Sony A9 Master Series KE48A9 OLED winging its way to Marco Towers!

[struth]

was it too big for stand you had, or wrong alignment?

[Macca]

That was your mistake right there, IMHO. Such downloads cannot achieve what a TV calibration engineer is trained to do, and has the necessary equipment for. You're only playing at it.

These guys are experts in their field, and so know how to utilise specialist sections of the advanced settings on your TV, and in conjunction with their equipment, optimise the colour balance of your TV, which trust me, is *impossible* to do by eye. This is one area of AV where measurement apparatus is essential.

Fair enough if you don't want to pay for what it costs for professional calibration (which is £300, not £500), but don't expect to get the same results from a download!

Marco.

My telly was £600 I'm not going to pay half as much again for calibration. Don't know about any others but on mine there's nothing arcane in the advanced settings. It was pretty easy to get it how I want it.

[Marco]

was it too big for stand you had, or wrong alignment?

I didn't have it on a stand mate, it was on the wall, but the wall bracket was too small to fit this TV, so had to get a bigger one

At the moment, it's been fitted to it's stand and on top of my TV cabinet, where the centre speaker usually goes, so not ideal. Have to say the picture quality is superb, even just out the box!

Marco.

[struth]

sorry yeah i meant wall bracket lol.. oh well, it has to be. good your happy with it.

[Marco]

My telly was £600 I'm not going to pay half as much again for calibration. Don't know about any others but on mine there's nothing arcane in the advanced settings. It was pretty easy to get it how I want it.

You're not getting the point, mate. I'll explain properly when I come back from the flicks.

Needless to say though, if I only paid £600 for a TV, I wouldn't be spending £300 on calibration either, but in my situation, and certainly Gaz's, where we have OLEDs and both want them maxed out, picture wise, which you really can't do properly yourself, then it makes more sense.

Right, must dash!

Laters

Marco.

[Pharos]

Actually, I don't think I have made my point clearly regarding the spoon and the poison Marco.

The poison was not the technically poor signals corrupting the art and hence the enjoyment, but the abysmal art containing either nothing emotionally stimulating, (ie. a better instinctual understanding of the human predicament), or intellectually educating about the spheres of life.

For that reason I stopped watching soaps decades ago, although they do attempt to educate, (rather patronisingly and with banal content).

BBC 4 is a little better if you can tolerate up themselves academics showcasing themselves having a wonderful time whilst ingratiating themselves with each other, and often using condescending tones.

[Barry]

That was your mistake right there, IMHO. Such downloads cannot achieve what a TV calibration engineer is trained to do, and has the necessary equipment for. You're only playing at it.

These guys are experts in their field, and so know how to utilise specialist sections of the advanced settings on your TV, and in conjunction with their equipment, optimise the colour balance of your TV, which trust me, is *impossible* to do by eye. This is one area of AV where measurement apparatus is essential.

Fair enough if you don't want to pay for what it costs for professional calibration (which is £300, not £500), but don't expect to get the same results from a download!

Marco.

That's not what you said in another thread: https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...ation+download (post 12 et seq.).

Given the cost of my Sony TV, any improvement gained through using a calibration service would be minimal and wouldn't justify the expense.

Were I to spend £1,500 or so on a larger sized OLED screen, then having it calibrated would make more sense.

[struth]

im a believer of using my eyes to set up what im gonna watch. i dont mind something that will assist me in that tho.

[Barry]

Actually, I don't think I have made my point clearly regarding the spoon and the poison Marco.

The poison was not the technically poor signals corrupting the art and hence the enjoyment, but the abysmal art containing either nothing emotionally stimulating, (ie. a better instinctual understanding of the human predicament), or intellectually educating about the spheres of life.

For that reason I stopped watching soaps decades ago, although they do attempt to educate, (rather patronisingly and with banal content).

BBC 4 is a little better if you can tolerate up themselves academics showcasing themselves having a wonderful time whilst ingratiating themselves with each other, and often using condescending tones.

IMHO, broadcast TV is no worse now than it was years ago. You have to be selective: I buy the Radio Times and go through it circling those programmes that interest me. Now that we have dozens of channels to watch (especially if you have a 'smart' TV), there is usually something which interests me: science programmes; history (and archaeology) programmes; music programmes, and the quiz programmes on Monday BBC2 (these stop my brain from turning into porridge).

Then there is programmes such as 'The Repair Shop' where I marvel at the skill of the repairers/renovators, and programmes about antiques.

Finally, if you are not moved by the wonderful wildlife programmes, then it might be best to give up and give your TV to someone else.

[Barry]

im a believer of using my eyes to set up what im gonna watch. i dont mind something that will assist me in that tho.

Agreed - which is what I did.