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The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

Twerk from Home posted:

it's 2016 just join the sharing economy and spend your free time hiring yourself out as a freelance TV calibrator on the weekends

or just google your tv and get the calibrated settings for it since modern flat panels with digital processing are pretty consistent

it's not like the old days where you could buy two identical crts and have them look completely different out of the box

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The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

Endless Mike posted:

lol this isn't actually true. samsung is known for putting panels with completely different lcd technologies (think ips vs. tn) into the same model of tv with no notification whatsoever of what you're getting.

they also probably explode inr egular use

yeah there are exceptions, but in general if someone else has already calibrated the same model that you have then using the same settings will get you extremely close to their results. if you care about getting that last tiny bit then by all means spend hundreds of dollars on gear and many hours tweaking white-balance settings.

i went down that road 10+ years ago and i'm not going back. it drives you nuts.

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