THX TV collaboration
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You'll find that most people will have had an ISF calibration rather than THX simply because it's more established as a standards body for vision products. THX is better know for audio.
FWIW as a calibrator myself I see ISF as being focused on getting the best from a display within your home environment. THX is more about getting your display closer to "their" standard. It's a subtle but important difference.
FWIW as a calibrator myself I see ISF as being focused on getting the best from a display within your home environment. THX is more about getting your display closer to "their" standard. It's a subtle but important difference.
I had my TV professionally calibrated. Subjectively its hard for me to judge whether there was a huge different in picture - I think my display was pretty good already out of the box from what the guy told me.
It is however reassuring to know that it is set up optimally now so I am not tempted to try and tweak and change things all of the time.
It is however reassuring to know that it is set up optimally now so I am not tempted to try and tweak and change things all of the time.
The immediate response I get from customers when flicking between their previous setting and the calibrated one(s) are:
Colour - Lots more colours now apparent; subtle shade differences are now far easier to see, so the picture looks far richer and strong colours have far more punch without the whole picture looking over-saturated... this feeds in to the next thing which is detail. Although the sharpness control has normally been backed off, the work on optimising all the image processing and the extra colour contrast means that the picture now shows fine detail that was previously obscured. These both then feed in to the third most noticeable aspect which is image depth. Although most movies and TV being watched are 2D and the screens are essentially a flat surface, the work on the picture and the improvements they give make it possible to convey a greater sense of image depth where the original camera work has captured it.
Depending on the experience and dedication of the calibrator then calibration could mean anything from a quick tweak of the colours (greyscale) and setting contrast, brightness, colour/tint, sharpness through to a full-on optimisation of not only the TV but the entire display chain from source(s) to imaging device and everything in between. One approach gets a radically bigger improvement than the other. It's not all about money either, but it is true; you get what you pay for.
Colour - Lots more colours now apparent; subtle shade differences are now far easier to see, so the picture looks far richer and strong colours have far more punch without the whole picture looking over-saturated... this feeds in to the next thing which is detail. Although the sharpness control has normally been backed off, the work on optimising all the image processing and the extra colour contrast means that the picture now shows fine detail that was previously obscured. These both then feed in to the third most noticeable aspect which is image depth. Although most movies and TV being watched are 2D and the screens are essentially a flat surface, the work on the picture and the improvements they give make it possible to convey a greater sense of image depth where the original camera work has captured it.
Depending on the experience and dedication of the calibrator then calibration could mean anything from a quick tweak of the colours (greyscale) and setting contrast, brightness, colour/tint, sharpness through to a full-on optimisation of not only the TV but the entire display chain from source(s) to imaging device and everything in between. One approach gets a radically bigger improvement than the other. It's not all about money either, but it is true; you get what you pay for.
It depends entirely on the TV. All my calibrations include a settings record for each calibration memory. I also keep back up copies of these as insurance in case a TV is ever reset accidentally or through some rebooting procedure.
A common question that arises from conversations about settings is if those settings can be used on another TV of the same make and model. The answer is no, they can't. Not if you expect to get a well calibrated result. The problem is that each component (and there are thousands) has a tolerance of anything from 1-5%. The cumulative effect of all those tiny differences is that no two sets measure exactly alike out of the box. So consequently each TV off a production line would require subtly difference adjustments to get it to be even close to the required standard for colour (greyscale) and gamma. Then there's the environment factors that affect where the brightness control needs to be set for daytime and night time viewing, and then what that does to the contrast and the master colour settings.
There is some stuff that can be carried across though. Things such as the settings for any picture processing and/or enhancement are fairly consistent unless there's a major interaction with a source.
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Have a look at avforums picture perfect scheme and then decide if the difference is worth it. If you decide to get an isf calibrator make sure you get presets for day and night time viewing
I experienced the same thing after setting up it took me a about 3 hours setting it up but the improvement is immense I am very surprised.
Colours look just right and brightness and contrast are amazing can see all the shadows so clear even from a far distance overall it's a great picture.