After about 3 months on a shelf, I finally picked up my multimeter and my detector and got to work on my SMART calibration.
First off, 3 things:
1. It is very easy to do. Once you get to doing it, you won't be intimidated.
2. Steve Smallcombe is a gentleman. He will respond to questions promptly and curtiously.
3. It works.
Here is how it went for me:
I had a day off a couple of weeks ago and decided to spend some quality time with my HT
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I did the calibration run on "low" and typed my results into my SMART spreadsheet.
Unfortunately, I made a couple of fatal typos when entering the data and wound up with a totally screwey curve. This confused the software and caused it to give me incorrect advice. Because I got off on the wrong foot, it got more complicated than it should have. I emailed my work to Steve and he immediately saw the error.
So I started over. The second time, it only took me about one hour to complete the process from beginning to end.
My initial contrast ratio was 334:1
My last "run" reported a contrast ratio of 418:1 (CC40R filter)
This was all with the cinema black off.
After my last "run" I proceeded to adjust my contrast in accordance with the SMART instructions. I don't know what the final contrast ratio is since I didn't take any measurements after the contrast adjustment.
Conclusions:
Before the tweak, I tended to stay away from dark movies. I watched "From Hell" and then watched it again on my 60" RPTV. No contest. MUCH better on the 11HT.
Yes folks, it IS worth it. Now I'm kicking my self in the ass for waiting so long.
Gus
First off, 3 things:
1. It is very easy to do. Once you get to doing it, you won't be intimidated.
2. Steve Smallcombe is a gentleman. He will respond to questions promptly and curtiously.
3. It works.
Here is how it went for me:
I had a day off a couple of weeks ago and decided to spend some quality time with my HT
I did the calibration run on "low" and typed my results into my SMART spreadsheet.
Unfortunately, I made a couple of fatal typos when entering the data and wound up with a totally screwey curve. This confused the software and caused it to give me incorrect advice. Because I got off on the wrong foot, it got more complicated than it should have. I emailed my work to Steve and he immediately saw the error.
So I started over. The second time, it only took me about one hour to complete the process from beginning to end.
My initial contrast ratio was 334:1
My last "run" reported a contrast ratio of 418:1 (CC40R filter)
This was all with the cinema black off.
After my last "run" I proceeded to adjust my contrast in accordance with the SMART instructions. I don't know what the final contrast ratio is since I didn't take any measurements after the contrast adjustment.
Conclusions:
Before the tweak, I tended to stay away from dark movies. I watched "From Hell" and then watched it again on my 60" RPTV. No contest. MUCH better on the 11HT.
Yes folks, it IS worth it. Now I'm kicking my self in the ass for waiting so long.
Gus