Monitor calibartion workflow with Gretagmacbeth (XRite)?

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assume that you are looking to use your HDTV LCD as a big computer monitor. If you want to watch standard video content through the computer, how do you know what color space was used to encode the video data, even if you could find a program that handled the required video color mapping in real time?

Actually no, I don't want to use it as a large monitor - I just want the picture on my HDTV to be good. That is, good color balance, brightness, contrast and tint. There are several eyeball programs that get you started - THX that come on many Disney disks, Get Gray, DVE and others. But the results are subjective, depending on how good your eyes are and how results are interpreted. On the AVS forum there are some threads on using various colorimeters (such as Display 2) along with TV specific software packages to do TV calibrating. I had just been wondering if you had any experience in that area. Think I may purchase the Display 2 package and see where it gets me. Thanks,

Steve W.

If you have a colorimeter or specrophotometer try this free software distributen under GNU GLP license:
http://www.homecinema-fr.com/colorimetre/index_en.php

Hope this helps

 

[on30trainman]

If you have a colorimeter or specrophotometer try this free software distributen under GNU GLP license:
http://www.homecinema-fr.com/colorimetre/index_en.php

Hope this helps

Have already downloaded that software - just have to buy the colorimeter - probably the Display 2 device.

Steve W.

 

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If you have a colorimeter or specrophotometer try this free software distributen under GNU GLP license:
http://www.homecinema-fr.com/colorimetre/index_en.php

Hope this helps

Have already downloaded that software - just have to buy the colorimeter - probably the Display 2 device.

Steve W.

Do you know where I can read about workflow with that program, I understand that it works with a special CD/DVD that you play on DVD player and than use the program to read the data. The forum is in french so any english help?

 

[on30trainman]

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Go to this section (Display Calibration) in the AVS Forum (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=139)
Do a search for HCFR and you will find several threads on it. One of the threads has links to two .rar files that are supposedly a translation of a French document on it's use. I haven't really studied the threads so I don't know what is available in documentation/instructions.

Steve W.