Calibration on a RU-45NZ60 - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

Intensity · 2005-07-15, 01:48 PM

I just bought this mondel from Future Shop for $999.99, I'm happy with the price/performance.

Let me say first I never buy extended warentees

With that said I just bought a 3 year plan on this TV.

It was expalined to me that included in my warentee I could get a theoretically unlimited number of factory calibrations done on this set as long as I called up and told them I was not 100% satified with the picture.

Knowing that I will most likely want a calibration immediatly after installing the TV is $200 over 3 years a good deal. I can still return the warentee and get my $$$ back.

smegger2000 · 2005-07-15, 03:15 PM

These "calibrations" will most likely be some guy "eyeballing" it. You can probabley do it better yourself with a calibration dvd, and of course you can get a professional to do it for $400-600.

If you bought the warranty just for these calibrations, its not worth it in my opinion.

Intensity · 2005-07-15, 03:46 PM

I called the local LG service centre to ask what exaclty they do during a calibration. Apperently the caoonect a laptop and have a special light box which they use to sample and adjust the image.

Apperently the calibration is more than I can do with the DVD but is it worth $200?

Ready123 · 2005-07-15, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Intensity

I called the local LG service centre to ask what exaclty they do during a calibration. Apperently the caoonect a laptop and have a special light box which they use to sample and adjust the image.

Apperently the calibration is more than I can do with the DVD but is it worth $200?

Sounds like ISF calibration... $200 is a good price.
Read about it here:
http://www.imagingscience.com/
and more
http://www.isfcalibration.com/

Use your TV for a couple of months before you get it done.

You will notice an improvement....

You can have every input adjusted to look the same: HDTV, DVD, NTSC cable etc:

2005-07-15, 01:48 PM	#1
Intensity Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2	Calibration on a RU-45NZ60 I just bought this mondel from Future Shop for $999.99, I'm happy with the price/performance. Let me say first I never buy extended warentees With that said I just bought a 3 year plan on this TV. It was expalined to me that included in my warentee I could get a theoretically unlimited number of factory calibrations done on this set as long as I called up and told them I was not 100% satified with the picture. Knowing that I will most likely want a calibration immediatly after installing the TV is $200 over 3 years a good deal. I can still return the warentee and get my $$$ back.

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2005-07-15, 03:15 PM	#2
smegger2000 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Saskatoon, SK Posts: 661	These "calibrations" will most likely be some guy "eyeballing" it. You can probabley do it better yourself with a calibration dvd, and of course you can get a professional to do it for $400-600. If you bought the warranty just for these calibrations, its not worth it in my opinion.

2005-07-15, 03:46 PM	#3
Intensity Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2	I called the local LG service centre to ask what exaclty they do during a calibration. Apperently the caoonect a laptop and have a special light box which they use to sample and adjust the image. Apperently the calibration is more than I can do with the DVD but is it worth $200?