New "Digital" Video Essentials Calibration disc in out.

[Smokey]

It is $24.99 from Joe Kane's website, www.videoessentials.com.

Calibration:

Here are the contents of the audio calibration section:

1 DVD Format
2 Loudspeaker Placement
3 Stereo
4 Multi-channel Audio
5 System Connections
6 Setting Audio Levels

Here are the contents of the video calibration section:

1 Basic Instructions - Calibration Overview
2 Basic Instructions - Brightness
3 Basic Instructions - Contrast
4 Basic Instructions - Color
5 Basic Instructions - Tint
6 Basic Instructions - Sharpness
7 Troubleshooting - Brightness
8 Troubleshooting - Contrast
9 Troubleshooting - Color
10 Advanced Instructions - Gray Scale
11 Advanced Instructions - Primary Colors
12 Advanced Instructions - Geometry
13 Advanced Instructions - Finding Qualified Help
14 Video System Details - Component, S & Composite
15 Video System Details - Interlaced & Progressive Video
16 Video System Details - Video Processors
17 Video System Details - MPEG Encoding
18 Video System Details - Large Screen Home Theaters

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...ls-3-2004.html

[mtrycraft]

How is this different from the original one besides the interlace/progressive section?

[Smokey]

How is this different from the original one besides the interlace/progressive section?

As you said, beside progressive section, this disc is produced in the 1080 line progressive, 24-frame high definition format.

Also:

High-Quality conversion to 480p/24 for NTSC.
"True Progressive Mastering" used in MPEG encoding
1.78 widescreen
Basic, intermediate and advanced levels of video calibration
Red, green and blue color filters
Dolby Digital Pro-Logic, Dolby Digital Surround EX and DTS ES multichannel audio test signals
More than 50 new video test patterns
1.78 widescreen anamorphic and 1.33 test materials

[Woochifer]

"New"? Go back to your room Smoke! You've obviously been cheating on your homework and reading the "Cliffs Notes" version of the AR forum! I've been using the DVE disc since last September, and it's a mixed bag IMO. Definitely not for a beginner, but if you've already got some experience with setup discs, at $25 it's a good buy. However, I've read elsewhere that the LFE tests on the DVE disc are not set correctly (the levels are supposedly set too low).

http://forums.audioreview.com/html/a...7/0EF9EE02.php
http://forums.audioreview.com/html/a...7/0EF9E98D.php

[Woochifer]

How is this different from the original one besides the interlace/progressive section?

$20 lower list price, 'nuff said.

[Smokey]

However, I've read elsewhere that the LFE tests on the DVE disc are not set correctly (the levels are supposedly set too low).

Have you emailed Joe Kane, the author of this video about LFE issue?

joekane@videoessentials.com

Now, I am going back to my room

[mtrycraft]

As you said, beside progressive section, this disc is produced in the 1080 line progressive, 24-frame high definition format.

Also:

High-Quality conversion to 480p/24 for NTSC.
"True Progressive Mastering" used in MPEG encoding
1.78 widescreen
Basic, intermediate and advanced levels of video calibration
Red, green and blue color filters
Dolby Digital Pro-Logic, Dolby Digital Surround EX and DTS ES multichannel audio test signals
More than 50 new video test patterns
1.78 widescreen anamorphic and 1.33 test materials

OK. Some of this, the 3 color filters is available on Avia. Thi supgrades Video Essentials then, higher quailty, but cannot be used on HDTV calibration beyond the 480 progressive as the DVD cannot handle more, right.

[Woochifer]

OK. Some of this, the 3 color filters is available on Avia. Thi supgrades Video Essentials then, higher quailty, but cannot be used on HDTV calibration beyond the 480 progressive as the DVD cannot handle more, right.

However, Avia still costs more and does not have any DTS or 6.1 audio tests. The one area where I've read that Avia does have an advantage still is in the ease of use, as DVE's menu system is fairly confusing. For HDTV calibration, DVE is available in 720p and 1080i resolution using D-VHS which IS a true HD format. That kind of HD option is something I have not seen available to consumers from anybody else.

[Woochifer]

Have you emailed Joe Kane, the author of this video about LFE issue?

joekane@videoessentials.com

Now, I am going back to my room

I haven't verified it. For quick audio level checks, I still mostly use my S&V setup disc because the menu system on DVE can get confusing. My main use for DVE so far has been with the video calibration, and on that count it's very good.