Avia II
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Movie Reviews of Avia II
Movie Review: Beginner explanations, good patterns
Summary: 4 Stars
The explanations are pretty basic/simplistic. As others have said, I could have used way more explanation on the contrast/brightness. I also have the DVE blu-ray, which has its own problems, but the explanations are much more detailed.
What brought it up to a 4 was the patterns at the end. There is a PDF which explains how to use the patterns, and they are useful. If they had a PDF that better explained the details of contrast etc., that would have brought it up even more. They say on the video that various things like links etc. are on the DVD, but I only found a PDF explanation of the extra patterns, and a glossary.
Movie Review: Good product. Did as advertised
Summary: 4 Stars
This disc was simple and easy to follow. The 2 "stars" were both informative in their directions, which were easy to follow. I haven't accessed the extra content yet, but the basic tests used will calibrate your display perfectly. This disc is good for both the inexperienced and the "pro". It's broken down into chapters, so if you need to go step-by-step you watch the entire disc. If you have prior knowledge RE: calibration you can skip right down to the tests.
All in all a great product, but if I had to say something bad about it, it could have been less expensive?
Movie Review: Great Product! Great Seller!
Summary: 4 Stars
I recieved my product a little faster than I expected (even though I didn't realize it wasn't going to ship when I purchased it). Even though it said it was used, it looks like it's brand new. All the "pieces" were there and the disc looks like it's never been played at all. I would definitely buy from this seller again! Thanks for a great product and great service!Movie Review: Great menu. Instructional video has bad information.
Summary: 3 Stars
First, I must mention how flimsy the DVD case is. On the first day of use, it broke in three areas, just from normal use.
Avia II has an easier menu system than the previous version. It has a clean list of menu options. Clicking on them takes you to sub-menus that appear similarly. It's easy to find what you want.
The instructional videos are new and satisfying, but they do have some issues. Inaccurate information, lacking information, as well as some advertising for rip-off Monster Cables.
I don't remember most of the inaccuracies, but one that did stick in my mind is: HDMI has "significantly better" image quality than RGB. I know from personal experience that there is no "practical" difference between those two.
The instruction video for setting the White Level is missing information that they mentioned in the previous version of Avia. They didn't mention the purpose of the different shades of white in the whitest step. Someone could easily set the White Level too high and produce incorrect picture.
I'd buy this if I didn't already have the patterns, but be wary of the information on the videos. The problem is: how is someone new to TV calibration supposed make correct decisions with such incompetent videos.
Movie Review: Did the job...but I expected more
Summary: 3 Stars
First of all I received the DVD 3 days earlier than the expected receive date. This was nice. The DVD case is cheaply made. The DVD was sliding around inside the case to the point that it scratched the disc. The colour filters are just tossed into the DVD case separated by tissue paper. The two guys narrating on the disc do a fairly good job explaining surround sound and HDTV settings. Using the HDTV calibration menu it was easy to calibrate my Plasma TV. I could tell the difference between my original settings and the calibrated settings. Calibrating my surround was just as easy. Navigating through the disc is a bit difficult. Some of the HDTV calibration test you need to repeat a couple of times. I could FF through some of the test but other test I could not FF. Between the overly casual nature of the narrators, the very plain set/stage and the script reading it appeared to me that this disk was kind of thrown together. Like I said. The disk did the job, but I expected more.