me start thinking about the HDR calibration. I decided that I'd like to calibrate the HDR specifically, but I can't figure out a way to trick my TV into going into an HDR mode, while still seeing the test patterns. So this was a long-winded way to ask, do any of you have any tips for calibrating HDR? Unlike Dolby Vision, I feel like it needs to be calibrated, but as good as it looks now, I'm the kind of guy who wants to make sure. But I'm also the kind of guy who doesn't have a lot of cash to spend on a hardware densitometer, just for this one thing. Thanks!

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