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Digital Video Essentials - HD Basics [Blu-ray] [2008] | ![Digital Video Essentials - HD Basics [Blu-ray] [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FMBadQJeL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Joe Kane
Actor: Sam Dalton
Studio: DVD International
Category: DVD
List Price: £13.99
Buy New: £10.26
You Save: £3.73 (27%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1736
Format: Colour, Dolby, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: Exempt
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 60042
UPC: 647715600424
EAN: 0647715600424
ASIN: B000V6LST0
Theatrical Release Date: March 25, 2008
Release Date: April 7, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Ships from U.S.A., to anywhere in the United Kingdom! Orders only take 3-5 days! We specialise in service to the U.K. and only ship airmail.
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Does the job, but not easy to follow August 13, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I purchased this blu-ray to setup a new hd tv I had purchased as I wanted to get the best out of it that I could. There is a lot of background information to do with HD and various standards, which did bore me within the first 15 minutes. So I skipped straight to the calibration section.
This section is really what you buy this disc for and so I was a little dissapointed to find the narrator taking forever to explain how to use the test screens, when really it can be explained within a few sentences. Even then, the explanation is not crystal clear and led to some confusion when calibrating my screen, meaning I would have to go back and listen again in detail to what the narrator is saying word for word. This could lead to people miscalibrating their screens, and left me a bit miffed when I was left with a dull blue-tinted screen the first time i tried it.
Once you get used to the narrator and manage get what you need to know from the excessive explanations, you will get better results. I found myself using the test screens on their own once I figured out what I was supposed to do with them.
It did take a fair bit of trial and error to get a result I was happy with as the test patterns do show the shortcommings of my tv, which means having to compromise with some calibrations. The narrator gives the impression that this is a common problem however, and that most users will face these problems as manufacturers fail to make tv's which adhere to various standards needed to reproduce a reliable image.
Overall I am pleased to have purchased this disc, knowing that I am getting much better picture quality from my new tv. For those of you that want to get the most from your own HDTV this is an essential purchase.
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