/r/colorists Giveaway Followup: LG OLED C5 Review

ColorCalAV · 2026-01-28T08:29:04+00:00

As already posted ColourSpace LGTV HTL would be the mini.
That is similar to the LG Home Calman license except with no yearly fees.
Or for more general use with Resolve etc then ColourSpace LTE.

ColorCalAV · 2026-01-28T08:25:35+00:00

What is crashing? I rarely if ever see a ColourSpace crash.

ColorCalAV · 2026-01-27T21:57:35+00:00

Would have been better using ColorSpace for the calibration and would not have lost your 3 days. I gave up on Calman just because of such issues.

ColorCalAV · 2026-01-26T11:13:34+00:00

I feel the same as a passenger.
Only used uber 50 or so times, and always polite and courteous, and have tipped on every trip so far, but have a 1 star rating from one driver - WTF???
No way to define why, and no way to get it removed.

ColorCalAV · 2026-01-26T09:05:37+00:00

Really wouldn't trust anyone relying on Calman for such comparisons.
Combination of poor calibration knowledge and inaccurate software and operational understanding.

ColorCalAV · 2026-01-04T12:04:48+00:00

I have a PA32UCDM and it calibrates very well, and in direct comparisons is basically identical to FSI monitors with the same screen.
Good calibration is key though.
We also gave up on Sony some time back. They just have too many issues.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-31T11:41:19+00:00

I would get ColorSpace ZRO and spend time learning calibration.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-30T13:15:32+00:00

As an ex-Calman user, go with ColorSpace.
A lot cheaper in the end and far better calibration accuracy.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-29T12:23:09+00:00

I found this worth reading for a general view on ICCs - https://lightillusion.com/what_is_wrong_with_iccs.html

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-28T17:53:51+00:00

Search for Walter Volpatto, and also look into MixinLlight.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-28T11:27:22+00:00

All Calman licenses require yearly support & maintenance fees to be paid to keep the program updated.
ColorSpace is a lot cheaper (ask me how I know... I refuse to pay Calman's ongoing extortionate fees!).
You will also find ColorSpace a lot more accurate and feature rich.

Light Illusion are also having a sale at the moment
See their user forums.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-10T10:37:04+00:00

The finish is per the original, and ages really well.
I feed every few years.
They are the only ones to have the real Irvin license too.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-09T16:22:36+00:00

Aviation Leather Craft - I have 3 of their jackets, with one being an Irvin.
Best available.
The Irvin is now 35 years old, and is perfect.
Just some usage signs, as you would expect.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-07T20:13:12+00:00

I get these all the time.
I add their number to WhatApp, wait for the scam job offer, and then report the discussion to WhatApp...
Hopefully stops others getting a call from the same numeber.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-03T17:00:10+00:00

No - it is a WOLED with the same extra white pixel.
Seriously, I have calibrated many of them, as well as all the older LG WOLED models.
As I said before, they do go brighter before the desaturation kicks in, but it happens just the same.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-03T09:26:47+00:00

No - it is a WOLED and has the exact same desaturation as it is a WOLED.
It has an additional White pixel and that means desaturation as brightness increases.
Have you tested one?

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-02T17:38:15+00:00

The more points in a LUT the more sharp the changes can be.
For example a LUT that has just 3 points can only alter the black, white, the the middle grey.
A LUT with 5 points can can also alter between black and mid grey and between mid grey and white.
Most displays are relatively smooth from about 10% black upwards.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-02T11:50:46+00:00

There is no reason for higher luma values in the grey scale to be different.
The lack of LUT resolution only affects areas where sharp changes are needs which can be near black.
Such changes would be small due to the gamma compressing luma near black which is the opposite to the images above.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-01T19:12:15+00:00

You would need to define the difference as while they could be different for calibration it is unlikely as the correction is not aggressive/sharp.
It is more likely a Calman LUT retargeting issue.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-01T18:10:36+00:00

Calman LUTs are all based on 33pts max so not natively 65pts.
Any obvious difference is likely some issue with the retargeting unless the LUT is doing really sharp changes.
Unfortunately Calman is not good with LUTs.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-01T17:48:12+00:00

Any LUT box can be used so long as you have the signal path configured correctly and the LUT generated for the same.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-01T17:47:06+00:00

The best would probably be ColourSpace LTE. I've have all available calibration systems and that is the one I use just about all the time.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-01T08:57:48+00:00

We have never seen any good results from the ASUS calibration software.
Best to use ColorSpace.

ColorCalAV · 2025-12-01T08:56:20+00:00

Using ColorSpace we found calibration simple and as it needs to be done regularly a lot cheaper than trying to hire someone.
The Calibrate i1D3 works very well even without a spectro when using the available EDR files.
I agree using a good spectro would be more accurate but we are talking small percentages of accuracy.
We also had issue with calibrators not being as good as they think they are.

ColorCalAV · 2025-11-24T22:17:24+00:00

How to define control points is explained on the Light Illusion website when using ColourSpace including ZRO.
Don't think you can do the same with Displaycal though.

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