how good is the THX calibration on.... (1 Viewer)

[KellyR]

...the star wars (episode 1 and 2) DVDs? I've used them, but how do they compare to AVAI or the others? Can anyone direct me to other links on this subject as I can't find any. Thanks.

 

[Gary Seven]

VERY basic calibration.... they don't compare to AVIA and VE.

 

[Jeff Gatie]

Plus, THX is tailored to the individual disk it is issued with. It is not actually "reference", more of a tuning for that particular title. Many use this for a cheap alternative to Avia et. al., but there is no substitute for the standard.

 

[Dwayne]

Plus, THX is tailored to the individual disk it is issued with. It is not actually "reference", more of a tuning for that particular title. Many use this for a cheap alternative to Avia et. al., but there is no substitute for the standard.

That's interesting since I would've thought that a particular calibration geared toward one title would be a more accurate presentation compared to one calibration applied to many titles. I could see someone having both tools and using Optimode for special presentations. The obvious hassle is having to calibrate for each title.

 

[Rob Lutter]

If you wanna calibrate audio, see if your receiver has a white noise generator. I know mine does (Kenwood).

 

[Dwayne]

If you wanna calibrate audio, see if your receiver has a white noise generator. I know mine does (Kenwood).

Mine has one as well. But I would reccomend using a dvd that generates white noise instead (Ex: Any disc that has Optimode). That would be a more accurate calibration since it better reflects the actual listening conditions where the sound comes from your player and then is processed by your receiver.

 

[Tony-B]

So in that case, which disc is better? Avia or Digital Video Essentials?

 

[Dwayne]

I would go with Digital Video Essentials.

 

[Tom June]

I would go with Digital Video Essentials.

Likewise. You can get the DVE disc cheap online.

 

[Dave H]

Does Digital Video Essentials offer anymore value than Avia for someone who has an analog display?

 

[Tony-B]

Great question, Dave. I want to know the answer to that also.

You can get the DVE disc cheap online.

It's like $17 or something on Deep Discount DVD. That's definitely a great price!

 

[Brian Lawrence]

I always hear this claim of THX optimode tests being disc specific, but I find that the test patterns are the same on all of the discs and the results yielded are also the same.

I would never substitute the THX patterns for my Avia disc, but the few times I have played around with the optimode patterns have given me results pretty close to what I get with Avia. A dedicated test disc like Avia or Video Essentials will be a lot more precise in fine tuning, but if someone does not yet own one of those discs, then the THX Optimode can be a very handy tool.