Worth repeating

[klen]

I posted the message below last week on what seems to be a dead thread, so I thought I would share the info again in a new thread. (The Sound & Vision Home Theater Calibration DVD is mentioned here often):

For those who don't want to fork over the money for the Sound & Vision dvd, I found a copy of it at my local library. I tried it for free, and I liked it. My video settings were off quite a bit, and I never would have figured it out on my own.

I will probably buy a copy now that I know what it is all about.

Look for it (or the avia dvd) at your library. My library allows me to telnet into their card catalog, so I didn't even leave the house to see if they had it checked in.....try it yourself.

-k

[57U]

klen:

Thank you for this helpful information. I did see it the first time around and should have issued thanks. Perhaps I can return the favour.

Once I have read all the posts I was interested in, I stopped going to the various threads and simply click "View New Posts" at the top right of the home page. This way, I see all the new posts, regardless of whether they are "dead" or not. If you only log on occasionally, this would bring up a lot of threads, but if you log on regularly, it's the best way to see what's new. (You can, of course, check the dates on the various threads).

[kevinw]

An added note if you do rent or borrow from a video store or library make sure that the filters are in the case. The filters are a plastic colored film that you look through while calibrating color.

[klen]

Good point. Is there more than one filter in the Sound & Vision dvd? The one that I got from my library had a blue one in it, and that was the only one that the dvd called for. I thought my system looked and sounded good before I used this DVD. Now I am simply amazed at the difference.

Besides helping with the calibrations of your equipment, it also does a great job at educating the viewer about their system. As a bonus, the chick in the video ain't too shabby looking, but the guy gets a little irritating at times...

-k

[57U]

Klen thanks for the feedback, there is only one blue filter in S&V. If you have the time, would you go to the following link and put in some comments regarding your expectations/experience. You may prefer to start a new thread, up to you.

http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61

Thanks,