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Cman333 · 03-25-2010, 06:23 PM

Get a calibration disc and play around with the settings. It will take a long time to do mainly because each input needs to be adjusted.

The reason they charge $300 for calibration is because of the amount of time and the equipment they use to calibrate TV's. Pro's use a sensor which suction cups on the tv to measure the color, then they manually adjust each setting to get the best picture. The cost upwards from $5000 for the colorimeter + software.

A cheaper alternative I would recommend is read the AVSforum and use other peoples settings. The problem with other peoples settings is that each room is always different. Some have more natural lighting, some have more florescent lighting, etc etc. PLUS most of these people on the forums aren't pro's they just play around with a calibration disc and "eyeball" the settings to their liking.

Here's a blurb I found
"The mandated price for ISF calibration is tied to how time consuming and tedious it is to do a proper calibration and to equipment costs. The role of the ISF professional calibrator is to educate the consumer and education should be part of any calibration process. Another reason is the cost of the equipment. The price of suitable meters ranges from $5,000 to $15,000, in addition to a pattern or test generator.

Our favorite was the Sencore “Hubble,” or OTC1000 ColorPro Optical Tri-stimulus Colorimeter. This meter is a non-contact device, has a laser pointer for alignment, and acquires accurate, repeatable readings very quickly, down to 0.01 ft-Lamberts. An alternative is the CP6000 ColorPro V. This is a contact device, doesn’t read quite as quickly, and doesn’t have the same sensitivity, but is half the price. Both come with ColorPro 6000 software that makes adjustment of colors
much easier. Compared to the consumer-grade contact devices, these sensors are far more accurate and repeatable and calibrate to a known standard.

Your eyes can be fooled easily when doing color calibration, as we don’t see differences in luminosity and color the same way. Some of the test patterns we used involved peering through colored gels to compare differences in intensity. However, the meters were always more accurate. We also discussed using a known light source and calibrated “swatches” as a means to compare color. "

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Cman333 RS Licensed Vendor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 604 Posts: 14,501 Thanked 995 Times in 327 Posts Failed 34 Times in 13 Posts Member's Picture Albums	Get a calibration disc and play around with the settings. It will take a long time to do mainly because each input needs to be adjusted. The reason they charge $300 for calibration is because of the amount of time and the equipment they use to calibrate TV's. Pro's use a sensor which suction cups on the tv to measure the color, then they manually adjust each setting to get the best picture. The cost upwards from $5000 for the colorimeter + software. A cheaper alternative I would recommend is read the AVSforum and use other peoples settings. The problem with other peoples settings is that each room is always different. Some have more natural lighting, some have more florescent lighting, etc etc. PLUS most of these people on the forums aren't pro's they just play around with a calibration disc and "eyeball" the settings to their liking. Here's a blurb I found "The mandated price for ISF calibration is tied to how time consuming and tedious it is to do a proper calibration and to equipment costs. The role of the ISF professional calibrator is to educate the consumer and education should be part of any calibration process. Another reason is the cost of the equipment. The price of suitable meters ranges from $5,000 to $15,000, in addition to a pattern or test generator. Our favorite was the Sencore “Hubble,” or OTC1000 ColorPro Optical Tri-stimulus Colorimeter. This meter is a non-contact device, has a laser pointer for alignment, and acquires accurate, repeatable readings very quickly, down to 0.01 ft-Lamberts. An alternative is the CP6000 ColorPro V. This is a contact device, doesn’t read quite as quickly, and doesn’t have the same sensitivity, but is half the price. Both come with ColorPro 6000 software that makes adjustment of colors much easier. Compared to the consumer-grade contact devices, these sensors are far more accurate and repeatable and calibrate to a known standard. Your eyes can be fooled easily when doing color calibration, as we don’t see differences in luminosity and color the same way. Some of the test patterns we used involved peering through colored gels to compare differences in intensity. However, the meters were always more accurate. We also discussed using a known light source and calibrated “swatches” as a means to compare color. " __________________ BPG AUTOSOUND #8-2900 Smith St Richmond, BC 604.278.4142 sales@bpgautosound.com Last edited by Cman333; 03-30-2010 at 01:59 PM.