Barco recommends to always calibrate the projector within the environment it is to be used. This to compensate for screen type, coating, lens and other environmental factors in a multi-channel set-up. For the reason explained in the Laser pulse calibration section, Barco also recommends calibrating both laser pulsing and native colors at the same time.
All projectors are calibrated and tested before leaving the Barco factory to ensure build quality and performance of the product.
Laser pulsing is a feature of Fx70 that enables the projector to obtain a specific white y coordinate while keeping the brightness loss to a minimum, and as the brightness loss happens in both white and black also keeps the contrast at the same level. Using RealColor to do the same will result in additional brightness loss and lower contrast. The projector SW is tuned to a white y-coordinate of 0.329 for optimal performance but any desired white y-coordinate can be used.
When adjusting the laser pulse value to obtain the desired white y coordinate, the white x coordinate will also change accordingly.
Laser pulse calibration must be done before the color calibration.