Re: Calibrating and HD LCD monitor with AJA color bars?

Michael -
I don't give a CRAP if the picture is "incredible" - we do not look at "incredible" pictures in an edit suite, nor do we listen to "incredible" audio. We look for ACCURATE pictures, and ACCURATE audio. This is why we use near field audio monitors that have a flat response, instead of some "super duper audiophile speakers", whose bass resonse kicks you in the chest. We don't want the colors to jump off the screen, becuase we need to observe ACCURATE COLOR, that will not get rejected, or that will be CONSISTANT at other professional facilities. A Sony consumer TV whose chroma is cranked way up, and whose colors are jumping off the screen (wow, look at the colors, I can get a suntan from that screen), do not reflect an accurate image - no matter how nice the picture looks. We want to see noise, we want to hear hum and hiss issues. We don't want to mask these problems.

The whole point of all this techno mumble jumble is to have STANDARDS, and maintain these standards. When I see some huge subwoffer in an edit room, or mastering suite for audio - well, it's just funny. We actually have to do this for a living, and need to see what other people will see, when the tape leaves your place - and I'm not talking about Grandma, on her Magnavox 42" Plasma.

Bob Zelin