The Official Home Theater Calibration Discussion/Help Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:27 am
Since this topic has been brought up before in other topics I figured we should have an official topic to discuss it.
I finally got around to calibrate my cousin and I's living room TV last night using the AVSHD calibration disc burnt to a blank BD and this simple guide. http://lifehacker.com/5858625/how-to-ca ... es-or-less
Sadly that guide only covered simple stuff like Brightness, Sharpness and Contrast as well as Tint I didn't cover the tint portion of it because I don't have anything pure blue to use to calibrate it like the guide suggested. Doing those calibrations improved the picture a lot in some aspects on our Samsung UN46D6420UF 3DTV and the PS3 HDMI hook up (HDMI3). Everything looks better but the reds sometimes seem a bit off so I was curious John if you have suggestions for how to do more in depth calibrations using the AVS Disc or have a link to other guides to help calibrate the colors and other settings? I know you work in the industry.
Sometime when I get more time I'm going to calibrate our other inputs on that TV. I'll probably burn the it on a DVD so I can calibrate our Xbox 360 input too. On a side note for my TV I have to use a DVD because my Xbox One doesn't read burnt BDs due to DRM issues. My TV is the LG 42LM6200
John would you recommend getting a different calibration disc? I've thought about getting one of these two:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ADJG56Q/ref ... 6EGVI97J3S
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKWI13O/ref ... ZMOH1ZUS7S
Or would the AVSHD calibration disc do what those do? I know the first one comes with that color piece to help calibrate what I would assume is your tint? Can I pick one of those up separtly?
EDIT: I forgot to mention I used the Standard video mode as my calibration basis. I couldn't find a "Custom" mode like in the Video that's on the AVS disc suggested. Is this hidden now on TVs or maybe its because both our TVs in the house are 3D?
I finally got around to calibrate my cousin and I's living room TV last night using the AVSHD calibration disc burnt to a blank BD and this simple guide. http://lifehacker.com/5858625/how-to-ca ... es-or-less
Sadly that guide only covered simple stuff like Brightness, Sharpness and Contrast as well as Tint I didn't cover the tint portion of it because I don't have anything pure blue to use to calibrate it like the guide suggested. Doing those calibrations improved the picture a lot in some aspects on our Samsung UN46D6420UF 3DTV and the PS3 HDMI hook up (HDMI3). Everything looks better but the reds sometimes seem a bit off so I was curious John if you have suggestions for how to do more in depth calibrations using the AVS Disc or have a link to other guides to help calibrate the colors and other settings? I know you work in the industry.
Sometime when I get more time I'm going to calibrate our other inputs on that TV. I'll probably burn the it on a DVD so I can calibrate our Xbox 360 input too. On a side note for my TV I have to use a DVD because my Xbox One doesn't read burnt BDs due to DRM issues. My TV is the LG 42LM6200
John would you recommend getting a different calibration disc? I've thought about getting one of these two:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ADJG56Q/ref ... 6EGVI97J3S
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKWI13O/ref ... ZMOH1ZUS7S
Or would the AVSHD calibration disc do what those do? I know the first one comes with that color piece to help calibrate what I would assume is your tint? Can I pick one of those up separtly?
EDIT: I forgot to mention I used the Standard video mode as my calibration basis. I couldn't find a "Custom" mode like in the Video that's on the AVS disc suggested. Is this hidden now on TVs or maybe its because both our TVs in the house are 3D?