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Haven't tried an OTA, but I pretty much have it covered with NHL network (they always show the 7:00 HNIC game)..Then of course Center Ice...Lucky enough to have MSG-HD for all Rangers games. Great game last night whooping up the Habs

I will be available for calibrations in the West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami Fl. areas November 19-20. I am tentatively scheduled to return to these areas December 17-18. Contact me soon for an appointment.

I will be up in the Bay Area Nov 18-20th

Yes. Old and new. CRT front and rear projection, HD or non-HD, and flat screen.

A Baltimore area tour is being formed as we speak. Be glad to get you in on it.

Contact me directly please, by email or phone.

b

You must stop by and see my fully tricked out 73" CRT!



b

If time permits PM me your info..

Anyone Calibrators close to Eastern Kentucky/Southern West Virginia/ Southwestern Virginia?

I go through there regularly. I might be able do it the morning after Thanksgiving (this Friday) depending on your exact location.

I was just there and will return in March.

I am just about finished scheduling a trip to California. Please PM me if you want me to work on your system in that state.

Hey folks !!

Any recommendations for calibrators from the central New Jersey area, who are good, have a known track record on the AV forum and are affordable?

I have a first generation Pioneer Elite Plasma TV.

Thanks!!!
Dave

If you have a 1G Pioneer Elite I would invest in a display before a calibration. If you can find a 151FD or 111FD Pioneer that would be a great place to start.

I do travel to your area and was there last week. Info on my pricing is at www.accucalhd.com/pricing.htm.

Looking for someone in the BWI MD area for a calibration, TV and AVR. Let me know.

Thanks Jeff !!

Looking for ISF calibrators in the Charlotte, NC area. Please post your website/contact info. Thanks!

I was fortunate enough to have my Panasonic 55VT30 calibrated by Gotchaa this weekend. I live in the Bay Area and managed to catch him as part of a Northern California calibration tour. My set up is a little different than most which added a layer of complexity to the whole process. All my content, including cable television, comes from my HTPC. Upon his arrival, we determined through the use of calibration test patterns, that my video card could not limit its color range to the standard 16-235 range. In addition, there was no setting in the ATI Catalyst Control software enable this (for ATI video cards, this setting appears to only be available on video cards that have an HDMI output). This meant that my video card, in combination with the VT30, was effectively clipping lower end blacks and upper end whites. No amount of calibration was going to change this. At this point Gotchaa proceeded to calibrate ISF day and ISF night modes on all my inputs while I quickly ran to Best Buy for a new video card. I managed to finish installing a new GTX 550 and set the output to 16-235 as he finished up the calibration. I must say that setting the video card to limit its output to 16-235 made a big difference on the various test patterns. Now we could see all the subtle gradations in the various test patters where none could be see before. With the new video card installed and configured and the the calibration complete, we started viewing various different blu-ray content and I was blown away by the level of improvement in the picture. Color accuracy, clarity, and black level were all outstanding.

Gotchaa took the time to review my calibration report, showing me the before and after settings. Overall I'm very pleased with his work and would highly recommend his services to anyone needing ISF calibration.

You should NOT limit video to 235 on the top end. Digital values above 235 (236-254) are "legal" in Blu-ray and other consumer video sources. And these values do show up in most consumer video content. You really need to have a test pattern that shows digital values from about 210-254 in order to evaluate this properly. If you NEVER see any steps above 235, the display (or video board) is forcing every digital value above 235 to the same luminance level as 235 so you can potentially lose detail in highlights (like reflections from chrome, a crystal chandelier, etc. It's not the end of the world to have detail stop at 235, but eliminating steps above 235 is not good practice.

Steps below 16 (black) are generally not present in consumer video and if they are they are just "mistakes" that can be changed to 16 without affecting the image. But being able to see steps below 16 makes setup of the Brightness control using a Pluge pattern that has below-black, black, and above black bars a little easier. But if black information stops at 16 (0-15 are all the same level, black, as 16), that's not really an issue.

Are there in calibrators in south FL area (I'm at Sunny Isles Beach)? Please PM me, need my WD82840 calibrated

PM sent.

I have a C3X 1080P 3 chip projector. I am looking for someone to calibrate that. I also like to get the geometry set right. I am using a anamorphic lens for 2.35 .

