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Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on November 28, 2004 at 07:01:55

In Reply to: TV Calibration posted by Emil on November 24, 2004 at 07:05:07:

For $125, you're not getting a calibration from an ISF cetified tech. Techs with ISF certification fees usually start off at around $250 - $300. They go up from there, depending on what additional calibration you need. Whether or not you want to get an ISF tech to do your calibration is up to you, but for the money, I wouldn't trust someone who is not ISF certified.

But before you go spending any money for a tech to do calibration, get yourself a copy of Digital Video Essentials. It's available on the internet for $17 - $24. Using this disc, you will be able to get the display close to its capabilities (90% or so) by using the picture settings in the display's user accessible menu.

If, after you've used DVE, you still feel that the display is not performing as well as it should, you might want to proceed with a tech doing the calibration. In that case, make sure you have at least 100 - 200 hours (1 - 2 months) of use before going this route (plenty of changes occur in this initial time-frame).

Here's a link to the DVE information (see Index, Album Notes, DVD Highlights, etc):

• http://www.videoessentials.com/DVD_NTSC.php   (Open in New Window)