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I have a Sony KV36FS17 Wega television that I'm using in my home theater setup. Just finished the room around it and I'm looking for its best possible performance. Not HDTV, plasma or XBR but its currently my center of attention. It's about 5 months old and should be acclumated to its surroundings by now. Is it worth having it professionaly tuned or should I just purchase one of the calibrating DVDs like Video Essentials and do my best?Thanks in advance
Elliot •¿•
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A good calibration DVD will run you about 40 or 50 bucks, a good and thorough ISF calibration will set you back anywhere from three to six hundred dollars. Here's the approach I would take:1) Research the set extensively to see if there are any design flaws or tendencies you can correct or improve with user-controllabe settings. For example, the color balance of my Panasonic 47WX49 47" widescreen TV was about 8,000 to 10,000 degrees Kelvin above the standard of 6,500. But you may find yours is very close, at least by choosing "warm" or "cool" or "standard/neutral." Or if your TV isn't doing well with, say, blacks, you may be able to choose a "blacker and black" PLUGE throughput on your DVD player that fixes the problem.
2) Buy the calibration DVD and take an hour or two to tweak every user-adjustable setting.
If you're happy, stop here and save yourself some money. A friend of mine has a 32" top-of-the-line Sony WEGA (bought 2 years ago) and I think his picture is stunning. Can't see how an ISF calibration could improve it much. BUT . . .
3) If you're still unhappy, hire an ISF guy. My Panny is known to look terrible out of the box and only fair after Avia or Video Essentials. But Gregg Loewen, a highly regarded ISF guy who does "calibration tours," told me that after calibration it would look comparable to a Pioneer Elite set. And while I have no frame of reference by which to compare, all I can say is that it was worth every single penny I spent on it.
Hope this helps and as always, YMMV . . .
Hi, although i agree with the post... i would have to say that "you don't know what your missing....." when it comes to the ISF calibrations.... i am very glad i spent the money on the calibration, even though i had been using the Video Essentials for a few years now...It's a shame to have spent $$$$ on a set and not really experience it's true potential. I would safely say that the cost of any new set i buy will have the ISF calibration built into it!
I'm Michael Tuck, and THAT is my perspective......
(San Diego Humor)
Sam
How's it going? And yes, I got the Michael Tuck joke (although I prefer 7/39 if going mainstream, and PBS if I can catch it).Let me rephrase: If the gentleman is very happy with his picture after Avia or Video Essentials, I'm not sure the extra $$$ would buy him much (if any) additional happiness.
But if he still feels as though there's something missing, that something's still not quite right, and he has the cash, by all means, get Gregg or someone comparable in and adjust away!
However, you may want to wait a bit for the next revision of video essentials or go with the Avia set up disc.Tom §.
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