Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler LOTR extended version

there is a very easy way to calibrate black levels quickly and without using any calibrating equipment;
in a dark room, turn the tv on to the DVD/BR input, and keep the player OFF;
increase the brightness to the point where you can easily see it's gray;
then, slowly decrease the brightness to the point where it is at it's minimum (darkest point);
if you decrease the brightness one more notch, the screen will NOT be any darker; and if you increase the brightness one notch, the screen will be brighter than it's minimum brightness.

this gives me exactly the same brightness as when i use a calibration DVD and it's much more simple and fast.

We just watched the first movie yesterday. I'm not sure why anyone would suggest there is no improvement over the DVD version or report color errors. I found it to be of outstanding image and sound quality. Significantly better than the DVD version. I sit 12' away from a 8' wide 2.35 screen. I do my own video calibration as well. If you have a 'small'ish', in comparison to my set up display, you may not find it worth while. Sound quality is much better, regardless.

Maybe the day i get off the damn fence and buy an Oppo BRP like i had planned, i will finally see what all this hype is about.

There is definitely a green tint to the movie. Nice YouTube video comparison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwcm-73kZE8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

MY TV is supposed to b known for having a red push, so maybe it will balance out for me?

Maybe i'll head down to some store that is playing the movie on all the big screens to check it out.
It is too easy for someone to add a filter onto a youtube video to enhance a point. I wonder how much of this depends on the colour temp to which people have their screens set.