AVIA, Digital Video Essentials, and Sound & Vision

I noticed a decent review of the 3 popular HT calibration DVDs. The conclusion pretty much sums it up:

Each of these calibration discs fits a different type of user. For the beginner, Sound & Vision’s offering is more than enough to help you get your feet wet and perhaps pique your interest in the more advanced discs.

The AVIA Guide to Home Theater is an excellent mid-range disc, with an enormous selection of test patterns and a helpful description for each, extending its usefulness from the new home theater owner to the experienced projector user.

Finally, Digital Video Essentials offers updated versions of many of AVIA’s most useful test patterns, and its introductory material, while sometimes steeped in jargon, is still the most up-to-date of the three discs. And it sells for a much more attractive price than does AVIA at the moment.

Discerning htdudes should go for the DVE disk. If you already have DVE, Avia is a good addition.

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