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Intro
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01.Tour & Design
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02.Blacks & Whites
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03.Color Accuracy
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04.Motion
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05.3D
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06.Viewing Effects
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07.Calibration
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08.Remote Control
Optoma HD66
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Remote Control
Calibration
Our calibrated settings for movie use produce good color, but the screen brightness is rather low.
Calibration
Projectors are designed to be used in a variety of situations, such as showing a movie in a darkened room or showing a business presentation in a bright office. There is no single set of calibrated settings that will produce the best results for all situations, so we create a set of calibrated settings for one purpose: watching movies. In calibrating this way, our aim is to find the best balance of screen brightness and color accuracy for watching movies and TV in a dark setting. For this projector, as well as tweaking the brightness and color settings, we turned off the BrilliantColor setting, as this produced problems getting accurate color.
If you are looking to show a presentation in a conference room, you’d be better off using the built-in modes that come with this projector, such as the Presentation or Bright modes.
| Calibration Settings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Setting | Default | Calibrated |
| Brightness | 50 | 42 |
| Contrast | 50 | 54 |
| BrilliantColor | 10 | Off |
Video Modes
The HD66 offers 8 display modes, including two custom modes.
| Mode | What it Does |
|---|---|
| Presentation | Maximizes brightness and color saturation |
| Bright | Maximizes brightness at the cost of color accuracy and highlight detail |
| Movie | Most accurate color response, but lowered brightness |
| sRGB | Swtiches to sRGB color gamut. Best for computer video sources |
| Blackboard | Alters color for projecting onto a green blackboard |
| Classroom | Maximizes brightness and color saturation |
| Read Reviews of Comparison Products | ||
|---|---|---|
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