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TV Calibration Workflow: Measure, Adjust, and Verify

Measured calibration is a controlled loop: define the target, verify the system, establish a baseline, adjust only where the broad result improves, and validate every relevant signal state.

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Direct answer

In brief

A defensible TV calibration workflow begins by documenting the television, signal, room, mode, meter correction, generator, and target. Measure stability and repeatability, capture a full baseline, verify black, white, clipping, luminance, EOTF, grayscale, and color, then adjust only through the manual, AutoCal, or LUT controls actually supported by the display. Calibrate SDR, PQ, HLG, and Game Mode separately, run comparable post measurements plus expanded validation, and stop when further changes no longer produce a repeatable broad improvement.

This is the third and final article in the measurement sidebar.

You have chosen a measurement system.

You have learned how to read its report.

The remaining question is:

How do you move from an untouched television to a measured and validated result without chasing one chart into a worse picture?

The answer is not one fixed sequence of buttons.

It is a controlled loop:

  1. define
  2. measure
  3. adjust
  4. remeasure
  5. validate
  6. stop when the broad result no longer improves

The practical answer

Use this sequence as a framework:

  1. Record the television’s original state.
  2. Define the source, input, room, mode, and target.
  3. Configure and verify the meter, correction, generator, and software.
  4. Stabilize the display and measurement system.
  5. Confirm repeatability.
  6. Measure the starting state.
  7. Verify range, black, white, clipping, and SDR luminance.
  8. Select the closest global EOTF and color-space state.
  9. Adjust coarse grayscale and luminance response.
  10. Use multipoint controls only after mapping their behavior.
  11. Adjust CMS only when it improves a broad color set without artifacts.
  12. Use AutoCal only through the exact supported workflow.
  13. Calibrate SDR, PQ, HLG, and Game Mode separately.
  14. Run post-calibration measurements under comparable conditions.
  15. Run expanded validation.
  16. Check ramps, clipping, black, real content, and mode switching.
  17. Save the state and report.
  18. Stop before numerical overfitting damages the image.
A circular six-stage television calibration loop moves through Define, Measure, Adjust, Remeasure, Validate, and Stop. A branch from Validate returns to Adjust when the broad result improves, while Stop is reached when the target, capability, control, tradeoff, or repeatability limit has been reached.
A defensible calibration process repeats measurement and verification instead of following one universal button sequence.

One workflow, several branches

The workflow changes according to the calibration method.

Manual television controls

You adjust:

Automated television controls

Software writes supported controls or internal tables.

The exact controls depend on:

External LUT

You profile the display and create:

The LUT can reside in:

Measurement only

Sometimes the starting mode already meets the chosen tolerance.

The correct action is to document it and stop.

A common documented baseline branches into five calibration paths: manual television controls, AutoCal through supported interfaces, a one-dimensional LUT, a three-dimensional LUT, and measurement without adjustment. Each path returns to validation, and a warning says no branch is automatically superior.
Manual, AutoCal, 1D LUT, 3D LUT, and measurement-only workflows are distinct and all require validation.

Decide the scope

Before changing anything, write down what you are calibrating.

Signal

Source

Mode

Room

Goal

Examples:

Do not calibrate an undefined target.

Record the original state

Save:

Use:

This record is the return path.

A calibration session record is organized into ten fields: television model, firmware, source, input or application, signal format, room, picture mode, settings, meter and correction, and pattern generator. A return-path box says photographs, screenshots, exported sessions, and written notes preserve the original state.
A calibration baseline requires display, source, signal, room, mode, meter, correction, generator, and settings metadata.

Select the starting picture mode

Start with modes that appear designed for lower processing and closer reference behavior.

Measure more than one candidate when practical.

Choose the mode that provides:

The mode name is not the result.

Reset or preserve

Reset the picture mode when:

Preserve the current state when:

Document the choice.

Control optional processing

Hold constant or disable features that change patches unpredictably.

Examples can include:

Do not disable:

Calibrate the intended operational state.

A two-column diagram separates optional or adaptive picture processing from required signal and panel operations. Optional examples include ambient adaptation, contrast enhancement, color boost, and energy saving. Required or protective examples include decoding, scaling, color conversion, panel mapping, and protection. A note says the goal is a stable declared state, not zero processing.
Optional adaptive features can change patches, while decoding, color conversion, mapping, and protection can be required for the intended mode.

