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Originally Posted by Bsmooth 
I just found the DVD I used when I originally got the display. Its called Avia Guide to Home Theater, copyright 1989-1999, by Ovation software.
I did do a little reading and saw that the DVD they recommend Digital Video essentials, but is that the best one for beginners to use? |
SD and HD use different color spaces that have a different set of standards. HD uses REC 709 and SD uses REC 601, so it depends on what device you're calibrating (DVD player, Blu-Ray player etc.) Every device will probably be different too, so you'll probably have to calibrate for each device.
ColorHCFR (and other calibration software) allows you to select what color space you will be calibrating for, REC709 (HD) or REC601 (SD). It's all explained in the guides.
Avia should suffice for SD, but use AVS709 for HD. AVS709 has a manual that explains the different sections.
Really, the only thing that separates the different calibration discs, is how informative/helpful they are. All you really need help with, is how to set the basic settings like contrast, brightness, sharpness etc. For the meat of the calibration (grayscale and color) the only reason you really need the calibration discs are for the test patterns, and any of them should work fine; the rest is explained in the guides above.