Customer Rating: 
Summary: infamouz23
Comment: For what it was worth it helped me get the job done. I'm not a full fledged videophile but I can defintely tell that this disk help improve my picture. I would reccomend this disk to friends.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Acceptable results
Comment: Regardless of whether the results are "accurate" or not, I'm pleased with what I'm seeing on the screen after the calibration.
Setting contrast is difficult for me, though, mainly because no matter how high I crank up the picture setting, I can always still see a distinct division in between the white boxes, and I really don't believe the contrast should be set at 100%. Oh well.
As for the color settings, there's a rumor that the green filter is inaccurate. Therefore, almost everyone will have an incorrect green setting when looking through the filter, if this is true.
Unlike many of the reviewers, I enjoyed the commentary and the topics discussed in this disc. It's informative in a lively and chummy way.
Customer Rating:
Summary: dissapointed
Comment: the test patterns stink for calibration,i like avia or avia 2 for this.it is a good learning video though.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Way too technical for the average user
Comment: I recommend that the average HD user NOT purchase this item. On the front of the package it claims "Easy to use HD set-up toolkit." That couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth. You'll be way over your head in technical jargon and explanations that are completely useless to the basic user wanting to calibrate their HDTV. This disc features a horrible menu system that is confusing to navigate and understand. It took me awhile to figure out where to go to calibrate my set without hearing the lecture about the evolution of HD. The narrator will talk FOREVER about what adjustments you'll eventually have to make but you'll never know when exactly to make those adjustments. I advise you to stay away from this calibration disc unless you're a professional audio/video engineer with a Masters degree. Because only then would you be able to make sense of this confusing mess.
Customer Rating:
Summary: DVE HD basics - a good start
Comment: Ok, you now own a state of the art HD display or projector. Setting-up the picture quality with Blu-ray HD DVE HD basics is a good start. Out of the box we all know that most default settings need tweaking (especially with all viewing environments never the same - which is what NTSC stands for - never the same color). This disc gets the basic HD blu-ray playback calibrations set (brightness, contrast, color and tint). I found navigating through the different menus intuitive. If you know what you are doing, you can just jump directly to the test charts - very handy for a quick tweak. It also has comprehensive tutorials that cover the technical perimeters of HD displays and proper set-up, if you need to know.
Setting proper grayscale, gamma and individual colors (right color space) is another matter. Unless you have the right tools and understand ISF standards - setting those very crucial elements is difficult with this Disc - hence the title BASIC.
Nothing replaces a pro-calibration. The good news is that it improves on what is out of the box, and can get the picture quality to a very pleasing level - leaving the gamma, grayscale, and advance color on a best mode - because you can set the basics fairly easily with all the right test patterns and primary color filters (RGB) - that are included. You have to play around to find the ideal tweaks, but to get started this disc, or others like it, are a must have for those who see the difference between good and bad pictures.
Summary: infamouz23
Comment: For what it was worth it helped me get the job done. I'm not a full fledged videophile but I can defintely tell that this disk help improve my picture. I would reccomend this disk to friends.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Acceptable results
Comment: Regardless of whether the results are "accurate" or not, I'm pleased with what I'm seeing on the screen after the calibration.
Setting contrast is difficult for me, though, mainly because no matter how high I crank up the picture setting, I can always still see a distinct division in between the white boxes, and I really don't believe the contrast should be set at 100%. Oh well.
As for the color settings, there's a rumor that the green filter is inaccurate. Therefore, almost everyone will have an incorrect green setting when looking through the filter, if this is true.
Unlike many of the reviewers, I enjoyed the commentary and the topics discussed in this disc. It's informative in a lively and chummy way.
Customer Rating:
Summary: dissapointed
Comment: the test patterns stink for calibration,i like avia or avia 2 for this.it is a good learning video though.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Way too technical for the average user
Comment: I recommend that the average HD user NOT purchase this item. On the front of the package it claims "Easy to use HD set-up toolkit." That couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth. You'll be way over your head in technical jargon and explanations that are completely useless to the basic user wanting to calibrate their HDTV. This disc features a horrible menu system that is confusing to navigate and understand. It took me awhile to figure out where to go to calibrate my set without hearing the lecture about the evolution of HD. The narrator will talk FOREVER about what adjustments you'll eventually have to make but you'll never know when exactly to make those adjustments. I advise you to stay away from this calibration disc unless you're a professional audio/video engineer with a Masters degree. Because only then would you be able to make sense of this confusing mess.
Customer Rating:
Summary: DVE HD basics - a good start
Comment: Ok, you now own a state of the art HD display or projector. Setting-up the picture quality with Blu-ray HD DVE HD basics is a good start. Out of the box we all know that most default settings need tweaking (especially with all viewing environments never the same - which is what NTSC stands for - never the same color). This disc gets the basic HD blu-ray playback calibrations set (brightness, contrast, color and tint). I found navigating through the different menus intuitive. If you know what you are doing, you can just jump directly to the test charts - very handy for a quick tweak. It also has comprehensive tutorials that cover the technical perimeters of HD displays and proper set-up, if you need to know.
Setting proper grayscale, gamma and individual colors (right color space) is another matter. Unless you have the right tools and understand ISF standards - setting those very crucial elements is difficult with this Disc - hence the title BASIC.
Nothing replaces a pro-calibration. The good news is that it improves on what is out of the box, and can get the picture quality to a very pleasing level - leaving the gamma, grayscale, and advance color on a best mode - because you can set the basics fairly easily with all the right test patterns and primary color filters (RGB) - that are included. You have to play around to find the ideal tweaks, but to get started this disc, or others like it, are a must have for those who see the difference between good and bad pictures.
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