AVCAL, Get 4 Displays Calibrated for The Price of 3

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  Berek on 26/04/2016 - 19:05

  +3

  And the price is???

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    Forfiet on 26/04/2016 - 19:08

    -1

    "It's a specialised service, but not even the home theatre enthusiasts and photographers will know of the price"
    FTFY…..

    Give us a price in title(or at least in the description)!!

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      tomlut on 26/04/2016 - 19:35

      I can't. It depends on the device to be calibrated. I can give you an indication but that is all. See my comment below for the quotes for my devices.

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        Forfiet on 26/04/2016 - 20:39

        The indication/example is appreciated and gives a perspective on a potential price….cheers :P

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    ash2000 on 26/04/2016 - 19:27

    +3

    He's indicating about $400 a display by saying 25% off is worth $100!

    Ever thought about getting your TV, monitor or projector calibrated?

    Not now I know how costly it is.

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      tomlut on 26/04/2016 - 19:32

      It's not a fixed price. As I said in the description, it depends on the device. I can give you two prices I was quoted for as an indication but that's all:

      Epson TW8200 projector, $550.

      Panasonic ST50 Plasma, $395.

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        ash2000 on 26/04/2016 - 19:37

        What happens to the calibration when you have to update the firmware and/or to perform a factory reset on the device? I gather it's lost?

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        tomlut on 26/04/2016 - 19:40

        @ash2000:

        Factory rest would wipe it. Firmware update most likely wouldn't.

        Also for projectors if you're really fussy you should get it re-done when replacing the lamp.

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        PVA on 26/04/2016 - 19:52

        -1

        Put those examples in your post.

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        tomlut on 26/04/2016 - 19:54

        @PVA: Done.

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        PVA on 26/04/2016 - 19:54

        -1

        @tomlut:
        Good man.

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        dmlawyers on 27/04/2016 - 08:52

        +1

        This is not a great option, for a normal house or office environment. Because you can't keep everything constant. when you calibrate a display you will calibrate it according the room lighting at that particular time. Then after the calibration if the weather gets sunny and if you have little bit of extra lighting in the room then the whole calibration is ruined. If someone is going to spend about $500 to calibrate a projector then they should have bought the factory calibrated TW-9200W or something which comes with THX ISF certification. Even if you have a display that is calibrated then you need a content that has THX and ISF certification.

        This is good for someone who is using a display in a closed room or with no variable lighting condition, who has colour calibrated contents. Projector lamp changes colour after using it for sometime then that also affects things. I have a factory colour calibrated Dell display which comes with a certificate, I use it a closed room and the whole monitor costed me about $500

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      AlexF on 26/04/2016 - 19:41

      +5

      It sounds great at first - who wouldn't want to make the best of what they've got? Until you start thinking about the practicality of such.

      What you can do yourself using your eyes and a Blu-Ray test disk would be most noticeable and immediate improvement.

      Beyond that, improvement is marginal with diminishing returns and you'll need a controlled viewing environment (ie. drapes) to get consistent fidelity gain.

      Even beyond that is calibrating per input source which not all consumer displays can.

      Money better spent on test and content Blu-Ray disks and beer and shared with 3 friends, IMO.

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    tomlut on 26/04/2016 - 19:37

    Dependent on the device as stated in the description.

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  csingh on 26/04/2016 - 19:55

  Regardless of what all the tight asses say on here, this is a great service. I've used Avical twice in the past on the last two TV's that I had bought.

  First tv I had done was a Samsung 63 inch plasma, probably about 5 years ago now. Second tv I had done was a Samsung 75 inch LCD, about a year ago now. Still have both TV's and pictures on both still look fantastic, especially with blu ray.

  Both TV's were in the $3-$4k range. I had no issue spending an extra 10% (approximate) of the purchase price to ensure as perfect a picture as possible.

  I have a controlled environment with roller shutters where I can black out the room so makes a massive difference, especially at night (when I watch most of my tv).

  Also, regarding the comment about firmware, simple, don't upgrade it. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Besides, Avical will give you a pdf with all the calibrated settings (they did when I had it done). So if you lose the settings for whatever reason you can put them back on.

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    tomlut on 26/04/2016 - 20:00

    Thanks for the info about the hard copy of the settings. I suspected as much and was in the process of writing an email to find out.

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  Terra Australis on 26/04/2016 - 20:29

  +1

  The guy who calibrated by KVHR36M31 left to become a pilot apparently. Such a shame they don't do CRTs anymore, as professionals they would know how far superior CRTs are.

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    kermuffle on 26/04/2016 - 21:37

    would have loved one of those, had a panny 86cm crt equivalent but it was just so damn huge and it weighed over 80 kg.

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  karazy on 26/04/2016 - 22:29

  +1

  Its not hard to do this calibration yourself.

  You just need the right equipment.

  For the basics you can get a Datacolor Spyder4TV.
  Its $141.50 at CPLOnline.
  http://cplonline.com.au/graphics-design-products/audio-visua…
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq1XCtOaUPA

  I think this does the basics of calibration.

  If you want something more advance then check out http://www.avsforum.com/forum/139-display-calibration/948496…

  This site has some good calibration disc where you can do it manually.

  Otherwise there is a list of software that uses a colorimeter or spectroradiometer, using software like ColorHCFR, CalMAN, or ChromaPure.

  I use a Datacolour Spyder 4 pro for my computer screens.

  Then I use the same Spyder 4 pro hardware with ColorHCFR for my LCD TV's.

  If you don't want to pay for any hardware and want to do it by eye then get the AVSHD709 calibration disc from the avsforum link above.

  Its easy to do and something every one should do when they get a new screen.

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  [Deactivated] on 26/04/2016 - 23:03

  Are they doing the adjustment in menu settings or deeper in the factory setup?

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    Terra Australis on 27/04/2016 - 18:11

    Probably the service menu, which can be accessed by ordinary people but is not normally meant to be used by us.