- Format: THX, Anamorphic, HiFi Sound, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Koch International
- Release Date: Sep 22 2008
- Run Time: 114 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000IHYY3Y
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#23,861 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #79 in DVD > Documentary > Art & Artists
- #89 in DVD > Special Interests > Art & Artists
- #100 in DVD > Special Interests > Instructional
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Best way to set-up your HD TV,
By Joseph Kayne (Victoria, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Digital Video Essentials [HD DVD] (HD DVD)
If you have an HD-TV this title is the way you'll be able to get even more out of it. Use the seemingly endless test patterns and audio tests to completely optimize your Home Theater. After using this disc in my HD-DVD player, I noticed a huge improvement in my picture and sound quality. Now I know I'm getting the absolute best from my HD-TV and surround sound system.
Each new test is fully explained so you'll know what to look for on your monitor, and listen for in the sound. There is no better way to optimize your system that you'll ever find. My only complaint is that although it tells you what to look for, it is fairly quiet on what to adjust to make it look or sound better. But don't worry, you'll figure it out very easily, and be an expert in no time. The disc includes a link to videoessentials.com where all your questions will be answered. Once you've run the disc and optimized your home theater, you'll never want this disc missing from your collection again.
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2.5 out of 5 stars (59 customer reviews) 42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I expected! HD material is there.. but no HD instructions... So you need a good memory!,
By Charlie "Charlie" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Digital Video Essentials [HD DVD] (HD DVD)
This ran fine on my Toshiba XA2.. both the HD and the standard DVD sides. I am somewhat familiar with the configuration and setup of HD sets.. I tinker with mine a lot. The DVD side... good instructions on how to do anything you need to do, and will get fairly in depth. The HD side is a rip... they just give you the test patterns and configuration screens.. no how to's, no instructions. I guess they just wanted to sell the DVD version all over again, with the addition of the HD material. Since I already had the DVD version... I feel like I wasted my money. I can download most of the HD stuff on the dvd from the web.
IF you dont have a disc like this already.. this would be a good disk for you. If you already have a something (Non HD).. then dont bother.. just use what you have. Hopefully someone will bring out a decent disc with ALL HD content including the instructional videos and info, so we can have the HD config screens with the instructions... for those of us who dont do it for a living. 37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty much useless.,
By thirdmonster - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Digital Video Essentials [HD DVD] (HD DVD)
Let me start by saying I've been using Digital Video Essentials since the days of LaserDisc. I've always found them informative and helpful when calibrating television audio components to their highest standards. Well, the HD DVD version is simply awful. I don't know who authored this, but navigation is nearly impossible. See, normally these discs begin with simple explanations (of, say, what chroma and luminance is; how it "should" look), then it starts with the test patterns to help you...well, this HD DVD is set up using menus and titles. The menus are fine, but if you want to get to "presentation and help" you must use the "Titles." I have a Toshiba HA3 (no, not the brightest bulb in the tanning bed but I'm not sinking any more than $130 in a player while the HD DVD / BluRay war is still raging). My player does not have a "Title" button. I cannot get to certain menus...what?...what's that, you say? There's other ways to get to the titles? No, there isn't. Get this: in the manual for this disc it states, "If there is no 'Title' key on your remote, the Program Menu can be reached from the lower menu system by highlighting the 'Program Menu' option. This is illustrated in Title 3." Other words: use Title 3 to see the Program Menu if you haven't a Title button. WHAT??? I don't have a Title button, so how can I see Title 3? Catch 22 anyone? And I've updated my players firmware (whoever thought that was going to be something you'd have to do with a player?) and I've emailed them...without reply (that was about a month ago). AND (insult to injury) if I pop in this hybrid disc into my standard def DVD player it starts right in with the aforementioned explanations and test signals. Frustration and disgust doesn't begin to cover my feelings. I know a thing or two about authoring DVDs (even HD DVDs) and there are simply better ways to do it that using Titles. It's a shame, really. I bought this, sat down, ready for a couple of hours of geeking out and calibrating my home theatre. Instead I ended up downloading firmware, gnashing my teeth, pulling my hair out, and finally emailing Joe Kane only to be ignored. It's simply terrible. I know there are other discs on the market like this and after nearly two decades of using Joe Kane's version (since he is the guru) I have to recommend you look to the other solutions. This one is just awful.
Steven December, 2007. 25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
147 Pages of required program notes = Intolerable Cruelty,
By Movie Fan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Digital Video Essentials [HD DVD] (HD DVD)
The DVD version was a bit cheesy but did exactly what it was supposed to do. They've had a full decade to improve upon menu navigation, so I was hoping for something a little more user-friendly.
Much to my astonishment, the HD-DVD side of this disk only includes demonstration materials and test patterns, with no audio instruction accompanying the test patterns! Leaving the unlucky user with 2 choices: 1. Memorize or write down what you're supposed to do on the DVD side of the disk, then flip it and find the HD-DVD test patterns, or 2. Print out the 147-page "book" to make sense of it all. Joe, what were you thinking? Avoid this disc like the Black Plague. For the reader's reference, the rest of this review is a direct quote from the 147-page "book": "The original reason we chose to provide just the test and demonstration materials in HD was one of hoping to be able to reach the market near the time of the introduction of the format. As with Video Essentials in 1997 we found the challenge of producing a test disc in a new format to be far more difficult than we expected. Knowing we still needed some form of tutorial for use of the basic test patterns, we decided to include the SD version of DVE in the HD DVD package. That capability, providing HD content on one side and SD content on the other, is part of the HD DVD format. It's called a Hybrid or Combo Disc. We've taken the test materials on the HD side of the program much further than anything that is described on the SD side so we needed some additional documentation. That's what you have here. In writing this description we decided to detail the entire contents of the HD side of the disc rather than covering just the materials not mentioned in the video tutorial. It's become a "book"." |
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