Steps to (or tips for) setting up a new TV?

[NTB]

Just bought a new Samsung 27" TV, and I need some suggestions on how to adjust the image - and no, I don't have either the Avia or Digital Video Essentials DVDs to do it with, yet. I'll probably pick one up soon, though.

Nate

 

[apac]

1. Plug in tv
2. turn on tv
3.
4. Profit?

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: apac
1. Plug in tv
2. turn on tv
3.
4. Profit?

lol 😛

Nate

 

[SpunkyJones]

Just get the Avia disc, there isn't too much that some one can tell you to do specifically, for each TV is different.

 

[Apex]

Pick up DVE from Deep Discount DVD, it's only about 16 clams.

 

[maziwanka]

man. where did all this "4. Profit?" stuff come from

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
man. where did all this "4. Profit?" stuff come from

South Park Season 2, Episode 17 - Gnomes

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Apex
Pick up DVE from Deep Discount DVD, it's only about 16 clams.

I wonder where I could pick DVE up locally? Best Buy only seems to carry the Avia disk; I guess I'll call Circuit City tommorow and ask (can't tell from their website - the disks are there, but niether says anything about local availability).

Nate

 

[Apex]

Sorry, not too sure. DDD does ship rather quickly though.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Apex
Sorry, not too sure. DDD does ship rather quickly though.

Found it online at borders, and reserved it for pickup at a nearby store. I'll drop by and pick it up sometime tommorow, probably. I know DDD ships quickly, but a) I'm impatient 😛 and b ) This is the busiest shipping time of the year; it could still take a while to get here.

Nate

 

[NTB]

Got the DVE disk, and after running through that, the set looks much better 🙂 Only problem now is that, depending on the source - and sometimes just the channel or show, if I'm watching TV - skintones aren't very consistent. Most of the time fairly-complected people look sunburnt (too much red); occasionally they look too pale. The easiest way I found around this, if it shows up, is to adjust the color temperature. I could probably fix it permanently if I could find a guide to what all the settings in the service menus do. I know better than to get in there and just start pushing buttons 😛

Nate

 

[aphex]

Is DVE much better than the THX Optimiser found on Disney discs?

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: aphex
Is DVE much better than the THX Optimiser found on Disney discs?

I've found it to be better, but opinions vary. I have DVE, VE, AVIA, S&V, and those THX optimizer disks here. I find I use DVE most often.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: aphex
Is DVE much better than the THX Optimiser found on Disney discs?

No clue - I knew some disks came with that, but I didn't know which ones; either way, I don't happen to own any of them. So I bought this one instead. It works pretty well, especially for color calibration - it comes with a little filter thing to look through when the DVD puts up the color test patern that helps you equalize RGB. This helped me a lot; by default this particular TV was very red-biased. So was the last one I bought, come to think of it. As for the sound: right now I have only two tower speakers up front, running simple stereo sound, so I can't really comment on that.

Nate

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: aphex
Is DVE much better than the THX Optimiser found on Disney discs?

I've found it to be better, but opinions vary. I have DVE, VE, AVIA, S&V, and those THX optimizer disks here. I find I use DVE most often.

Well since i got the new dvd player, i ran through the THX stuff tonight and it made a world of difference... Wouldn't mind something more powerful though 🙂

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: aphex
Is DVE much better than the THX Optimiser found on Disney discs?

I've found it to be better, but opinions vary. I have DVE, VE, AVIA, S&V, and those THX optimizer disks here. I find I use DVE most often.

Well since i got the new dvd player, i ran through the THX stuff tonight and it made a world of difference... Wouldn't mind something more powerful though 🙂

um...correct me if I'm wrong, but a new DVD player shouldn't affect that, should it? the changes are made to the TV and - if you have surround sound - the reciever. I might be way off though😕

Nate

 

[Apex]

Different DVD players will affect it. Even different outputs on the same DVD player.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Apex
Different DVD players will affect it. Even different outputs on the same DVD player.

yeah, I guess so. I was just thinking that if you run everything through a reciever, the signal would only change between the DVD player and the reciever - since it then goes from the reciever to the TV, the tv would always be seeing a nearly identical signal.

Nate

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: Apex
Different DVD players will affect it. Even different outputs on the same DVD player.

yeah, I guess so. I was just thinking that if you run everything through a reciever, the signal would only change between the DVD player and the reciever - since it then goes from the reciever to the TV, the tv would always be seeing a nearly identical signal.

Nate

Running it through your receiver just degrades your signal slightly (to not so slightly, depending on the receiver). Different DVD players will still affect the calibration.