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04-18-2010, 11:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | HDTV Color calibration
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Necessary or waste of money? Best Buy was pushing this service pretty hard today. |
04-18-2010, 11:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | complete waste of money. most modern flatscreen tv's have this "service" as part of the first-run-install. Set the colors to YOUR preference, not some "standard" they set. Unless it's a THX cert, and you're really in optimal viewing conditions, total waste.
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04-18-2010, 11:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | Thanks, I didn't really buy their explaination why I couldn't turn down the backlight and manually tweak the video settings myself with reasonably good results. I don't doubt that a well trained tech with the right equipment could come up with "optimal" settings for my environment, but I doubt the difference could be worth $300. |
04-18-2010, 11:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | WOW! 300 bucks? that's insane! Especially when that is almost half the price of a mid-level screen these days.
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04-18-2010, 11:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | Yeah, it sounded crazy to me. It really turns me off from buying anything from them - not to mention the constant introductions, hand shaking, etc.
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04-18-2010, 11:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Yeah, I mean I appreciate a helpful staff, but it gets a bit forced after a while. I seldom do business with them unless I can hand them proof of a lesser price and they'll match it.
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04-18-2010, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | | Just get an Avia or Digital Video Essentials calibration disc and do it yourself. Or you can just pull out any of your THX-certified DVDs and you will find a basic calibration section somewhere in the special features on that disc. I have several DVDs that have this included.
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04-18-2010, 12:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DigMe  Or you can just pull out any of your THX-certified DVDs and you will find a basic calibration section somewhere in the special features on that disc. I have several DVDs that have this included.
bc | excellent.
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04-18-2010, 01:07 PM
| | | Complete waste of money. However, the $300 HDMI cable is a must.  |
04-18-2010, 04:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Manchester, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DigMe Just get an Avia or Digital Video Essentials calibration disc and do it yourself. Or you can just pull out any of your THX-certified DVDs and you will find a basic calibration section somewhere in the special features on that disc. I have several DVDs that have this included.
bc | Monsters Inc and The Incredibles or any of the Star Wars films should do the trick. If you haven't any of those on DVD you need to reassess your priorities!
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04-18-2010, 07:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | | I think UP had it too. Maybe Finding Nemo. Terminator 2.. etc..etc..
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