Spears Munsil High Definition Blu-ray Benchmark

[adk highlander]

I want to revive this thread.

How many have used the disk now?

I have been through setup now a few times and each time I come away with different settings but I'm still not totally happy with my results.

I have been corresponding with someone over at AVS who has the same projector and he game me his settings. I used them just to see the differences compared to what I have been using. He drove the contrast all the way down and the brightness up quite a ways. This makes the test pattern contrast pattern come out perfect so shadow detail is good but at a loss of color pop and my blacks are more grey.

Josten have you been through this disk? What patterns did you find most useful?

 

[jcilforever]

Is it really better?

I have the service remote control for my Pioneer Kuro and have adjusted it to the predefined numbers that have come out and it made a huge difference.

If I now use this disk is it really going to improve my veiwing? I have had it sitting in the drawer for 3 months now and not seen enough talk about it on the net to cause my curiosity to pull it out of the drawer.

Obviously it is not going to do any good sitting there, but I am from the school of if you have a good product than word gets around. Case in point the OppO BDP-83 ( I am pleased above and beyond expectations).

Another case in point this dead thread.

Am I missing something?

 

[jostenmeat]

Josten have you been through this disk? What patterns did you find most useful?

Only some of it. I haven't used it to calibrate really, and have been using Avia and DVE. My friend's been borrowing it for the last couple of weeks.

Sorry. From your explanation of the differences between the two settings, you are going to have to choose one compromise over the other. If you want the best of both worlds, you might need a new projector.

The reviews on this PJ, IIRC, is that good shadow detail could indeed be had. Epson might give you the darker black, without quite as much detail in there, and yet be more impressive to many viewers because of the pop of other lighter colors on top of the black. JVC will give you both the inky black plus the shadow detail along with it, and since there is no DI, you get the pop too. I dunno, that's just my preliminary impressions after researching for your other thread, so definitely don't take my word on it. Sorry again that I can't help you better.

 

[supervij]

I used the Spears & Munsil BD calibration disc the day that I received my Oppo 83. I had the TV previously calibrated using the DVE DVD, and to my surprise, I found I didn't change one single setting in the TV. Everything was already at the optimum settings. (Glad I didn't pay extra for this BD!)

cheers,
supervij