Monster/ISF HDTV Calibration Wizard DVD

by Monster

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EEXEIW
• Item model number: ISF CALDSK
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 30, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Getting the Most from HDTV

High Definition RV and displays deliver an astonishing life-like picture that can place you in the action of whatever you are watching, however, the setup by the manufacturer can limit the ability to get the best picture. Presets and out-of-the box setups run HOT for display in brightly lit showrooms to show off the quality of the picture. These settings are often not ideal for home viewing, and calibrating the picture is the only way to get the right setup for your environment. Without proper setup, black appears washed out, white appears too bright, and the details look thin look fuzzy.

Perfect Color and Clarity the Affordable Way

The award-winning Monster/ISF HDTV Calibration Wizard DVD is the fast, easy, and affordable solution to bring out the best from your HDTV. It was even named Electronic Magazine's 2006 Product of the Year! By using the Monster/ISF HDTV Calibration  DVD you will bring your HDTV to a level that you may not even have known was possible quickly and easily. Get perfect color and clarity without retaining a professional ISF calibrator with $10,000 worth of instruments...

Become Your Own Video Expert
In a series of east, step-by-step video tutorials, pop star Jenna Drey walks you through an entire HDTV calibration process. In minutes, you'll learn how to optimize your TV's display levels for maximum HDTV performance, so you can always get the richest blacks, most natural color and absolute sharpest picture from your HDTV. See more than you ever imagined...

Exclusive Monster/ISF Features

• Easy step-by-step video instructions; no intimidating test patterns or complicated programming, no extra equipment required
• Hosted by Jenna Drey and "Head Monster" Noel Lee
• Optimum contrast, brightness, color accuracy and more-in minutes
• Watch your favorite movies and shows exactly the way the pros intended
• Co-produced by the Imaging Science Foundation, the world authority in video calibration

What the Pros Are Saying
"Leaving your HDTV at the factory picture settings is like installing a new air conditioner without setting the thermostat. Basic picture adjustments take less than five minutes and could improve your TV's performance dramatically." Brent Butterworth, Editor-in-Chief, Home Entertainment Magazine

"Calibrating your television will likely have a far greater impact on the picture's quality than the brand, features, or technology used to create it."
Mike Wood, Editor-in-Chief, Digital TV & Sound

"Congratulations ISF & Monster. Using this DVD will significantly improve picture quality and give HDTV owners insight into the benefits of a complete professional calibration- and at a remarkable price!"
Kevin Miller-CNET-ISF Instructor

"This disc is simply invaluable. Short of bringing in an ISF guru, along with thousands of dollars of test equipment, the HDTV Calibration Wizard is the best and only way to go."
David Frangioni- Home Theater and Studio Designer to the Stars

'High Definition video enhances the listener's attachment to great sound. However, setting video levels for optimum color, black levels and contrast performance has always been a technical challenge for consumers. Our congratulations to Monster/ISF for creating an easy-to-use program to help even novice HDTV owners get dramatically better pictures."
Craig Eggers- Dolby Labs

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Customer Reviews

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179 of 187 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Complete Waste of Money, April 24, 2006

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R. Smith (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monster/ISF HDTV Calibration Wizard DVD (Electronics)

Marc Anderson's review below hits the nail on the head. This is possibly the most useless TV tool and/or calibration tool that has ever been marketed. It is about as high tec as a plastic pair of 3-D glasses and about as useful also. When you buy a calibration disc you are not interested in someone's singing career or her "cutsy" expressions about calibration. This really is a disc that explains the 4-5 basic components of TV calibration whilst leaving the viewer hanging at the point where more info. is necessary. It may be helpful to someone who has not owned a color TV in the last 45 years but otherwise there is no value added. It is certainly easy to use because there is nothing really to use. Absolutely terrible!

110 of 114 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for the simple minded, June 1, 2006

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San Jose Reviewer (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Monster/ISF HDTV Calibration Wizard DVD (Electronics)

This DVD is okay. It does what it advertises, but there are much better calibration DVDs out there. This DVD doesn't contain any audio calibration, which is what I also wanted. Some of the calibration on the DVD is too subjective for my taste. I really thought the music video at the end was rather pointless. If you're a guy with a short attention span, this DVD will probably work for you.

I found that "The AVIA Guide to Home Theater" DVD was much better. The AVIA DVD provides much less subjective calibration. It contains audio calibration. It contains suggestions on the types of cables to use, and other helpful suggestions for setting up your home theater. The only downside of the AVIA DVD was that it wasn't widescreen, unlike this widescreen DVD, but in reality the widescreen video is only useful if you're too blind to notice that your aspect ratio on the TV is causing circles to look like ovals.

Personally, I thought this Monster/ISF DVD was a waste of my money.

171 of 183 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There has got to be something better., April 6, 2006

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Marc Anderson (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monster/ISF HDTV Calibration Wizard DVD (Electronics)

Don't waste your money on this. It seems the only reason this DVD was made was to feature someone's girlfriend's video. It's nothing more than...if you see an X on the screen your brightness is set too high and the girl in the middle should look good while the one one the right looks pasty. Now your done let's watch a terrible music video.