ISF Certification Course Outline
► Communication
Theory, Analog or Digital
► Any systems approach to electronic imaging
dictates that TV signals and TV sets speak
the same language….
► MSNBC
Headlines...
► History of TV from John Logic Baird’s 28 line
spinning disc in 1923, the 1935 343 line
RCA system, the 1936 RMA 441i/30 to the
1941 NTSC 525 line we watch now & HDTV
► How
Many Lines Do We need!
► ISO 12233 Standard for “Type A Aliasing”
► Film
End to End Realities- SMPTE 3/2004
► If Home Theater is to compete with Film
based presentations – what is the reality of
International film presentation quality?
► MSNBC
► The
USA “FCC pushes digital TV”
First Consumer Electronics
Product Mandated to Succeed in the
U.S.A.
► www.DTV.gov
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1080i vs 720p – or are there more formats to consider?
# hor. Pixels #vert.pixels
#refresh rate
1920
1080
23.98p
1920
1080
23.98sf
1920
1080
24p
1920
1080
24sf
1920
1080
25p
1920
1080
29.97p
1920
1080
30p
1920
1080
50i
1920
1080
59.94i
1920
1080
60i
1920
1035
59.94i
1920
1035
60i
1280
720
59.94p
1280
720
60i
► Why
Calibrate?
► 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
► Why
Calibrate II?
► “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
► Why
Calibrate III?
► "Every Runco HDTV is engineered for ISF
calibration. Understanding TV calibration is
simple at our company - calibrating
Runco HDTVs insures happy Runco HDTV
owners. Period".
► Sam
Runco, Runco International
► Why
Calibrate IV?
► "We manufacturer Faroudja HD processors, HDTV
displays and Meridian DVD players. We consider
ISF calibration to be an essential last step in
optimizing your system to achieve the same
performance as we do in the lab. Over the years
myself and all of my sales guys have attended ISF
training and always carry calibration DVDs
whenever we visit our dealers."
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Norm Steinke, VP sales Faroudja/Meridian
► Why
Calibrate V?
► "Pioneer Plasma HDTVs are specifically engineered
for precise on site ISF calibration - Pioneer was the
1st manufacturer with ISFccc certification calibration will make even the best
HDTVs look even better by adjusting your HDTV to
the exact lighting in your own home."
► Josh
Kairoff, Pioneer Electronics USA
► Why
is Calibration Important?
► Matching a display to a source
► Matching a system to a room
► Getting the whole picture
► Getting the right picture
► Getting nothing but the picture
► Extending the useful life of a monitor
► Accurately displaying a subjective image….
► What
do we need to calibrate?
► Brightness, Black level
► Contrast, White level
► Color &Tint
► Sharpness
► Gray scale
► Geometry – Centering, Sizing, etc
► Convergence……less and less cases over time
► Gamma
– How every display should
respond to our sources
► Gamma
►A
New Microsoft & ISF Way to Calibrate?
► New ISF / Microsoft Lab
► MCE
Display Standards
► Windows XP Media Center Issues
► Critical
****“EEDID” PC “Plug and
Play” Solutions and Problems That You
Can Not Fix!
► Electronic
Imaging As A Science...
► What are the Most Important Parameters
For Good Pictures?
► DIVX
► Consumer
Perception of CE Service?
► Gen
II DVDs – Beta vs VHS Revisited?
► Gen II DVD DRM - AACS
► ISF
EXPERIMENT #2 - ??
► 5 Segment Training Programs
► Theoretical Goals For Imaging
► Sir Isaac Newton..
► “Indeed rays, properly expressed, are not
colored.”
► What
Colors are the Primary Colors?
► The
International Births of Color Television
Systems - Circa 1952 & 1953
► Where NTSC went wrong – PAL solutions or
compromises?
► Calibration
for X-RAYs?????
► Radiology Contrast Issues?
► Confusing
Video Terminology 101
► White
Field Uniformity Lab…
► Human perception versus instrumentation
► Calibrating
Black Level
► WHY - High, Medium & Low APL Pluges?
► LCD Black Level vs LCD Backlight Level
Controls
► White
level optimization
► White Level Part 2 - Blooming
► White Level Part 3 “CLIPPING” Use “White”
PLUGE Patterns
► White Level Part 4 - Color Shifting
► White Level Part 5 – “Shape Shifting”
► Redundant
Controls…..
► Dynamic Range! Calibration Lab II….
