Digital Video Essentials calibration tool launches on HD DVD

by Darren Murph posted Apr 17th 2007 at 10:25AM

We certainly can't say that this one arrived a moment too soon, as all of you early adopters of HD DVD drives have probably been frustrating yourself with manual color calibration techniques that just never turned out quite right. Thankfully, the highly-anticipated (and perpetually delayed) HD DVD version of Digital Video Essentials is finally available for sale, and interestingly, the disc will actually be of the dual-format variety for those still keeping a vanilla DVD player around the house. Users will be graced with both 1080p and 720p VC-1 encoded material, NTSC and PAL compatibility, 6.1-channel Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital True HD tracks, built-in color filters, and of course, widescreen / standard options. So if you've been yearning to get your HD DVD calibration on, the time has finally come, at least for those willing to shell out the $34.95 required to pick DVE up.

Filed under: DIY, Industry, Displays, HD DVD

Tags: 1080p, 720p, Calibration, digital video essentials, DigitalVideoEssentials, dolby, dual-format, dve, true hd, TrueHd, VC-1

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mcloki @ Apr 17th 2007 11:14AM

Where's the Blu-Ray version?

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Ben @ Apr 17th 2007 2:07PM

Great question, the answer is it problem won't happen. Joe is a HD DVD supporter.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/18/tv-calibration-expert-joe-kanes-take-on-high-def-video-format/

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Jon @ Apr 17th 2007 1:07PM

Sweet! I calibrated my HDTV with the previous DVD version and it left me wanting. I have been waiting for this since day one of buying a HD-DVD player.

Now lets see if Netflix has it.

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Ben @ Apr 17th 2007 2:05PM

Netflix won't carry and even if they did they wouldn't send you the filters you would need to use the disk.

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Dan @ Apr 17th 2007 4:41PM

Just got an e-mail back from DVD International's sales/distribution guy after I couldn't find it for purchase (my long-standing pre-order on Amazon still says May 21). Even though the press release linked above says it's available now, he told me that "April 24 is the standing date for the first retailers to receive and ship product."

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