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Old 12-22-2008, 03:06 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
There's no real thing as a tune up or optimal settings. As long as the refresh rate and resolution are the native settings for that LCD, any tinkering is 100% just viewer preference and up to you for how bright, how colorful, how sharp you want things. Anybody who charges for this is doing pure rip-off.
That's not true.

There are a number of different palettes, and screens can be set to all over the map. But in general you want things to look the same colour that they were when they were filmed, and that is what these calibration discs are designed to do - adjust your colour, contrast, tint, sharpness and geometry to as closely replay a scene as it was filmed.

If you want to screw with it and make it look like all the onscreen personalities have a sunburn or came from Mars, go for it; but don't try to conclude that there are no tune ups or optimal settings. There most assuredly are.

Now whether or not a person can tell the difference or if panel is capable of reproducing the optimal are other questions.
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