Some guys at AVSForum have prepared an extensive calibration disc for HDTV's. You might wanna have a look at it if you don't have other calibration discs. I found this one easy to use too. With this you can calibrate brightness, contrast (and gamma if required) but to calibrate colours you'll need a blue filter. Here's the link to the calibration disc -
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=948496
I had already calibrated my V20 with Pixar HDTV calibration and I found this one to yield exactly the same result. The great thing about this tool is that it's just a 4mb download but it will get decompressed to a 1GB+ MP4 video which you can play on your video player without having to worry about burning a DVD. So, it's definitely worth a try even if you are not keenly interested in calibration.
Do note that if you've never tried using calibration tools before, then you will observe that, after calibration, your TV will look significantly duller and lifeless compared to how it looked before. But this dull look is much more natural and closer to reference quality, so you'll get used to it no time and you'll start appreciating it. Also note that calibrated settings will make lower quality HD sources and SD look much worser because the inherent defects in the source will become apparent. So, it's good idea to save different settings for lower quality sources, based on personal preferences.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=948496
I had already calibrated my V20 with Pixar HDTV calibration and I found this one to yield exactly the same result. The great thing about this tool is that it's just a 4mb download but it will get decompressed to a 1GB+ MP4 video which you can play on your video player without having to worry about burning a DVD. So, it's definitely worth a try even if you are not keenly interested in calibration.
Do note that if you've never tried using calibration tools before, then you will observe that, after calibration, your TV will look significantly duller and lifeless compared to how it looked before. But this dull look is much more natural and closer to reference quality, so you'll get used to it no time and you'll start appreciating it. Also note that calibrated settings will make lower quality HD sources and SD look much worser because the inherent defects in the source will become apparent. So, it's good idea to save different settings for lower quality sources, based on personal preferences.
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