Choose the room

SDR reference-oriented mode

ITU-R BT.2035 specifies a professional HDTV reference environment with D65, controlled surroundings, 100 cd/m² reference white, and BT.1886. [4]

A home does not become that facility merely by lowering the lights.

The reference provides a target framework.

HDR reference-oriented mode

BT.2100-3 specifies a neutral D65 surround, 5 cd/m² surround luminance, no light falling on the screen, and reference display parameters for critical HDR viewing. [2]

A consumer television can require display mapping.

Day adaptation

Create a separate mode when daytime viewing requires:

Do not overwrite the reference-oriented baseline.

Configure the meter

Record:

Correction

Use:

The correction should match the display and meter to the extent practical. [14]

Position

Record:

Validate the pattern generator

The generator must produce the intended:

SDR

Confirm:

HDR10

Confirm:

HLG

Confirm:

Actual path

Calibrate the path used in normal viewing when possible.

An internal generator can test internal tables without proving the HDMI path.

An external generator can test the input path.

A horizontal trust chain runs from calibration software to pattern generator, HDMI or internal path, television input processing, displayed patch, and meter. Risk callouts mark range, bit depth, transfer function, metadata, patch size, timing, and unintended color management. A warning states that a correct meter cannot repair an invalid patch.
Calibration depends on correct code values, range, format, transfer function, metadata, patch size, and timing through the actual path.

Do not assume 4:4:4

Use the format the workflow supports and documents.

For a computer monitor or PC input, verify 4:4:4 where full chroma is required.

For video, a valid Y′CbCr path can be appropriate.

The requirement is accurate decoding.

Stabilize the display

There is no universal timer.

Spears & Munsil uses approximately 15 minutes in its consumer-disc workflow. [15]

Light Illusion guides commonly suggest 20 to 30 minutes. [10][11]

Portrait’s published warm-up data show that selected displays took longer to meet a strict drift criterion. [12]

Better method

Display a suitable moving image or stabilization sequence.

Measure a stable patch repeatedly.

Record:

Begin when drift is acceptable for the intended accuracy.

A conceptual time plot shows repeated white-patch luminance measurements drifting rapidly after startup, then approaching an acceptable drift band. A fixed thirty-minute vertical line is crossed out because the display may stabilize before or after that time. A checklist adds chromaticity, meter preparation, long-run stabilization, and a workflow-specific drift criterion.
Warm-up guidance differs among workflows, so repeated luminance and chromaticity measurements provide the defensible criterion.

Stabilize during long runs

A long measurement run can heat or cool the display differently from normal content.

Use the software’s supported:

Record them.

Confirm repeatability

Measure several patches repeatedly:

Do not adjust from readings that vary more than the improvement being pursued.

Possible causes include:

Select targets

SDR

State:

BT.1886 uses exponent 2.4 and measured black and white luminance. [1]

PQ

State:

HLG

State:

Do not mix PQ and HLG.

Build the baseline

Measure before adjusting.

A baseline should include enough information to answer:

Minimum SDR baseline

Minimum PQ baseline

Minimum HLG baseline

System baseline

Six baseline panels cover system state, black and white, grayscale, EOTF, color, and HDR behavior. Each panel lists measurements needed before adjustment. A warning says an unusual baseline should first trigger a system check for mode, target, range, correction, generator, stability, or hidden processing.
A useful baseline includes state, dynamic range, grayscale, EOTF, color, HDR behavior, repeatability, and capability.

Treat an unusual baseline as a question

Possible explanations include:

Verify the system before correcting the television.

Set signal range

Use PLUGE and signal verification.

Confirm:

Do this before fine grayscale.

Set white and clipping

For SDR, verify:

After high-end white-balance changes, recheck clipping.

Set SDR luminance

Adjust the panel-light control to the declared target.

Names can include:

Do not use Contrast as the first luminance control unless the television’s design requires it.

Changing luminance later can alter the calibration.

Select the closest global EOTF

Use the television’s global setting to approach the target before multipoint correction.

Examples:

Measure the actual result.

The label is not proof.

Manual two-point white balance

Two-point controls often include:

Portrait describes high levels typically between 70 percent and full white and low levels typically around 20 to 30 percent. [7]

Those are starting ranges.

