THX say Calibration reduces HDTV power consumption by 50 percent

**navychop** · 09-08-2009 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by babcea

Where can you learn how to do this yourself,I know the tools are expensive,but I would like to know how to do it,I have repaired alot of tvs in the past year but I dont know how to calibrate one.Is there a site that explains this.

There are home calibration disks available, such as [ame][URL="http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Video-Essentials-Basics-Blu-ray/dp/B000V6LST0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252440443&sr=8-1"]DVE.[/ame] The problem is, they use terms that do not cross over to the names of the controls on your TV. You then have to guess and try out different match ups, or find someone who knows which term matches which control on your TV. And you may find that your TV does not even allow some adjustments. I have a JVC LCoS RPTV and a Sammy A650. I tried to do the JVC but could not get a good match and gave up early into the process. Considered professional calibration, but the money is hard to justify.

Times will get better, and this sounds like a good way to expand your offerings and income.

**jayn_j** · 09-09-2009 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by lakebum431

Right. The 50% is going from "torch" mode to what it really should be. Hopefully even if you aren't having your set calibrated you are not watching in that mode. I was personally amazed at the difference when my set was calibrated.

The problem is that there are two messages that are getting mixed here.

The ISF message implies that you need to get an expensive calibration done to save the energy. The fact is that at least 80% of the savings could be accomplished by simply changing the picture mode to movie.

There is good reason to get a real calibration, but it is hard to use energy savings as one of them since the savings is mostly in customer education in setting up the set with the available settings.

Still, it is difficult to get people to go away from torch mode because the picture will look dark until you get used to it. Most folks aren't willing to wait.