Calibration Discs?

[andytk5]

Anybody have any luck with any of these or any that are highly recomended?

 

[Hi Ho]

Avia and Digital Video Essentials (DVE) are the two that are most commonly recommended. I have not used Avia but I can say that while DVE has some excellent test patterns and reference material it is probably the most illogically arranged and difficult to navigate DVD I have ever used. It's fine as long as you want to sit through all of the educational tutorials but navigating to specific patterns is a pain. I hear Avia is easier to use.

A calibration disc can certainly help get your set looking good. You cannot acurrately adjust any set purely by eye.

 

[JOD]

Another vote for the Avia disc, SPL meter is strongly recomended.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Anybody have any luck with any of these or any that are highly recomended?

What are you trying to calibrate?

 

[supervij]

DVE is hard to navigate and has those endless explanations, but once you're familiar with the patterns, you can just skip to the section that has nothing but test patterns and find the one(s) you want. No muss, no fuss, which me like.

cheers,
supervij

 

[andytk5]

I am trying to get a Mitsu WD-65833 all tuned up. I am just noticing a lot of grainyness on Blurays. I don't know if a calibration disc will take that out or not. Doesn't make sense.

 

[allargon]

I am trying to get a Mitsu WD-65833 all tuned up. I am just noticing a lot of grainyness on Blurays. I don't know if a calibration disc will take that out or not. Doesn't make sense.

You would notice it with HD DVD, too. Film has grain. The higher resolution (plus larger display sizes) of HD allows film grain to show in modern transfers.

On the NTSC side, I prefer Avia. However, I will vote for Digital Video Essentials simply because it's the only one availble in high definition.

 

[mtrycrafts]

I am trying to get a Mitsu WD-65833 all tuned up. I am just noticing a lot of grainyness on Blurays. I don't know if a calibration disc will take that out or not. Doesn't make sense.

Some of the early Blurays had low bitrate. One reason 5th element was remastered to bluray.
Use one of the mentioned DVDs to calibrate the TV. After than, blame the video on the disc.

 

[weisy12]

calibration dvd

so, if I have a bluray player and hdtv, would the bluray DVE disc be better to use than the avia?

 

[bandphan]

so, if I have a bluray player and hdtv, would the bluray DVE disc be better to use than the avia?

http://www.eaprogramming.com/

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Well, I just got the AVIA II disc from Netflix.

I think for Video calibration and for beginners, it's probably great.

But for veterans and for quick speaker adjustment--> My impression: it sucks.
And that also goes for Video Essentials.

I'll keep on using my DTS-CD speaker setup disc; it's simple & straight-forward, it's nice, and I don't even have to turn on the TV.

 

[weisy12]

thanks for the info, but does it matter if it is a reg dvd or bluray?