Sony BRAVIA 5 98 Calibration Settings

We used the following calibration settings to test the 98-inch Sony BRAVIA 5 (K98XR50). Our settings apply to most types of content, except for gaming or use as a PC monitor, which requires a few additional changes, listed below. If you're looking for our calibration settings for the smaller sizes, check out our settings page for the smaller sizes.

These settings are meant to provide a starting point; they're not meant to be copied 1:1. They provide the most accurate image in a moderately lit room, but you should adjust them to match your personal preferences and viewing conditions.

For SDR content, you can choose a few different preset picture modes. We used the Professional picture mode because it's the most accurate out of the box and allows for the most customization. A Brightness setting of '11' corresponds to about 200 nits on our unit with peak luminance on 'High,' which is our target for a moderately lit room, but you should adjust this setting to your viewing conditions. Below are the settings we used for SDR. All other settings were either disabled or left off. If you're in a dark room, a gamma setting of -2 is a good choice, as that's the setting most commonly used during the mastering process.

• Picture Mode: Professional
• Peak Luminance: High
• Auto Local Dimming: Medium
• Brightness: 11 (200 nits)
• Contrast: 90
• Gamma: 0
• Color Temperature: Expert 1
• Color Space: Auto
• Sharpness: 50

HDR is automatically enabled for native apps. When you start playing HDR content, a small HDR icon appears on the top of the screen. Once you start playing HDR content, some of the settings change automatically. Below are the settings we used for HDR10. All other settings were either disabled or left off. If you're having any issues with HDR content, make sure Input Signal Plus is enabled.

• Picture Mode: Professional
• Brightness: Maximum
• Auto Local Dimming: Medium
• Contrast: 90
• Gamma: 0
• Peak Luminance: High
• Color Temperature: Expert 2
• Sharpness: 50
• HDR Tone Mapping: Gradation Preferred

The TV supports Dolby Vision from native apps and external devices. As with normal HDR content, when you start playing Dolby Vision content, some settings change automatically. Since we don't specifically test Dolby Vision, we don't have exact settings for it, but they should be the same as our HDR10 settings.

The following are the old results of calibrating our unit's white balance to 6,500K in HDR using the 2-point method. We don't publish the values we used for our new 10-point calibration.

They are provided for reference and shouldn't be copied as the calibration values vary per individual unit, even for the same model and size as the TV we reviewed, due to manufacturing tolerances. If you want to try them, you'll need to enter all values shown, as all of them are active at the same time. If you have worse picture quality, simply reset them to the default values.

From the base SDR and HDR settings, very few changes are required for the best gaming experience. When you start gaming, it's best to enable Game Mode to get the lowest input lag. The rest of our gaming settings are identical to our regular settings for SDR or HDR. Using the 'Game' or 'PC' content type is needed for chroma 4:4:4. 

For our upscaling test, we set Sharpness to '50,' Reality Creation to 'Manual,' Type to 'Detailed Preferred,' and Intensity to '4.' Sharpness processing was calibrated with no over-sharpening for low-resolution content.

This TV automatically removes judder from 24Hz sources. For 60p/i signals, like a cable box or from streaming apps, set CineMotion to 'High' and Motionflow to 'Custom' with the Smoothness: Film, Smoothness: Camera, and Clearness sliders set to minimum. 

The unit we bought and tested was calibrated on software version 112.633.060.1NAA.

For information on any other settings or features that fall outside of the scope of our testing, please refer to the user manual found on Sony's webpage for the TV.