ISL Professional Television Calibration

[thaiboxerken]

Is it really worth paying the 300 - 500 bucks to get an HDTV huge-screen tv calibrated? I've been noticing artifacts in darker scenes on my 42" plasma and I see "steps" in gradient.

 

[Ace_of_Sevens]

Not really. Buy a calibration disc and use google to search for your model number + "service menu." You can do the same thing yourself for about 30 bucks.

 

[Bigt]

Some displays are definitely worth the cost of ISF calibration (not ISL). Professional calibration of CRT front and rear projectors, for instance, are nearly always worth the bucks. Some digital front projectors benefit from calibration also. What do you own? I would assume that it's a digital of some kind - LCD, DLP, SXRD or D-ILA. For these, I would take Ace of Sevens advice and search out a calibration disc and do it yourself. You'll get at least 90% of the way there and maybe more at a quite reasonable cost.

 

[thaiboxerken]

I have a HDTV Plasma display, it's 42". I can access a service menu on it. I think I'll just hold off on calibration and do it myself since I can't really see that it's all that bad. When I get a 60" display, I'll probably get it calibrated.