pezz1503562352 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Hi guys, My sim2 nero 3d has close to fifty hours now and want to know who Is the best calibrator to use? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztheatre Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Hi guys, My sim2 nero 3d has close to fifty hours now and want to know who Is the best calibrator to use? thanks. Where are you located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezz1503562352 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Mildura north west Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztheatre Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Mildura north west Victoria. See if anyone is close here https://www.imagingscience.com/dealers.php?search=Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonNo10 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Thanks for that link also. I contacted the guy in Berwick and his coming around next Monday to do my JVC X-35. Been wanting to do it since I purchased it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandS Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Be interesting to know the improvement and cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonNo10 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Be interesting to know the improvement and cost. Give them a call and you will get a price over the phone. It came down to where I lived that dictated the total cost, so if your close you won't pay as much. Overall I was very surprised and pleased with the price. Much less than I thought but my setup is pretty straight forward with only one Bluray player connected to the projector. Edited December 10, 2014 by SimonNo10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steffan Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 i got a quote from a place in perth yesterday and they wanted $450 to do a calibration.........i thought that was a bit excessive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonNo10 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) Completely agree Yorac that's what I thought. I was qouted over $800 about 4-5years ago when I owned the Sanyo Z4. So $450 is a great price for a professional ISF certified calibration. Stuart from here http://audiovisualcalibration.com.au/ is doing mine. He said it would take approx 2.5hrs to do which is pretty thorough considering that I'm using the projector for BD and 720p/1080i (2 seperate inputs on my Anthem for switching only, so not a complex setup. The primary input being BD is what I'm more concerned about and want the best possible video reproduction that can be achieved. The signal generator they use cost approx $5000 so when you incorporate the equipment plus software then the knowledge (HAA Level 2, ISF Certified, THX Certified) it's all relative. I guess when it's done I can properly post my impressions and see if it was worth the money. Edited December 12, 2014 by SimonNo10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sero Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 look foward to your impressions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jutta Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I saw $450 and thought man that's damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jliang70 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Give them a call and you will get a price over the phone. It came down to where I lived that dictated the total cost, so if your close you won't pay as much. Overall I was very surprised and pleased with the price. Much less than I thought but my setup is pretty straight forward with only one Bluray player connected to the projector. I reckon it is more likely depending on how many calibration options on your display or equipment that determine the cost. A projector with full CMS will probably take a bit longer to calibrate, as is something with a lumagen radiance processor which allows even more calibration options. Because the number of repeats of the same calibration processes to reach a good compromise between different settings is time consuming. X35 is a very good projector but from top of my head I think people can adjust the greyscale settings, going into the secret menu there is a primitive primary colour adjustment, a gamma curve that can be tweeked, there is a few other settings such as iris level etc. Overall it should be a pretty simple projector to calibrate. I think you will see the difference between a calibrated display to an uncalibrated one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztheatre Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 There are others doing the same thing the certified isf guys do. In Qld we have Mark Techer who does a stellar job at calibrations for TV and projectors too. http://cavx.yolasite.com/calibration.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonNo10 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Hi guys. Calibration is complete. Stuart is a really nice guy very professional and explained to me the equipment used and explained (as simply as possible) during the calibration process what he was doing. Total time was approx 3hrs and he was very thorough and the end result is simply stunning. I put on Guardians of the Galaxy and watched the first 10mins and I was just amazed at the difference in black level, shadow detail and colour, very 3D like and just pops out. I haven't spent much time testing material so will wait until tonight before trying other BD's. My projector as jliang70 mentioned above does not have a CMS menu but Stuart got very very close to what it would be if it did so very pleased with the end result. So will watch some more content tonight. Edited December 15, 2014 by SimonNo10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jst01 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hi Simon, Stu's a great guy and an excellent calibrator. I also met Mark when he was in Sydney for the recent ISF course. Another nice bloke. It's nice to seem some positive feedback on people's calibration experiences. Cheers, Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurryTorero22 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I have just bought one of these to do my own calibrations, http://spyder.datacolor.com/ Anyone tried them yet ? Cheers Torero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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