Map the controls

Change one value slightly.

Measure:

Restore the value.

Now you know the approximate influence.

High-end adjustment

Use measured RGB balance and luminance. [16]

Possible strategies include:

After adjustment, check:

Low-end adjustment

Use a level that is above meter noise and within the control’s useful influence.

After adjustment, check:

Loop high and low

Portrait’s manual workflow tells the user to recheck high after low because the controls can interact. [5]

Repeat until:

A conceptual grayscale influence plot shows a low white-balance control affecting a broad dark-to-midtone region and a high control affecting a broad midtone-to-white region, with substantial overlap. Separate checkpoints at black, selected low level, selected high level, and clipping show why high and low adjustments must be repeated rather than treated as exact endpoints.
High and low white-balance controls can overlap, so black, white, clipping, EOTF, and both regions require repeated checks.

Manual multipoint grayscale

Do not begin until the two-point and global EOTF state are reasonable.

Map the menu

Determine:

Use a patch set that matches the real control points where possible. [10]

Adjust in small steps

For each point:

  1. Measure the full series.
  2. Select one problem region.
  3. Make a small change.
  4. Measure the point and neighbors.
  5. Recheck luminance.
  6. Continue only if the broad result improves.

Recheck the complete series

Portrait’s multipoint guide requires a final complete grayscale run. [6]

Also check:

A comparison shows television menu labels at 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 percent above actual measured influence curves that are offset and overlapping. Arrows connect each menu point to a broader region rather than one exact patch. A checklist says to map level, neighbors, range, contrast dependence, SDR or HDR behavior, and firmware state before extensive multipoint adjustment.
Multipoint controls can affect neighboring levels and depend on signal range, contrast, format, firmware, and display architecture.

Grayscale and EOTF are linked

A white-balance control can change luminance.

A luminance or gamma control can change RGB balance.

Light Illusion’s manual guide explicitly tells the calibrator to reverify EOTF after grayscale because the brightness can change. [10]

Use an iterative loop:

  1. EOTF
  2. grayscale
  3. EOTF
  4. grayscale
  5. clipping and black
A five-stage loop moves from EOTF measurement to RGB balance adjustment, back to EOTF measurement, back to RGB balance adjustment, and then to black and clipping checks. Side notes explain that white-balance controls can change luminance and luminance controls can change channel balance.
RGB adjustments can change luminance, and gamma or EOTF controls can change RGB balance, requiring a repeated loop.

Near-black workflow

Near black is not a place to chase one unstable number.

Use:

Stop if a numerical improvement creates:

Decide whether to use CMS

Measure first.

Leave CMS at default when:

Portrait’s 2020-2024 Samsung guide says CMS AutoCal results can be better or worse depending on the display model. [13]

A decision tree begins with measuring the default color state. It asks whether the broad result is already adequate, whether one small CMS control change improves endpoints and saturation sweeps, whether grayscale and EOTF remain stable, and whether ramps remain smooth. The final outcomes are leave default, keep the measured change, or revert.
CMS should remain default when controls are weak, unstable, artifact-producing, or worse across saturation, grayscale, EOTF, and ramps.

Manual CMS workflow

CMS controls can be:

Portrait’s manual workflow suggests, for HSL controls:

  1. luminance
  2. chroma or saturation
  3. hue [5]

Use the workflow that matches the control design.

Measure more than endpoints

After each significant CMS change, measure:

Do not judge only the adjusted color.

Hardware limit

A display may not reach:

Record the limit.

Do not force controls into clipping.

Stop CMS overfitting

Revert when:

Two conceptual saturation plots compare a moderate baseline with a bad CMS result. The bad result places the 100 percent endpoint exactly on target while the 25, 50, and 75 percent points deviate farther and a gradient strip shows banding. A warning says lower average endpoint error can still worsen the complete color response.
Endpoint improvement does not establish interior saturation accuracy, smooth gradients, grayscale stability, or useful color-volume behavior.

AutoCal branch

Use the exact guide for:

AutoCal is not one universal 3D LUT process.

A two-column boundary diagram shows what AutoCal can do and what it cannot guarantee. It can automate patches, read a supported meter, calculate changes, and write supported controls or tables. It cannot guarantee the meter correction, generator, model selection, complete pipeline control, good CMS behavior, or successful validation.
AutoCal can automate supported measurements and writes, but cannot guarantee input validity, full-pipeline control, CMS quality, or validation.

