Help...Need the name of the HT Calibration DVD

[SoSpacey]

Can someone please tell me which DVD I can buy that optimizes my Home Theatre System? I remember someone saying they make one that automatically calibrates your system for optimum performance.

Where can I get it???

All help appreciated.

[dodobird]

Avia Guide to Home Theater
-OR-
Video Essentials
-OR-
THX optimode in Fight Club and T2 DVDs (nowhere near as close to the other two, they say http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/smile.gif)

BTW they don't "automatically" optimize your HT... you still gotta do the calibration http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/smile.gif

[SoSpacey]

thanks a mil...

[jpcamb]

Video Essentials is available as a rental at Netflix if you want to save some cash. You also need a sound meeter to properly calibrate a system with these discs. You can find the meters at Radio Shack for around $40
Kind of expensive for a one time use but worth it in the long run from what I hear.

[Patman]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jpcamb:
Video Essentials is available as a rental at Netflix if you want to save some cash. You also need a sound meeter to properly calibrate a system with these discs. You can find the meters at Radio Shack for around $40
Kind of expensive for a one time use but worth it in the long run from what I hear.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, you can buy the SPL meter and then return it when you're done with it. http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/biggrin.gif



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[jpcamb]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Patman:
Well, you can buy the SPL meter and then return it when you're done with it. http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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My thoughts as well, but it seems wrong somehow, then again, I have joined CH quite a few times. Where do you draw the line?

[webbo]

I set my system up last night using Avia (It is supposedly better for audio setup) and a Radio Shack SPL I got from where I work. It is actually fairly easy to use and it sure makes my system sound a lot better. It certainly isn't something you would need to do more than once, so probably renting VE from Netflix and then temporarily buying the analogue SPL (There is a digital one too) from Radio Shack is the way to go.