Posted by Derek Janssen on 07/21/07 17:32

sandy58 wrote:

> On Jul 21, 9:02 am, Derek Janssen <eja...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Spurious Response wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:09:23 -0700, Jordan <lu...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>I'm getting a new TV delivered tomorrow, one of the Samsung LED DLP
>>>>sets... any opinions on reference quality DVDs for calibration and
>>>>stuff?
>>
>>>>Historically people refer to the Fifth Element or The Matrix, but a
>>>>lot of time has passed since those DVDs came out and what was once
>>>>reference quality (The Matrix in particular) seems outdated now
>>>>(compared to the new boxed set versions of the flicks.)
>>
>>> First of all, you need not just the new, exciting TV, you also need one
>>>or both of the HD formats to get the best picture.
>>
>>> The Fifth Element is BluRay, and Matrix would have been HD DVD only
>>>except the bat's turds rode both sides of the fence.
>>
>><registers what is commonly referred to as "a Ruthless People moment" 0_0 >
>>
>>Um, believe he was asking about the modern *equivalent* of Fifth Element
>>and Matrix as historic calibrators of one's first DVD player, back in
>>the 90's?...
>>
>>(All other info in the post is relatively valid, but that one...wwwWOW.)
>
> LOL. Nice one, DJ :-)

Well, to be honest, I was sloppy and misread it at first and thought the
OP was asking about adjusting a hi-def player--
And wondered "Yeesh...Why would he be using Fifth Element??"

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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