Samsung Calman Ready branch

Portrait’s current Samsung guide describes a network-connected workflow for supported models. [9]

It includes:

Exact model

Confirm the full model number and year.

Portrait’s July 2026 Calman release lists current Samsung support and warns that not all model variations are supported. [8]

Exact license

Confirm:

Do not infer support from another edition.

Exact generator

Use the supported pattern source and settings.

The current guide gives different window guidance for:

Pre and post

Do not skip the pre-calibration measurement merely because AutoCal will reset the mode.

Run the post set.

Then run additional validation.

A model-specific Samsung Calman Ready flow runs through model and license check, local-network connection, current-state measurement, pre-calibration measurement, picture-mode reset, Color Booster disabled, SDR luminance when applicable, two-point grayscale AutoCal, multipoint grayscale and luminance AutoCal, optional CMS AutoCal, post-calibration measurement, and expanded validation. A note says exact model, firmware, meter, generator, and format support must be confirmed.
Portrait’s current guide documents network connection, reset, Color Booster state, two-point, multipoint, optional CMS, and post measurement for supported models.

Samsung CMS caution

The older Samsung guide says CMS AutoCal quality varies and some models validate better without it. [13]

Treat CMS AutoCal as an optional measured branch.

Compare:

Keep the better broad validation.

AutoCal is still a measurement loop

The software:

  1. displays a patch
  2. reads the meter
  3. calculates an adjustment
  4. writes a supported control or table
  5. measures again

A wrong correction or generator produces wrong automation.

1D LUT branch

A 1D LUT can correct:

within its architecture.

Check:

3D LUT branch

Light Illusion summarizes the 3D LUT process as:

  1. display preconfiguration
  2. profiling
  3. LUT generation and application
  4. verification reprofiling [11]

A 3D LUT can address many interior colors.

It does not fix:

A split comparison shows a one-dimensional LUT as three separate red, green, and blue channel curves that can correct grayscale and transfer response, while a three-dimensional LUT is shown as a color cube that can address cross-channel interaction across color volume. Limit boxes state that neither LUT can create missing peak luminance, missing gamut, stable output, valid patterns, or correct processing after the LUT.
A 1D LUT addresses per-channel response; a 3D LUT can address color-volume relationships, subject to profiling, location, interpolation, and validation.

Avoid double calibration

When a LUT is active, avoid stacking:

unless the pipeline is intentionally designed and verified.

SDR workflow summary

  1. Confirm SDR signal and range.
  2. Select and reset the target mode where appropriate.
  3. Stabilize.
  4. Measure baseline.
  5. Set black.
  6. Set white and clipping.
  7. Set reference-white luminance.
  8. Select closest SDR EOTF.
  9. Adjust two-point grayscale.
  10. Iterate EOTF and grayscale.
  11. Use multipoint controls when beneficial.
  12. Evaluate CMS.
  13. Validate with expanded patches.
  14. Check ramps and real content.
  15. Save report and settings.
A vertical manual SDR workflow moves through signal range, black, white and clipping, reference-white luminance, global SDR EOTF, two-point grayscale, iterative EOTF and grayscale, optional multipoint controls, CMS decision, expanded validation, ramps and real content, and saved report and settings. A note says the labels are a framework rather than one universal control order.
The broad SDR dependency order establishes signal and luminance structure before fine grayscale and optional color adjustment, then validates broadly.

PQ HDR workflow summary

  1. Confirm true PQ HDR.
  2. Confirm BT.2020 signaling and metadata.
  3. Select the target HDR mode.
  4. Stabilize in the HDR state.
  5. Measure black and near black.
  6. Measure D65.
  7. Measure HDR Reference White.
  8. Measure PQ tracking.
  9. Identify mapping onset and peak.
  10. Measure peak by area and duration.
  11. Adjust supported grayscale controls.
  12. Recheck tone mapping.
  13. Evaluate color and color volume.
  14. Verify HDR10+ metadata separately where supported.
  15. Validate real scenes.

