Calibration Discs..

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Received the Disney World of Wonder calibration discs today.. Planning on spending some time with it tonight calibrating the projector..

Its not the top calibration disc but comes in second in just about every comparison review I've seen. I decided on it because I don't have an expensive set up and the extras it offers(2 disc version) appealed to me.

Will let you know my thoughts afterwards and the image results.

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My experience with attempting to calibrate was that different films often have different standards for black level, so I almost always have to adjust for each movie. I eventually gave up.

The other features sound helpful.

The second half of their video is pretty interesting. I hate the way the BR spec shifts. Just recently abandoned playing BR on my PC in favor of using a PS3.
 
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First run through had yielded issues with brightness/contrast, color/tint, and focus/sharpening.. A marked improvement after adjustments and I thought it looked good before lol

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GravY said:
First run through had yielded issues with brightness/contrast, color/tint, and focus/sharpening.. A marked improvement after adjustments and I thought it looked good before lol

sent from my RAZR M via Tapatalk2
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A good calibration disc like the one you posted will get you fairly close to a fully calibrated picture. Sure a professional calibration with advanced menu tweaks will get more accurate white balance, color points, gama etc. but the cost, time, and overall difference just don't seem worth it to me. Some sets come decently calibrated now so only minor adjustments need to be made
 
MyTMouse said:
A good calibration disc like the one you posted will get you fairly close to a fully calibrated picture. Sure a professional calibration with advanced menu tweaks will get more accurate white balance, color points, gama etc. but the cost, time, and overall difference just don't seem worth it to me. Some sets come decently calibrated now so only minor adjustments need to be made
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Thats all I need.. like I said I am no where near a professional setup and with the first round of adjustments last night its pretty night and day over the default settings on the unit.

re-watching scenes that I've used since I got the projector im noticing tons more detail and sharper more vivid colors.. I had a holy shot wow moment when I first got the projector and Im having it again with the calibration..

The tutorials for their calibration tests are well explained.. Watching through all the clips of Disney/Pixar movies was pretty cool.. they start with Toy Story and roll through in order to the newer films.. crazy to see how detailed they've become over the years..
 
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Payne3d said:
Cinema/theater/movie modes are usually well calibrated on half-decent tv sets.
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Yep, the cinema mode on my LED Sony needed very little changed and the THX mode on my Panasonic plasma also only needed a few tweaks. There's a few sets that have certain modes that are almost perfectly calibrated
 
MyTMouse said:
A good calibration disc like the one you posted will get you fairly close to a fully calibrated picture
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Unfortunately thats not the case. Sure, you can set the basics of brightness, contrast and sharpness, for everything else (most importantly grayscale) you will need a metre and software. The difference, to some, isnt worth it, but hey for me its a must.
 
I may pick up the discs for my projector setup but I am very wary on this approach. You can hit up the AVS forums and the consensus is the vast amount of people using these discs get it wrong...really wrong.

My suggestion would be is to start with the settings recommended in good reviews by Home Theater magazine and the like and then tweak from there with your lighting conditions.

Otherwise, its just better to spend a little and get it professionally calibrated. I have not heard of these discs and maybe I will give it a go.
 
AllexxisF1 said:
I may pick up the discs for my projector setup but I am very wary on this approach. You can hit up the AVS forums and the consensus is the vast amount of people using these discs get it wrong...really wrong.

My suggestion would be is to start with the settings recommended in good reviews by Home Theater magazine and the like and then tweak from there with your lighting conditions.

Otherwise, its just better to spend a little and get it professionally calibrated. I have not heard of these discs and maybe I will give it a go.
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It really isn't too difficult to set the basics using the many free discs that are out there, easy as 1-2-3, AVS HD 709 would be my recommendation for contrast, brightness and sharpness. As for settings posted on forums or magazines, these can actually end up giving you a worse picture than when you started - every TV is different including those that are the same model! (That said, you should be able to copy brightness and single point gamma settings, but everything else, colour, 2pt white balance, 10pt w/b, 10pt gamma, hue, saturation, luminance, forget it, unless you have a metre you have no idea what you're doing to the picture!)

Ultimately if you're not interested in calibrating your own TV (I started using discs then bought a metre and software) then a pro calibration will do, and the difference will amaze you.
 
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