Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5100 LCD HDTV Review - Calibration

Calibration Summary
• Used Custom mode, which was close to ideal without any additional calibration. • Calibrated with DisplayMate.
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Calibration

Before we test anything, we first calibrate the TV. In order to do this, we use DisplayMate and a chromometer to set the contrast, brightness, and other settings. Our calibration procedure focuses on accurate colors and greyscale.

The chart below only lists things we've had to change. If the items were defaulted to the setting we ended up using, we didn't list it in the chart.

As you can see, we didn't have to change much. The Custom mode seems to be pretty accurately calibrated right out of the box.

Video Modes

The KDL-46Z5100 has the same four video modes of other Bravia models: Vivid, Custom, Standard, and Cinema. Below are descriptions of what each of these do.