K.G

KG

I have had great results with these. PM me if you want help with this. I also recommend audio calibration.

Im new to the AVS. Ive been reading the site for a few years but just actually registered because I'm in need of a good calibrator. I bought the last Pioneer Elite pro 101fd BB had in the box before they were discontinued. I new i wanted the pioneer from reading all the reviews and posts on here.

I live in the Allentown Pa area. I read somewhere that D-nice would be in the area soon and tried to pm him with no response. I don't even know if he got the pm. I have the set about a year and a half with setting I got off this site. I love the picture but I know its only scratching the surface of the sets potential.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,thanks...

Robert

Pioneer Pro 101fd
Pace HD DVR
Sony bd330 Bluray
Rotel 1067 Reciever
B&W spreakers

Did you try D-Nice's email? d-nice at audiovideofidelity.com

obviously, replace the 'at' with '@'.

If he can't make it, check HERE for Calibrators.


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Hello. I am searching for an ISF Calibrator. I am located in San Diego, CA and just purchased a BenQ-W6000. Thanks.

JJ

Here is a list that should help you find a calibrator:

THX Certified Video Calibrator

Hope this helps
RayJr

Doug, it was not limited to 235, setting the display to video levels vs. PC allowed for well above 235 without crushing blacks or white when set properly, this was checked with Spears Munsil from the HTPC in both modes as well as directly from a pattern generator.

Just noticed this post in another thread, from way back in '05.

Just so you know, those "elderly" CRT RPTVs are not old, they have a 20 year service life - or more, I've seen it, recently heard about a 29 year old Panny CRT 50" that's still cranking away just fine - and at today's stage are only halfway thru it. I know of an "old" curved screen Sears CRT whose guns fire at the hinged mirror that you pull out to start it up, that's still cranking away just fine too. We've been looking for someone to take it home and keep it going.

Well treated by their owners re. usage, light levels and screenburn, they are capable of WAY better than new performance, even at 11 years old.

I am being flown all over the country cleaning and calibrating these "elderly" beasts, which are capable of incredible HD, head and shoulders better than a lot of the "affordable" fixed pixel offerings out there in today's marketplace. And better looking in some ways than all fixed pixel offerings.

The main thing that not everybody knows about them is that their optics need to be cleaned yearly, and on some brands - like the Pioneers, be they Elite or non-Elite - the "deeper optics" need it every few years as well. That's because of the air gap between the lens barrels and the CRT coolant covers, where 6 additional surfaces get invaded by dust, soot, smoke and all manner of other airborn contaminants, and thus compromised because of the high voltage turning them into powerful, continuous dust magnets every moment they are powered on. There's 28 optical surfaces in there that need to stay crystal clear, 10 of which get compromised because of the HV. When all 28 surfaces are clean and polished and you have a crystal clear light path, the results are truly astounding. Like getting a brand new TV for a simple hour's work.

Just doing this one thing gives your "elderly" set a brand new looking picture - in my area my calibrations are called "The Sparkle Process" - and calibration after that is just incredible icing on the cake.

I started the "Don't Dump Your CRT RPTV!" thread here on AVS more than 5 years ago, and it is still going strong, with over 300 complete pages so far and over 9000 posts. If you have a CRT RPTV at all, HD or non-HD, I invite you to go over there and check it out.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...95922&page=327

If you have a CRT RPTV or know someone who does and want info about how to do your optics cleaning with no damage - those soft plastic surfaces in there are incredibly delicate, vulnerable and easily scratched, and any damage to them is permanent - contact me directly, by email or phone. No pm's please!

Thx -

Mr Bob

I will be in the Arizona Area Dec. 3-4th.

I will be in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Texas in January. Please go to my website at www.accucalhd.com/pricing-quote.htm if you are interested in my services.

I am contemplating going "home for the holidays" to Portland OR, but would prefer to have a job or 2 to do while there. Let me know if you live there or closeby to there, and are ready for a calibration or even just an optics cleaning, which is essential not only for CRT tech, but any projection tech, like DLP, LCOS, etc.

b

I'm located in Alabama and I need a Panasonic calibrated, can anyone help?