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Professionally calibrated display
Trumpetguy:
--- Quote from: audunth on October 24, 2011, 06:50:23 am ---Buying from AVshop and getting the calibration done before I pick it up.
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That's what I thought ;-)
--- Quote from: audunth on October 24, 2011, 06:50:23 am ---I asked them to tell the calibrator to call me before he calibrates the projector, so I'm hoping he has some experience with HTPCs too.
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Well, I asked him the same question, and he told me he had left htpc setups some time ago to enable other family members to watch movies and listen to music....
But it is definitely wise to talk with him before he does the calibration. At least I did not get the calibration questionaire right.
Are there any discussions here or in other forums that can shed some light on the neutrality of the video signal chain?
SamuelMaki:
--- Quote from: audunth on October 24, 2011, 03:59:50 am ---Hi,
I'm about to buy a new projector, and I'm going to get it professionally calibrated. If it's calibrated using a standard Blu-ray player (and maybe other reference source he might use) will the picture still be 100% correct when I play it through MC with Red October? Is the output from MC and exact mirror of what's on the Blu-ray disc with no alteration of color balance etc. that can mess up the calibration?
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Remember to set madVR correctly;) Choose your display->already calibrated->choose best alternatives... Or use yCMS... For a very quick test to ensure you didnīt take wrong ones, check this: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=948496
BartMan01:
--- Quote from: jmone on October 24, 2011, 05:28:08 am ---I got my 60" Pio professional ISF Calibrated and he did it first from a source generator plugged directly into the screen over HDMI then then from a test disk played of my HTPC drive (and made more adjustments at the PC level to keep it in true).
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This.
A PROFESSIONAL calibration should be done with a known accurate source generator as the starting point. Then dialed in for individual components as needed. In the case of an HTPC, the computer should be modified as needed to match the reference signal used to calibrate.
Trumpetguy:
--- Quote from: BartMan01 on October 24, 2011, 07:33:50 pm ---This.
A PROFESSIONAL calibration should be done with a known accurate source generator as the starting point. Then dialed in for individual components as needed. In the case of an HTPC, the computer should be modified as needed to match the reference signal used to calibrate.
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Makes sense, do you know any specific ways to do this?
BartMan01:
--- Quote from: Trumpetguy on October 25, 2011, 02:14:06 am ---Makes sense, do you know any specific ways to do this?
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Not familiar with the exact equipment that they use, but when I have had my set calibrated the initial baseline was set using the techs own reference equipment. Then we reviewed my equipment against this baseline to validate that my equipment was working (or set up) properly. In some cases we found specific pieces of equipment that were incapable of sending the correct color space for my set (0-255) over anything other than component. Most modern sets are usually using 16-235, but my older CRT based set's HDCP input is 0-255.
One benefit of working with the tech directly when reviewing the equipment is that now I know both what my image SHOULD look like and what it looks like when being fed a 16-235 signal instead of 0-255. This was invaluable when setting up my HTPC since there is so much in that chain that wants to go 16-235.
The worst thing you can do is calibrate the set's 'factory settings' to a piece of equipment that is either putting out bad or wrong color information either due to incorrect setup or just sub-par processing/parts.
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