| | |  | GIFT SETS | Home » » Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics [Blu-ray] | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Created by home theater industry legend Joe Kane, HD Basics is the
definitive High Definition home theater calibration tool. It promises to
improve your picture and give you an understanding of the concepts that
are vital to getting the most out of your HDTV.
Easy to use menu system
25 minute 'quick set-up" option including an in depth description and explanation of how to use specific test patterns to calibrate your display
Audio calibration test signals
Descriptive text in the menu to help navigate each option
A 90 minute overview of the basics of HDTV
Introduction to the world of creating HDTV programs
Audio commentary by Cinematographer Allen Daviau and Joe Kane. | | | Features: | |
• Explanation of how to use specific test patterns to calibrate your display
• Easy to use menu system with descriptive text to help navigate each option
• A 90 minute overview of the basics of HDTV and an introduction to the world of creating HDTV programs
• Included color filters assist in calibration
• Audio calibration test signals
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Joe Kane | | Director:
| Joe Kane | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| DVD International | | Run Time:
| 120 minutes | | Blu-ray Release Date:
| March 25, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 135 reviews |
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 Wow - Very DissapointingJul 26, 2010
Ok - nice to check my audio for the speaker play - but other than that...lousy for adjusting colors / sharpness / etc.
Lots of filler stuff...NOT IMPRESSED!!
 Very useful but too much informationJul 19, 2010
I think the disc is very useful since a calibrated picture is much better and accurate than what you get just using the defaults. My only issue with the disc is that there's a lot of fluff and unnecessary information for the 90+% that just wants a calibrated picture and not all the extra information. I guess you need to fill it up to charge what they charge for a bunch of test screens and colored paper.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 okay but not greatJul 12, 2010
This is an okay calibration tool. I rented it from Netflix before purchasing. The product discusses CRT and projection TVs but says little or nothing about flat panel TVs, the most prolific on the market today. They haven't made CRT TVs in HD for many years so I don't see why they keep referring to those at all. Another gripe is a long winded discussion about calibrating color saturation with some kind of blue filter test screen which doesn't exist on the DVD or, at least, I couldn't find it. As others have mentioned here there is no tint or hue calibration which does seem odd. I would recommend renting this DVD rather than buying it.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Worth the money!Jun 25, 2010
Great product! Made my lcd look even better and also made my old crt look better too!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
HD_Basics ReviewMay 23, 2010
This Product is amazing for the cost and what you get out of it. I learned a lot
and my TV picture has never looked better why spend any more money than you have to
when this product does an excellent job on calibrating your HD TV to getting the best
picture quality out of it 5/5!!!
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