hello sifus... wanna ask, I've been struggling to calibrate my hdtv.. i have read this guide and several ones on the net and the picture calibrated in my hdtv is not good enough... since I dun trust my eyes to correctly calibrate I've thinking to buy a colormeter (spyder 2 / spyder 3) and used it with hcfr.. is this an easy task ? have anyone try this?

james bond black and white opening scene to test?

I normally use casino royale to test the accuracy of the calibration. In this case as it was a dune with no bd drive. We tested using other scenes.

mine aslo same, my projector can only achieve <4 lumens. how about yrs?

Doc,

Post calibrated pjs rarely give high brightness. Some DLPs do give up to 15-17ft/L but they are normally high gain screens. The larger the screen the lower the brightness. The actual brightness also depends on the distance from the screen.

The highest white window/field I hv measured is about 15ft/L from the new X3/RS40. The numbers I typically get post calibration are anywhere between 3ft/L to a 15ft/L.

The darker the room the better the picture looks like. Also remember that a large screen with decent brightness always seems brighter to a smaller screen that is almost 10times brighter. This i because the size effect and the amount of light it illuminates on the screen.

The other alternative is using duo projector to double up the fl.

Same as u.

Great. I got a dark enough room and have a non 3d pj. Thanks for the useful advice jchong & pierreye.

92" at 11 feet