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All THX Certified DVDs from Star Wars Episode One on include the THX Optimizer. Nearly all THX dvds from 2000 (beginning with Fight Club) and most from 2001 (I think the old edition of Close Encounters was the last) use the old THX Optimode which is nearly impossible to set up on anything other than a CRT.
I read a while back, cannot remember if it was CNet or another site, that you can calibrate your TV settings to any Pixar or Star Wars movie. Opticodec-pc download. I did this with my old Panasonic 42 in. Plasma and my Vizio M652i-B2 was just delivered today.Today I used the THX optimizer found on Star Wars III and checked it again using the THX optimizer on Pixar's Monsters Inc.
And the picture looks good to me, and this from a person that went from plasma set to non-plasma set.To get to the THX optimizer on these movies you go to the main menusetting or optionsand you should see THX Optimizer. The optimizer will also walk you through the steps of each setting, you can go back and forth through the steps using the chapter skip button on your DVD remote. Once finished it will play a demo of the movie with the new setting to test in case you need to make any other minor adjustments.Like I said, this has always worked for me with different TV's, let me know how this works.
Wall-E has the THX stuff.It really shouldn't be different than a DVD. The DVD in an upscaling player the player should be switching the color space from 601 to 709 for you, the resolution will be 1080p.The only thing I can think of that would cause signifigant differences is if your BD didn't upscale, as often TV's have per input, per resolution settings.Honestly for someone that isn't going to use a colorimeter I think the THX stuff is fine for doing rough brightness/contrast and if you've got blue filters color/tint.
Granted this isn't close to what you can do with instruments, but a better disc probably won't get you much better results unless you have specific needs (geometry, convergence, ect.). Originally Posted by sottiIt really shouldn't be different than a DVD. The DVD in an upscaling player the player should be switching the color space from 601 to 709 for you, the resolution will be 1080p.Every device that up-converts 480 to 1080 SHOULD convert the SD color to HD correctly, unfortunately very few (perhaps very very few) do it.
Most do NOTHING but up-convert and you are left with a problem that annoys me quite a bit. Reds from SD sources (like DVD) that are noticeably too orange.
This is easiest to detect with familiar colors of red. London buses, Coke advertising, American flag red, Stop signs, etc. Other colors are affected as well, but I find the reds are much easier to spot as being a problem than anything else. There are few video displays that have selectable SMPTE-C and Rec 709 color matrix settings (some Sony XBR models have had that setting, don't recall it in other displays but there are probably some others). Originally Posted by Jim McC Why is that Chris? I thought George Lucas and his THX system was so highly respected.
Or is that just for the audio portion?Is there anything other than Wall-E? I normally don't watch cartoons.Their Optimode idea was one of the WORST concepts ever.
The patterns were originally meant to be title-specific. Some of the HD titles with THX patterns are clipped.Purchase a real calibration disc with a more thorough, and ACCURATE pattern set. Originally Posted by Doug BlackburnEvery device that up-converts 480 to 1080 SHOULD convert the SD color to HD correctly, unfortunately very few (perhaps very very few) do it. Most do NOTHING but up-convert and you are left with a problem that annoys me quite a bit.
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Reds from SD sources (like DVD) that are noticeably too orange. This is easiest to detect with familiar colors of red. London buses, Coke advertising, American flag red, Stop signs, etc. Other colors are affected as well, but I find the reds are much easier to spot as being a problem than anything else. There are few video displays that have selectable SMPTE-C and Rec 709 color matrix settings (some Sony XBR models have had that setting, don't recall it in other displays but there are probably some others).I agree with you 100%, I think they should twist the colorspace, however many don't. And some influential people argue the contrary because there are 601 and 709 flags, but realistically nobody uses those and they aren't read by anything I am aware of, so it's kind of a theoretical argument.
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Which is why manually selectable decoding is an excellent failsafe for either case.However it is important to note that you mean Rec 601 and Rec 709 color matrix settings, NOT SMPTE-C vs. Rec 709 which is a color gamut difference which is altogether unrelated and an entirely different can of worms!