Calibration Tales

[LIONSFAN20]

Originally Posted by Blu-Dog

Obviously, you heard this from my wife.



You're absolutely correct, which is the reason I didn't say anything that stupid.



Perfectly true. I agree, 100%.



Sorry, Lions Fan, but you have NO idea of what I am talking about.

Look, here's an example. We get three identical televisions, and calibrate them until we're both satisfied that they are all set up correctly. Let's say they're all high end Kuro plasmas, or Sony XBR8 LCD's, some high-end standard.

We then put them in three different rooms. One is well lit with normal daylight. The second is well lit with flourescent light. The third is in a dim space, backlit. Will the images all look ideal? Or will you fiddle with the settings until they look correct?

Stop there a minute, I am NOT saying that a calibration would fix this condition, what I am saying is that a calibration will make blue a true blue NO MATTER what room conditions are.

Next, we get three uncalibrated sets. We take them into the same three rooms, and knob-diddle with them until the images are the same as the calibrated and adjusted sets. (I know, you say this isn't possible, but I say it is; humor me).

The settings won't be the same, numerically; but the image will be. Unless the sets were so woefully inaccurate in the beginning that the images can't match - a claim I just can't accept - we will be looking at the same image, with a different baseline setting.

Well I can so just HUMOR ME!!

With me so far?

Now, let's hook up a cable box with HDMI, and a good Blu player, and and HD-DVD relic, and watch King Kong on Showtime, and King Kong on Blu and HD-DVD. Same image, you think?

Again this is not the point I am making, but at least they should have the same red/green/blue levels(lets hope they are true,... probably not, but I will HUMOR YOU)

Let's hook up and Xbox, and a PS3, and an HTPC, play Call Halo 3 or Crysis or whatever. Same image, you think?

Let's watch the news on the cable box with HDMI, and the same station - in 480p, both stations - with coax cable. Same image, you think?

To your point, and I do understand your point, if we use the same source - call it the Blu player, identical connections - we should see the same image on the three calibrated sets, and three "crappy images" on the non-calibrated sets. Even though room adjustments have been made on all six sets.

Or would you leave the calibrated sets unadjusted, no matter where they were, or how they were connected?

I think everyone here knows what they're talking about; but they may not know what the other guy is talking about. You're talking about one leg of the elephant, and I'm talking about the entire beast.

Anyway, thanks for your opinion.

I work in the auto mobile industry, in fact we just passed GM for #1 in the world. Now I can make your car run better by simply changing spark plugs and doing some tuning tricks. But, NOW HERE IS THE REAL QUESTION, how much better do you think I can get it to run if I could customize the ECU?
(and by the way this would be true for any car if its a Kia or a Lexus, does not matter, catch my drift)

For everyday use by average Joe Smith the car runs just fine off the lot, but for those of us that like to go fast thats where the "calibration" comes in.