BT.2100 defines PQ as an HDR system with D65 and BT.2020 system colorimetry. [2]

BT.2408-9 defines 203 cd/m² HDR Reference White and the approximate 58 percent PQ signal. [3]

A vertical PQ HDR workflow runs through true PQ signal, black and near black, D65, HDR Reference White at 203 cd per square meter and approximately 58 percent PQ under the stated reference conditions, PQ tracking, tone-mapping onset, peak area and duration, supported grayscale adjustment, color and color volume, HDR10+ metadata verification, and real-scene validation.
PQ requires separate measurements of black, D65, HDR Reference White, tracking, mapping onset, peak behavior, and color volume.

HLG workflow summary

  1. Confirm true HLG.
  2. State nominal peak.
  3. State system gamma and room.
  4. Measure HLG black.
  5. Measure D65.
  6. Measure 75 percent HLG.
  7. Measure the system response.
  8. Adjust only through the HLG controls or mode.
  9. Validate color.
  10. Validate room adaptation.

Do not use PQ targets.

A vertical HLG workflow runs through true HLG signal, nominal peak, system gamma and room condition, black, D65, 75 percent HLG reference level under the stated one-thousand-cd-per-square-meter nominal-peak condition, system response, HLG-specific controls, color validation, and room adaptation. A warning says not to use PQ targets.
HLG is a relative HDR system requiring nominal peak, system gamma, room assumptions, and HLG-specific measurement rather than a PQ target.

HDR color target

Do not label the calibration simply:

DCI-P3 inside BT.2020

State:

A content master can occupy P3 or another subset.

The display still receives BT.2020 system signaling in the relevant workflow.

Tone mapping

Characterize:

Do not attempt to force a proprietary tone mapper through unrelated CMS changes.

HDR10+

Confirm:

Base grayscale calibration does not prove dynamic metadata behavior.

Game Mode

Calibrate or verify separately.

Check:

Run console calibration after the television’s final mapping mode is selected.

Post-calibration measurement

Run a set comparable with the baseline.

Keep identical:

Compare:

Expanded validation

Use a patch set not limited to the calibration points.

Add:

Portrait’s older Samsung guide provides an additional-validation stage with broader saturation and ColorChecker measurements. [13]

Independent checks

For higher confidence, change one part of the validation system:

Document disagreement.

A split diagram shows a comparable pre-and-post measurement set on the left and an expanded validation set on the right. The comparable set keeps target, formula, meter, correction, generator, signal, patches, window, delay, room, and mode identical. The expanded set adds more grayscale points, saturation sweeps, interior colors, near-black steps, ramps, peak windows, and optional independent equipment.
Pre and post comparisons require identical conditions; broader and partly independent validation increases confidence and finds interpolation or artifact failures.

Ramps and gradients

A low patch error can coexist with:

Use:

Real-content verification

Use controlled and familiar material.

Look for:

Do not retune from one scene.

Return to patterns when a concern repeats.

Save the calibration

Save:

For AutoCal, save any recoverable backup or reset path documented by the workflow.

Recheck stored modes

Power cycle the system.

Switch:

Confirm the intended memories load.

Stopping rule

Stop when one of these is true.

Target reached

The result is within the declared tolerance and uncertainty.

Hardware limit

The display cannot reproduce the target.

Control limit

The available controls cannot improve the remaining error.

Tradeoff reached

Further improvement in one metric worsens:

Repeatability limit

The proposed improvement is smaller than the measurement variation.

Preference branch

The reference baseline is complete and a separate preference mode is being created.

Five stopping-condition panels define when television calibration should end: the declared target is met within tolerance and uncertainty, the display is hardware-limited, the available controls are control-limited, the proposed change is smaller than repeatability, or a tradeoff worsens the broad result. A final panel says to document residual error instead of forcing the display.
Calibration should stop at the target, hardware, control, repeatability, or tradeoff limit, with residual error documented.

Do not keep adjusting because the meter is connected

A baseline can show that:

That is a successful measurement session.

How long does calibration take?

There is no fixed duration.

Time depends on:

Plan enough time to avoid rushing.

Do not promise four hours, six hours, or another number.

What improvement should you expect?

Measure it.

The difference can be:

Do not adjust merely to produce a more dramatic before-and-after report.

Visual setup remains valid

A pattern-based setup can establish:

It is complete for that declared purpose.

Measured calibration adds:

The two approaches are not enemies.

