Joe Kane's Digital Video Essentials (1 Viewer)

[Matt Wallace]

NOTE: Thread should read "Joe Kane's Digital Video Essentials". For some reason, it doesn't appear that way...
(I know this is a software piece, but I would consider it a calibration tool, just like an SPL meter)
In the most recent issue of The Perfect Vision, there's an article/review with a small bit of info about Joe Kane's opinion and that he used a new test from the forthcoming disc to get there. Something about it being in anamorphic and containing new format tests, such as DTS-ES and Surround EX,etc. Sorry for not having more information, but I thought some here would be very interested.
For the record, I'm an AVIA man all the way - thanks to Guy for all the support on this site

Matt
[Edited last by Matt Wallace on September 10, 2001 at 03:30 AM]

 

[Mario_C]

Amazon.com is taking pre-orders. Release date is Nov 14 for $18 Digital Video Essentials
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[John-D]

I believe an enthusiast should have access to both disks.
Waiting anxiously for an anamorphic DTS-ES discrete AVIA...
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[Guy Kuo]

AVIA's test patterns are already anamorphic but you do have to trigger the display to switch modes manually. The patterns in the Widescreen Enhanced section are the ones which actually depend on their shape to work correctly on a 16:9 enhanced display. The remainder of patterns for setting color and signal levels work on either 4:3 or 16:9 modes.
I cannot comment on future AVIA version(s)

 

[Ted Lee]

i posted a separate thread on this new disc, but i'll include my question here just in case:
does anyone have any info on this? i checked their website and was surprised to see this:

Among the features of Video Essentials, that will not be replicated in any future program, is the "Montage of Images" in Chapter 1 of Title 19. It has become the industry reference for evaluating most aspects of video systems, including differences between composite and component, progressive and interlaced video, and the ability of video processors to recognize progressive video within an interlaced signal....It may be wise to stock-up while they're still available.

it appears one of their major features on the old version won't be included on the new one? now why would they do that?
anyway, i was thinking about picking this up, but now i'm not sure if i should wait for this new digital version?
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