erikjohn Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 I want to get a test dvd with the test tones. Which one has this and where can I get it. I picked up the Sound and Vision test dvd, IMO it's worthless. Use NBC to set your color on your TV, they have the best picture. EJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovebohn Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 I didn't think the S&V DVD was bad. The price was better and they did have a lot of test patterns if you go into the menu. It might be a little basic but worked well for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOZ Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 I used one called Discwasher Digital. I found it very easy to use for sound set up and picture set up. Got it at Futureshop. Best Buy owns Futureshop so you may be able to find it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikjohn Posted December 31, 2002 Author Share Posted December 31, 2002 guys, I'm not looking for anything to set up my tv picture with. You don't need those things, just a little patience and a good source. As I said NBC network feed has very good color and sharpness for setup. I didn't like the picture setup I got from the S&V disc, you need to add a little more hue and contrast to the picture. I like the blacks to be jet black and the colors to be vibrant. The disk made the blacks greyish and colors were a bit dull. It is possible to get great color and extreme black level and not have any bleedover. Anyway I ended going back and re-adjusting it. The disc is good if you want to set sharpness but if you can handle setting the color without the disc you can get the sharpness right. When I checked mine it was on. Anyway,I am looking for a disc in 5.1 that has all of the frequency test tones for audio. Something that spans the frequency range from high to low and that can be set to emit from any one of the 5.1 speakers. Does this disc exist? EJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 EJ, I use Sterophile's frequency test CDs. They won't help you with 5.1. I use them when trying different base horns, drivers and midrange horns. You could plug your surrounds, center channel and such into your main channel outputs to see how the different frequencies react to your room and speaker placement. As you know your receiever has some limited test tones for all your speakes. I take it that there arn't enough for what your trying to do. Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikjohn Posted January 2, 2003 Author Share Posted January 2, 2003 Thanks Q, I may end up doing that. EJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug C Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Take a look at the Bass Zone site. I've found this one of the most useful test tone CD's. They are a little slow shipping. I think it took about 2-weeks to arrive. http://basszone.stryke.com/testcd.html Doug C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Seems expensive to me when you can get the venerable Stereophile Test CD One for about the same scratch, plus it comes with some excellent sample recordings, and a nice little booklet explaining the whys and wherefores of recording. The first one is basic while the last one offers more modern tests for home theater systems. (https://secure.stereophile.com/stereophile/recordings.shtml) The sample give you some very good ideas about how things really sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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