The main menu of Disney's WOW: World of Wonder Blu-ray. It's purrrrdy. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: Disney A screenshot from one of the tutorials on the Disney WOW disc. Here it's explaining interlaced and progressive exceedingly well. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Content: Disney This is one of the Disney WOW disc's patterns to help you set contrast. There's a similarly designed pattern to set brightness. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: Disney The good: Excellent tutorials teach the basics better than any other disc. More than that, it teaches more advanced subjects like deinterlacing, 24p, and more. Test patterns are good, if not extensive. The bad: The other discs here have more patterns, but the ones on the Disney disc are well-designed and offer all the basics and then some. The bottom line: Disney's WOWis a fantastic disc that should be the go-to choice for all beginners looking to learn about their TV, and how to set it up. Whether you're a home theater novice or a professional calibrator, you'll find all the tests you need to set up and adjust your HDTV in the Spears and Munsil HD. Spears and Munsil High-Definition Benchmark Page 2 The Contrast pattern here works in a similar fashion to PLUGE Low but for your display’s white levels. Like black, white is encoded at specific digital levels, with digital 235 being the standard reference for white. BD: $39.99, DVD: $34.99-- Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics For: Advanced Beginner - Intermediate Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics is the latest disc from TV sage Joe Kane. You'll find detailed and extensive test patterns that not only help you set up your TV, but aid a trained calibrator (more on this later) in getting every last pixel of performance from your TV. The main menu of DVE: HD Basics. Not as intuitive as Disney's menu, but better than previous generations of DVE. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: JKP Here you can see DVE's most user-friendly feature: the menu overlays over the pattern so you can quickly navigate to another pattern. The pattern in the background here tests for per-pixel resolution. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: JKP A pattern to check contrast and brightness from DVE: HD Basics. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: JKP The good: Extensive test patterns, lots of tutorials. The bad: Not as easy to navigate or understand as the Disney disc. The bottom line: There's a lot here to keep the average TV enthusiast busy for hours. Tutorials and test patterns will ensure everything is set up correctly. It's not as user-friendly or as slick as Disney's WOW, and real beginners could get overwhelmed. That said, its got just about everything most people would need. BD: $29.95-- Spears & Munsil High-Definition Benchmark For: Intermediate - Expert Note! This has been replaced by the Spears & Munsil HD Benchmark 2nd Edition, which we've reviewed. Stacey Spears and Don Munsil created the ultimate disc for TV reviewers, and were nice enough to share it with everyone. In addition to clever and exacting test patterns, there's a whole suite of deinterlacing and scaling tests that are second to none. The simple main menu of the Spears and Munsil High-Definition Benchmark. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: Spears and Munsil A pattern to set contrast on the Spears and Munsil High-Definition Benchmark. Note the fine gradations between steps, allowing for precise adjustment. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: Spears and Munsil This is an HD video of a sailing ship. The test here is in the rigging. The better the video processor, the more the ropes will be diagonal lines without jaggies. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Test Clip: Spears and Munsil This is the infamous rotating bar pattern that tests video processing, as seen on the Spears and Munsil High-Definition Benchmark. Ideally, the bar is smooth throughout its entire rotation. Most TVs or Blu-ray players will create small jagged edges (jaggies) as the bar nears horizontal. Screenshot: Geoffrey Morrison - Pattern: Spears and Munsil The good: Well-designed test patterns, advanced deinterlacing/video processing tests. The bad: Not for beginners. There, he meets the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home, and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. Don鈥檛 miss this incredible animated film, from director Hayao Miyazaki and the legendary Studio Ghibli, in cinemas for two-nights only! Princess mononoke full movie english sub.
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