Frogmort's HT Pad

[hometheatergeek]

So Sir Joe what did you end up watching this weekend?

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by hometheatergeek

So Sir Joe what did you end up watching this weekend?

I watched Reign of Fire and The Adventures of Tintin. Reign of Fire is a really good movie, IMO, but you really need to check your brain at the door and don't over analyze it. It has some of the best looking dragons of any movie I've ever seen. Tintin was really good too. It's like an animated Indiana Jones movie. The A/V was really great, but there were only a few spots where the LFE really went BOOM.

What about you?

[HAMP]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I watched Reign of Fire and The Adventures of Tintin. Reign of Fire is a really good movie, IMO, but you really need to check your brain at the door and don't over analyze it. It has some of the best looking dragons of any movie I've ever seen. Tintin was really good too. It's like an animated Indiana Jones movie. The A/V was really great, but there were only a few spots where the LFE really went BOOM.

What about you?

Hopefully I will watch TinTin tonight, I rented it earlier this week and haven't seen it yet.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by HAMP

Hopefully I will watch TinTin tonight, I rented it earlier this week and haven't seen it yet.

It looks glorious, and I thought the 7.1 soundstage was very immersive, it just didn't have quite the LFE Oomph that I was expecting. It does have have a few spots where it really hits deep and hard, but it's much more selective of those spots than a lot of movies I've seen. I guess you could say it's more tasteful with the LFE than say something like Terminator Salvation, which is pretty much an LFE onslaught from start to finish.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by frogmort

It looks glorious, and I thought the 7.1 soundstage was very immersive, it just didn't have quite the LFE Oomph that I was expecting. It does have have a few spots where it really hits deep and hard, but it's much more selective of those spots than a lot of movies I've seen. I guess you could say it's more tasteful with the LFE than say something like Terminator Salvation, which is pretty much an LFE onslaught from start to finish.

Nice! I need to rent it.

I played LOTR EE part I, but because I was messing with sub all day. I spent most of the movie listening to the sub. I hate when I focus on gear, AQ, or PQ. I'm not that kind of guy, I am a movie guy. I want to enjoy the movie.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Travis

Nice! I need to rent it.

I played LOTR EE part I, but because I was messing with sub all day. I spent most of the movie listening to the sub. I hate when I focus on gear, AQ, or PQ. I'm not that kind of guy, I am a movie guy. I want to enjoy the movie.

Yeah, but the more time you take to properly adjust the A/V quality, the more immersive the movies will be. I really wish I had an on/off switch for my internal analyzer.

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Going too bed soon. Night Frogster.

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[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Going too bed soon. Night Frogster.

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That's pretty funny. It's also funny that we posted in each other's threads at exactly the same time!

Have a good night man, I think I'm going to bed early too.

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by frogmort

That's pretty funny. It's also funny that we posted in each other's threads at exactly the same time!

Have a good night man, I think I'm going to bed early too.

Yeah lets blame it on the server crash and crash early tonight.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Yeah lets blame it on the server crash and crash early tonight.

I'm going to bed, but I'm going to read some GoT until I can't stay awake any more. See you tomorrow!

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I'm going to bed, but I'm going to read some GoT until I can't stay awake any more. See you tomorrow!

Im back Baby.

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[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Im back Baby.

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Me too, sort of. I only got about 5 hours of sleep. Woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. I forsee a nap in my future.

[hometheatergeek]

Good mornin Joe and Tommy. I might have had one too many last night.

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[Magicmonger]

Originally Posted by hometheatergeek

Good mornin Joe and Tommy. I might have had one too many last night.

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HAHA! Too funny. Have a great weekend Froggie

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by hometheatergeek

Good mornin Joe and Tommy. I might have had one too many last night.

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Good morning Al. I've been there many times myself buddy, and it's not much fun. I haven't had a drop in a few days, so I'll probably look like that in the morning.

[bz1080p]

Good morning Joe

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Magicmonger

HAHA! Too funny. Have a great weekend Froggie

You too MM.

Originally Posted by bz1080p

Good morning Joe

Right back atcha Bill!

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Me too, sort of. I only got about 5 hours of sleep. Woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. I forsee a nap in my future.

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Me too. Long night calibrated with avshd 709. A tiny doh moment occurred when i found out that the results were very close too default at Contrast/brightness at 0, color at +1 and sharpness at +2. The previous calibration placed me at -2/+1 Color +2 and sharpness +2.

At the pluge pic 16 (reference black) need too disappear and it did but it took 17 with it. If i take brightness one notch up (+1) i gain it again but 15, 16 too. So i chose too lose a bit of shadow detail for a darker picture. The same was almost going on in the contrast pic. The bars look very ghosty but better that being able too see the reference (235) white bar blinking (at minus).

The color was were hard as usual but i got it dailed in at +1. -1 too +3 are very similar.

[hometheatergeek]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Good morning Al. I've been there many times myself buddy, and it's not much fun. I haven't had a drop in a few days, so I'll probably look like that in the morning.

Well I was here all by myself and had no one to tell me when to stop.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

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Me too. Long night calibrated with avshd 709. A tiny doh moment occurred when i found out that the results were very close too default at Contrast/brightness at 0, color at +1 and sharpness at +2. The previous calibration placed me at -2/+1 Color +2 and sharpness +2.

At the pluge pic 16 (reference black) need too disappear and it did but it took 17 with it. If i take brightness one notch up (+1) i gain it again but 15, 16 too. So i chose too lose a bit of shadow detail for a darker picture. The same was almost going on in the contrast pic. The bars look very ghosty but better that being able too see the reference (235) white bar blinking (at minus).

The color was were hard as usual but i got it dailed in at +1. -1 too +3 are very similar.

Nice gypsy cat.

That's what they recommend with the brightness, if you watch the video. On my particular setting(Theater Black 1) I have brightness at -9, and I can barely see 17. I fiddled around with the sharpness, but I think mine looks more natural at 0. IMO, It's actually pretty cool that the settings you ended up with were very close to the default settings.

EDIT: By the way, did you download the patterns manual? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8968806/Patterns-Manual.pdf