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Digital Video Essentials - HD Basics [Blu-ray] [2008] | ![Digital Video Essentials - HD Basics [Blu-ray] [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FMBadQJeL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Joe Kane
Actor: Sam Dalton
Studio: DVD International
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £13.57
You Save: £6.42 (32%)
New (9) Used (2) from £13.57
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 2426
Format: Colour, Dolby, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: Exempt
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: RKOBR156004
UPC: 647715600424
EAN: 0647715600424
ASIN: B000V6LST0
Theatrical Release Date: March 25, 2008
Release Date: April 7, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Beware - region A (Americas)? January 8, 2009
The version I received was labelled "Region A - Plays in the Americas". Region A Blu-Ray disks can't be used in EU players, even most multi-region ones. It's possible the supplier (Caiman) sent the wrong version by mistake but when I contacted them they instructed me to return it for a refund.
 Too much to reach the sweet spot, however, a must buy! November 22, 2008
Hi, i bought this disc to improve the quality of picture of my scarlet LG 47", using my sony bdp-s550. the disc if full of details and info about the HDTVs and the history of of the industry...etc, and it took me too much to find the real calibration section. when i found it, the result was as good as i expected. my advice is to go directly to the HD calibration section, and to know from the begining that your display will not be as shiny as "Game" or "VIVID" presets, however, it will give you the true output.
Not enough gain for this much pain... October 8, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is what happens when you let TV nerds make an instructional video.
It could have been rescued by some decent post-production, but sadly they've left that to fellow nerds too.
Less time spent criticizing the TV manufacturers for not adhering to the correct standards and more time on how to get a decent picture and it might actually be of some use.
The introduction to HD is laborious to say the least, and all the worse for being delivered by that bloke you avoid at parties.
Considering it's aimed at non TV engineers, it delivers far too much needless technical detail whilst dropping in important technical terms that it's not bothered to explain. This really should have been picked up in production.
Sadly in amongst all the clutter it does contain some genuinely useful advice, but you'll have skipped to the next chapter by then.
The setting up my HDTV section is what you'll have bought it for, and this is just as poor as the previous chapter.
Instead of the test card explanation being delivered succinctly and to the point, it throws in far too much unnecessary technical waffle which is confusing and means you've forgotten the original explanation when the test card appears. That's if you understood it in the first place.
It also has a habit of wondering off into details about projectors, which really should have been put into a separate section.
To further demonstrate its poor production values the video displays a pause signal when the test cards displayed so that you can take the time to calibrate the TV before it moves on. Sadly the narrator carries on talking over the top so you wait expecting a delay, but as soon as he's done then the test card disappears and you have to wind it back.
The final section "Just the Test Patterns" is just as woeful.
Each pattern carries an explanation of what it does but a dire description of how to use it which probably only makes sense to TV engineers.
After watching this dross I can't help but think that what the author is really trying to say is "Look at us, we're TV engineers and we know all this stuff, aren't we clever!"
And the TV doesn't look much better for it either...
Have a Gun next to you.... September 23, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
After playing this Blu Ray it's almost left me suicidal, It's so long winded and that boring voice rabbitting on.... I needed a gun.
Eventually when I did the set up, I went back to my old set up which look much better.
Avoid this if can. Try one of them THX certified dvds disc instead like Star Wars etc.
Great, but... September 4, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a great start for anyone with a new HDTV or AV set up who really want the best out of it. But be warned there is a lengthy and rather poorly explained introduction. This goes straight into quite a complex explanation of the origins of audio visual standards and the fact that no TV (or very few) is truly correct. Having said that I did learn quite a lot, but I imagine few would sit through the rather monotone monologue.
The test cards are very good, but for this money it seems rather overpriced, since you can down load or create various test cards yourself.
In short this is a quick way to set up your system, but it can mostly be done for little outlay by searching on the internet if you are prepared to look around.
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