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draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 5080 Location: Colorado

Does anyone know if it's possible to purchase a disc with built in test patterns, especially grid like "torture tests" on Blue Ray? Just the disc with no associated hardware.

Nashou66 · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:24 pm Post subject:

Why not download the AVS709HD disc from the calibration forums on AVS, its free and works great!!

They even added a pattern i asked for that has diagonal lines to help set geometry for my blend!

Athanasios

tse · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1005 Location: Sweatbucket, Fl.

That is an amazing disk. I burned it with my regular DVD burner and it plays at 1920 x 1080P on a Blue Ray player. How they do that?

Scott

Zolzar · Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 165

I second the AVS709HD disc. Easy to burn and works extremely well. Certainly a must for a HD setup. Especially when it comes to squeezing the most out of focus for HD material.

ChrisWiggles · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:33 am Post subject:

I second/third/fourth/whatever the AVS709 disc. Great little disc. But it does rely on you have an AVC-HD compatible BD player (which is pretty common)

I also heartily recommend the Spears & Munsil Blu-ray disc, which will play in any BD player, so is more versatile out in the field. It's not a calibration disk, so lacks the full complement of patterns of the 709 if you're trying to calibrate, but it's my go-to test disc for BD, and also has some excellent test footage which I like both for being natural, and being locally shot (so I know that it really looks like as a reference). Well worth the price, IMO. I like that it's quick to navigate and has all the basic patterns you need for basic system analysis and basic calibration stuff and sanity check. I rarely use any other of my shelf of various discs and patterns.

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 3912 Location: Comedy Central

Stacey mentioned putting some lighthouse pictures from his Red camera on the disc. Did he add these? I think Stacey wanted to create a disc with no compromises and it looks like he actually achieved that.

mc86 · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:20 am Post subject:

Fearless leaders: interesting -- I don't own any BR setup materials yet and don't see any stickies or FAQs (aside from setup/calibration in the "advanced proceedures" area: http://www.curtpalme.com/Advanced_Procedures.shtm). Has anyone, recently, put together a summary ranking of good sources or some sort of precis on this? A guide to the options, if you will. Maybe a dream list of all the patterns, sources, footage types, etc. and then a comparative checklist against such a list?

Sorry if this exists at AVS, but I don't goto their much now that I've read 90% of every ECP-related post archived there...too much great stuff here! Wink

Matt

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 5080 Location: Colorado

ChrisWiggles · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:22 pm Post subject:

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 3912 Location: Comedy Central

Who cares about a Red camera? Tell me when he gets a Green Latern. Mr. Green

I just checked out the footage and it does look great. Well about as good as my crappy LCD monitor can display it.