When to hire a professional

Professional calibration can be appropriate when:

Ask for:

What the workflow can establish

A validated workflow can show that the television:

within the measurement system’s uncertainty and the display’s capability.

What the workflow cannot establish

It cannot guarantee:

The end of the measurement sidebar

The sidebar has covered:

  1. choosing a colorimeter and measurement system
  2. reading a measurement report
  3. performing and validating the calibration workflow

The next additions to the site can function as reference material:

Those pages can be updated as products and workflows change.

The final perspective

The site began with a picture that looked wrong and a set of controls that were difficult to understand.

The full path showed:

A consumer television does not become a mastering monitor through calibration.

It can become a more controlled and better understood display.

A pattern-based setup can remove major avoidable errors.

A measured workflow can quantify and reduce additional error.

A professional workflow can add stronger instruments, signal analysis, and independent validation.

Each level is useful when it is described honestly.

The final goal is not a perfect number.

It is a result that:

That is the end of the measurement path.

Thanks for reading.

Sources and standards

ITU standards plus Portrait Displays, Light Illusion, and Spears & Munsil workflow documentation used in this article. Source set verified August 6, 2026; Calman software version reverified September 7, 2026.

  1. International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector. Reference Electro-Optical Transfer Function for Flat Panel Displays Used in HDTV Studio Production. Recommendation ITU-R BT.1886-0, March 2011.
    https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.1886-0-201103-I%21%21PDF-E.pdf

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  2. International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector. Image Parameter Values for High Dynamic Range Television for Use in Production and International Programme Exchange. Recommendation ITU-R BT.2100-3, February 2025.
    https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.2100-3-202502-I%21%21PDF-E.pdf

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  3. International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector. Guidelines for operational practices in high dynamic range television production. Report ITU-R BT.2408-9, March 2026.
    https://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-BT.2408-9-2026

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  4. International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector. A Reference Viewing Environment for Evaluation of HDTV Program Material or Completed Programmes. Recommendation ITU-R BT.2035-0, July 2013.
    https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.2035-0-201307-I%21%21PDF-E.pdf

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  5. Portrait Displays. Calibrating TVs Using the Calman Manual Calibration Workflow. February 2, 2026.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/calibrating-tvs-using-the-calman-manual-calibration-workflow/

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  6. Portrait Displays. Adjusting Multi-Point Grayscale for TV Calibration. Current page reviewed August 1, 2026.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/multi-point-grayscale-adjust/

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  7. Portrait Displays. Adjusting a Color Management System for TV Calibration and Adjusting 2-Point White Balance for TV Calibration. Current pages reviewed August 1, 2026.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/color-management-system-adjustments/

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  8. Portrait Displays. Software Downloads: Calman Professional and Calman Home 5.17.6.7. September 2026.
    https://www.portrait.com/software-downloads/

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  9. Portrait Displays. Calibrating Samsung TVs with Calman. Current guide reviewed August 6, 2026.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/samsung-autocal-guide/

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  10. Light Illusion. Manual Calibration Guide. Current page reviewed August 1, 2026.
    https://lightillusion.com/manual_calibration_guide.html

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  11. Light Illusion. 3D LUT Display Calibration Guide. Current page reviewed August 1, 2026.
    https://lightillusion.com/3d_lut_guide.html

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  12. Portrait Displays. Display Warm Up Rates. Published August 3, 2020, based on an August 2010 article.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/display-warm-up-rates/

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  13. Portrait Displays. Samsung (2020-2024) AutoCal Guide. Current revision listed March 31, 2025.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/samsung-2020-2024-autocal-guide/

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  14. Portrait Displays. Meter Profiling in Calman. August 3, 2020.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/meter-profiling-in-calman/

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  15. Spears & Munsil. Getting Started with the Ultra HD Benchmark, 3rd Edition. Current page reviewed August 1, 2026.
    https://spearsandmunsil.com/portfolio-item/getting-started-with-the-ultrahd-benchmark-3rd-edition/

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  16. Portrait Displays. Absolute vs Relative RGB Charts in Calman. August 3, 2020.
    https://www.portrait.com/resource-center/absolute-vs-relative-rgb-charts-in-calman/

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Related reading: TV Calibration Glossary Short definitions for key terms used across this workflow, including SDR, HDR, gamma, EOTF, D65, and measurement language. Next step: Resources Reference material, available from anywhere on the site.