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Colour Calibration

Will write something in here later, I'm open for suggestions on best way to calibrate colour by eye with or without a blue filter.
(but if you want proper calibration you have to buy a display calibration kit.)

Sharpness

Make note of the current/default sharpness setting on your TV
Play "5-Sharpness & Overscan.mp4"
If sharpness is too high you will get white edging around the black boxes
If sharpness is too low then the fine lines will get a bit muddled.
On my TV I just leave sharpness at it's default setting
If you read a lot of text / webpages on your HTPC you probably want sharpness to be on the higher side of normal.

Checking overscan inside MediaPortal

We can check we have no overscan/underscan problems within MP by playing "5-Sharpness & Overscan.mp4".
The things to check within mediaportal are:
View Mode = Normal (Press F9 -> View Mode -> Normal)
Clipping is disabled (Watch Live TV -> Press F9 -> Clipping -> 0 pixels)
Screen UI is not clipped (Settings -> GUI -> Screen -> Screen calibration = 0,0)

Re-adjust

After changing all the colour settings, you may find you have to go back and readjust the brightness/contrast again.

<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 1001636" data-attributes="member: 76888">Colour Calibration&nbsp;Will write something in here later, I'm open for suggestions on best way to calibrate colour by eye with or without a blue filter.(but if you want proper calibration you have to buy a display calibration kit.)&nbsp;Sharpness&nbsp;Make note of the current/default sharpness setting on your TVPlay &quot;5-Sharpness &amp; Overscan.mp4&quot;If sharpness is too high you will get white edging around the black boxesIf sharpness is too low then the fine lines will get a bit muddled.On my TV I just leave sharpness at it's default settingIf you read a lot of text / webpages on your HTPC you probably want sharpness to be on the higher side of normal.&nbsp;Checking overscan inside MediaPortal&nbsp;We can check we have no overscan/underscan problems within MP by playing &quot;5-Sharpness &amp; Overscan.mp4&quot;.The things to check within mediaportal are:View Mode = Normal (Press F9 -&gt; View Mode -&gt; Normal)Clipping is disabled (Watch Live TV -&gt; Press F9 -&gt; Clipping -&gt; 0 pixels)Screen UI is not clipped (Settings -&gt; GUI -&gt; Screen -&gt; Screen calibration = 0,0)&nbsp;Re-adjust&nbsp;After changing all the colour settings, you may find you have to go back and readjust the brightness/contrast again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 1001636, member: 76888"] [SIZE=6]Colour Calibration[/SIZE] Will write something in here later, I'm open for suggestions on best way to calibrate colour by eye with or without a blue filter. (but if you want proper calibration you have to buy a display calibration kit.) [SIZE=6]Sharpness[/SIZE] Make note of the current/default sharpness setting on your TV Play "5-Sharpness & Overscan.mp4" If sharpness is too high you will get white edging around the black boxes If sharpness is too low then the fine lines will get a bit muddled. On my TV I just leave sharpness at it's default setting If you read a lot of text / webpages on your HTPC you probably want sharpness to be on the higher side of normal. [SIZE=6]Checking overscan inside MediaPortal[/SIZE] We can check we have no overscan/underscan problems within MP by playing "5-Sharpness & Overscan.mp4". The things to check within mediaportal are: View Mode = Normal (Press F9 -> View Mode -> Normal) Clipping is disabled (Watch Live TV -> Press F9 -> Clipping -> 0 pixels) Screen UI is not clipped (Settings -> GUI -> Screen -> Screen calibration = 0,0) [SIZE=6]Re-adjust[/SIZE] After changing all the colour settings, you may find you have to go back and readjust the brightness/contrast again. [/QUOTE]