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Whether you've just purchased your first surround sound system or you've been fiddling with A/V wires since you were 13, Sound & Vision Home Theater Tune-Up is an easy-to-follow tutorial for connecting today's complex digital and analog equipment. The DVD features an articulate couple exchanging barbs as they lead viewers through 80 minutes of instruction on everything from loudspeaker phase checks to video calibration. Scriptwriter- producer Rob Sabin does a superb job targeting novice consumers with non-techy dialogue. The disc incorporates excellent audio test signals, along with an impressive demonstration for adjusting subwoofer crossover settings. The TV calibration section (with supplied blue color filter) enables viewers to easily adjust contrast, brightness, sharpness, and color levels. Extras include six Dolby Digital sound demos, a DTS surround music sample, and a THX theater trailer. Although home theater aficionados may find the couple's banter fatiguing, the audio/video tests should leave a favorable impression. --Eric K. Gill
Description
Sound & Vision, the world's largest audio/video magazine, has teamed with Ovation Software, the leading authority on A/V equipment calibration, to bring you this comprehensive, entertaining, and simple-to-use guide to hooking up, operating, and adjusting your home theater for the absolute best performance! Whether you're a novice or enthusiast, you'll find step-by-step instructions, exclusive video patterns and audio tests, and helpful tips for hooking up, adjusting, and operating your system! Exclusive, user-friendly video test patterns, Audio Tune-up with exclusive test signals designed by Sound & Vision Technical Editor David Ranada, including speaker ID/balance for 5.1-channel and 6.1-channel systems, speaker phase, and subwoofer level S-Video/ composite video test, DVD aspect-ratios explained, Jack-by-jack set-up & installation advice. 90 minutes.
Customer Reviews:
Easy to use.......2007-08-06
I basically was looking for something just to adjust the picture of my plasma television. This was relatively easy to do using this product. Instructions are easy to follow, and I was able to calibrate my picture in just a few minutes.
Good for the price.......2007-07-16
I debated this one for $18 (sealed new) from an Amazon seller or the Ovia one which was $40.
I just purchased an HD LCD TV and some of the content inside this DVD is outdated and has no mentionings on how to adjust an LCD backlight and some other features like Dynamic Contrast, etc.
However, the basic calibrations like Contrast, Sharnpess, Color, Tint, Brightness, etc, are great and get the job done.
The audio tests are nothing more than "Let me send a signal to each speaker so you know which one is left, right, rear, or center, or sub"
It was good for speaker polarity, but I would like to have seen an equalizer test for knowing how to best set mids and highs and filtering out lows - but for testing surround sound - yes it works.
For the money, yes, I recommend this, I wouldn't buy the DVD used since it may not have the blue clear filter lens that is included to help you adjust color and tint. Mine was factory sealed, though it was from a seller.
I will continue to use this DVD at other places through out the house and I'm sure friends will want to borrow it. I also pre-called Blockbuster to see if they rented one out, but they don't - and also I "hear" that Circuit City and Best Buy may give out free ones, but I didn't get my tv from them and didn't know anyone that worked there. I plan to upgrade my audio system and this will come in handy again.
This one's a nice keeper since most tv retain different video settings for the various inputs, so IF I add a HDDVD player or upconvert, I can use this DVD again.
Sound and Vision Home Theater Tune-up.......2007-01-18
A must have for any HDTV set up. Most TVs are sent by the manufacturers with the color settings and brightness way oversaturated. They want them to look bright if set up in stores for display.
For even an amatuer, this simple DVD will lead you through the steps to adjust all of the settings to get accurate color from your set. No more "blooming" reds or unnatural skintones.
an excellent product........2007-01-10
It is an excellent product to tune up my home theater easily.
Wish I Could Say.......2007-01-07
I ordered this from Time Life Music on Amazon.com. As I never received it, I cannot say how good it is. Time Life indicated they shipped it but a month later I still do not have it. Put a negative comment on the site regarding them and they countered it with 'it shipped and I'm looking for it in our company mailroom'. I have no company mail room, only a locked mailbox and the item was never found in it. Trying to recover my money from them at this point without success so far.
Amazon.com
Whether you've just purchased your first surround sound system or you've been fiddling with A/V wires since you were 13, Sound & Vision Home Theater Tune-Up is an easy-to-follow tutorial for connecting today's complex digital and analog equipment. The DVD features an articulate couple exchanging barbs as they lead viewers through 80 minutes of instruction on everything from loudspeaker phase checks to video calibration. Scriptwriter- producer Rob Sabin does a superb job targeting novice consumers with non-techy dialogue. The disc incorporates excellent audio test signals, along with an impressive demonstration for adjusting subwoofer crossover settings. The TV calibration section (with supplied blue color filter) enables viewers to easily adjust contrast, brightness, sharpness, and color levels. Extras include six Dolby Digital sound demos, a DTS surround music sample, and a THX theater trailer. Although home theater aficionados may find the couple's banter fatiguing, the audio/video tests should leave a favorable impression. --Eric K. Gill
Customer Reviews:
Easy to use.......2007-08-06
I basically was looking for something just to adjust the picture of my plasma television. This was relatively easy to do using this product. Instructions are easy to follow, and I was able to calibrate my picture in just a few minutes.
Good for the price.......2007-07-16
I debated this one for $18 (sealed new) from an Amazon seller or the Ovia one which was $40.
I just purchased an HD LCD TV and some of the content inside this DVD is outdated and has no mentionings on how to adjust an LCD backlight and some other features like Dynamic Contrast, etc.
However, the basic calibrations like Contrast, Sharnpess, Color, Tint, Brightness, etc, are great and get the job done.
The audio tests are nothing more than "Let me send a signal to each speaker so you know which one is left, right, rear, or center, or sub"
It was good for speaker polarity, but I would like to have seen an equalizer test for knowing how to best set mids and highs and filtering out lows - but for testing surround sound - yes it works.
For the money, yes, I recommend this, I wouldn't buy the DVD used since it may not have the blue clear filter lens that is included to help you adjust color and tint. Mine was factory sealed, though it was from a seller.
I will continue to use this DVD at other places through out the house and I'm sure friends will want to borrow it. I also pre-called Blockbuster to see if they rented one out, but they don't - and also I "hear" that Circuit City and Best Buy may give out free ones, but I didn't get my tv from them and didn't know anyone that worked there. I plan to upgrade my audio system and this will come in handy again.
This one's a nice keeper since most tv retain different video settings for the various inputs, so IF I add a HDDVD player or upconvert, I can use this DVD again.
Sound and Vision Home Theater Tune-up.......2007-01-18
A must have for any HDTV set up. Most TVs are sent by the manufacturers with the color settings and brightness way oversaturated. They want them to look bright if set up in stores for display.
For even an amatuer, this simple DVD will lead you through the steps to adjust all of the settings to get accurate color from your set. No more "blooming" reds or unnatural skintones.
an excellent product........2007-01-10
It is an excellent product to tune up my home theater easily.
Wish I Could Say.......2007-01-07
I ordered this from Time Life Music on Amazon.com. As I never received it, I cannot say how good it is. Time Life indicated they shipped it but a month later I still do not have it. Put a negative comment on the site regarding them and they countered it with 'it shipped and I'm looking for it in our company mailroom'. I have no company mail room, only a locked mailbox and the item was never found in it. Trying to recover my money from them at this point without success so far.
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