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When I first joined this forum and heard about calibration, my first thought
was, " why would you need to pay someone to adjust a new television when it
already has a great picture. This must be some kind of a scam for someone
to make a few bucks off of the unsuspecting." After making inquires from
various sources, I heard comments such as " it's unnecessary and it will
only make the display look darker". Comments like that only served to
re-enforce my negative feelings about the whole process. I then hired a
"Calibrator" last February to calibrate my Mits Diamond. When he was done I
did notice a major difference compared to what it looked like out of the
box, but when I told this person that I thought the set looked better, but I
felt the image on the "night setting" was a bit dark and looked a little
washed, he replied "that's because your not used to seeing proper color
registration and gray scale, this is the way it's supposed to look, and you
need to get used to it." So, I learned to live with it, until last week
when I noticed some other things about the image that I wasn't happy with.
When I called this person and expressed my concerns, he got indignant. It
was at this point that I put out an a.p.b. on this board for an ISF
calibrator. The person I referenced above had ISF listed on his cards, but
at the time he "calibrated" my set he had not yet taken the course and
assured me that the ISF training really wouldn't add much to his already
vast knowledge. In fact he stated that he had been trained by "Sencor" on
their equipment and that was better than what he would learn through ISF
anyway. Richard Fisher responded to my request immediately and put me in
contact with an ISF calibrator who as it happens, lives five minutes from my
home. I contacted him and set up an appointment immediately. This
gentlemen came to my home this past Monday. As it turns out, the only thing
the last person had done to my Mits was to correct the gray scale. He never
touched color because he apparently didn't know how to get to that menu and
what he did adjust only ended up making the image worse. Bottom line, it
took the ISF calibrator five hours to properly calibrate the set and correct
the problems that the other person had created. There is no daytime or night
time setting now just one setting that looks incredible at all times. Rich
and accurate colors that are not over saturated. I'm finally seeing
everything I've been missing since I purchased it and my only regret is that
I didn't go with an ISF calibrator in the first place and that I didn't have
the process done right after I'd purchased it. I liked what I saw so much
that as I mentioned in an earlier post today I had the 51" Aspect by Hitachi
set calibrated last night and it is amazing how good it looks. Finally if
you have a good ISF calibrator, the set will not be adjusted to look dark,
and they will take into account your input as you are the one who ultimately
has to live with it. I wish that dealers would inform everyone who has an
HDTV display about the benefits of this service, because otherwise you are
really only getting about half of what you paid for and that is sad. My two
cents, but I know on this at least I'm right. One last thing, and this is
not always the case, but the ISF person I'm using is quite reasonable as he
only charges 295.00 for a full blown calibration. It's probably the best
investment I've made after purchasing my home theater gear. Thank you
Richard Fisher and thanks to Dale, Shane and the tips list for providing
such a useful forum.
Anthony Rizzuto
Orlando, FL
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When I first joined this forum and heard about calibration, my first thought
was, " why would you need to pay someone to adjust a new television when it
already has a great picture. This must be some kind of a scam for someone
to make a few bucks off of the unsuspecting." After making inquires from
various sources, I heard comments such as " it's unnecessary and it will
only make the display look darker". Comments like that only served to
re-enforce my negative feelings about the whole process. I then hired a
"Calibrator" last February to calibrate my Mits Diamond. When he was done I
did notice a major difference compared to what it looked like out of the
box, but when I told this person that I thought the set looked better, but I
felt the image on the "night setting" was a bit dark and looked a little
washed, he replied "that's because your not used to seeing proper color
registration and gray scale, this is the way it's supposed to look, and you
need to get used to it." So, I learned to live with it, until last week
when I noticed some other things about the image that I wasn't happy with.
When I called this person and expressed my concerns, he got indignant. It
was at this point that I put out an a.p.b. on this board for an ISF
calibrator. The person I referenced above had ISF listed on his cards, but
at the time he "calibrated" my set he had not yet taken the course and
assured me that the ISF training really wouldn't add much to his already
vast knowledge. In fact he stated that he had been trained by "Sencor" on
their equipment and that was better than what he would learn through ISF
anyway. Richard Fisher responded to my request immediately and put me in
contact with an ISF calibrator who as it happens, lives five minutes from my
home. I contacted him and set up an appointment immediately. This
gentlemen came to my home this past Monday. As it turns out, the only thing
the last person had done to my Mits was to correct the gray scale. He never
touched color because he apparently didn't know how to get to that menu and
what he did adjust only ended up making the image worse. Bottom line, it
took the ISF calibrator five hours to properly calibrate the set and correct
the problems that the other person had created. There is no daytime or night
time setting now just one setting that looks incredible at all times. Rich
and accurate colors that are not over saturated. I'm finally seeing
everything I've been missing since I purchased it and my only regret is that
I didn't go with an ISF calibrator in the first place and that I didn't have
the process done right after I'd purchased it. I liked what I saw so much
that as I mentioned in an earlier post today I had the 51" Aspect by Hitachi
set calibrated last night and it is amazing how good it looks. Finally if
you have a good ISF calibrator, the set will not be adjusted to look dark,
and they will take into account your input as you are the one who ultimately
has to live with it. I wish that dealers would inform everyone who has an
HDTV display about the benefits of this service, because otherwise you are
really only getting about half of what you paid for and that is sad. My two
cents, but I know on this at least I'm right. One last thing, and this is
not always the case, but the ISF person I'm using is quite reasonable as he
only charges 295.00 for a full blown calibration. It's probably the best
investment I've made after purchasing my home theater gear. Thank you
Richard Fisher and thanks to Dale, Shane and the tips list for providing
such a useful forum.
Anthony Rizzuto
Orlando, FL
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