► 1952-
Introducing Color in NTSC - Creating
A Valid Bio/Mechanical Color System
► 1931 and 1976 C I E Models
► Understanding the CIE Chart Part 1
► Understanding CIE Part 2
► Bringing
the Picture to your TV
► The Video Food Chain
► RGB to RGB
► Component Video as mere Algebra...
► RGB to Component – The new Matrix!
► Mere Algebra….RGB to Component
► More Mere Algebra…..Component to RGB
► What
is in Each of the Signals?
► Digital
Color Compression
► Y/C
Makes great “Y”….But….
► Composite Video
► New
Connectivity - IEEE 1394
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► Firewire
– Pros & Cons
► DVI
- The Digital Visual Interface
► DVI DIGITAL – Pros & Cons
HDCP
► HDMI – Pros & Cons
► DisplayPort
► What
– When – Why?
► Gamma
Revisited – How every display
should respond to our sources, when
50%=18%, 25%=3%
► New
Technologies…..
► Light Valves – Small Modulators
► New
Technologies
► Back-lit
► Electroluminescent
► Plasma ‘Seasoning”
► LEDs
from N.E.D.O.
► IMLED
► Thinking
In Terms Of Color Space
► Human
Factors vs Measurements…..
► Environments and Perception….
is Most Important For Good Pictures?
► Calibrating Maximizes Dynamic Range
► Color Saturation
► Colorimetry
► Resolution & Bandwidth?
► What
► Scaling
and deinterlacing - Should You Set
Progressive Scan DVD Players For 480p or
480i
► Choosing
Screen Sizes?
► Getting
Three Colors On To the Screen…
► The PAL and NTSC Decoder Adjustments
► Inaccurate NTSC and/or PAL Decoders?
► Detecting Inaccurate Decoders
► “Top Gun” Decoder Corrections!
► Calibration Color & Tint Lab….
► Color
Primaries & Color Space
► Do You Know Where Your TVs Primary
Colors Should Be?
► Do Not Forget the Secondary Colors!
► Multi-Primary Color (MPC) Chips?
► If PDP/LCoS/CRT/LCD Primaries Might Not
Match CIE Targets?
► Color Primary Management
► Shapes
& Sizes
► Teaching Units on Shapes & Sizes
► Filming Techniques-Why use decimals
► Aspect Ratios
► “Anamorphic” Tutorials...
► The
Next Topic - Resolution…..
► Demos of Decades of SMPTE Issues?
► Hunting artifacts via video versus test
patterns
► Visual
Acuity?
► Harry Nyquist, 1915
► ISO
12233 “Type A aliasing
equations”
► Problems
With the Term “Resolution”?
► Patterns are Counter Intuitive…
► Common
TV Set Native Resolutions
► Native Resolution
► Resolution Terminology
► Where Do We Lose Resolution?
► Native Resolution Conflicts
► Processing Problems & Artifacts
► Film
To Video Transfer Problem #1
► What do we do in Europe?
► The 2/3 Pulldown Solution….
► 300 Frames of Film Will Be…
► Past 2/3 Pulldown Problems
► 2/3 Pulldown De-interlaced Errors
► Color
Calibration
► Home Theater Objectives?
► Film Projection Standards - Color & Intensity
► Pre/Calibration Methodology
► What
is “The Color Of Grey”
► Color Temperature vs Brightness
► A History of Expressing Colors Numerically
► Color Temperature & Kelvins
► The Planckian Locus
► The
“Art & Science” of Calibration…
► Hazards
Of Nomenclature
► Hazards Of Digital Service Modes
► User Friendly CIE Based GUIs
► Ideal
Tracking
► Real World Tracking
► DLP Tracking
► LCD Tracking
► RPTV CRT Tracking Problems!
► RPTV
Metering Problems!!
► Screen issues
► Lighting issues
► Light output issues
► Viewing angles
► Colorimeters and RPTV issues
► Gamma
- CRT, LCoS, SXRD, DLP, GLV,
Plasma, AMOLED, PDP, LCD
► CALIBRATION
► Color
OVERVIEW...
Calibration Lab
► AUTO - CALIBRATION? The future?
► Two
Piece Projection
► The Impact Of Screens
► Learn Modes In Instrumentation?
► External References, Optical
Comparators calibrated reference
mini-monitors –
► D65 Monitors
► D65 Light Coming Out Of A Projector?
► ISF
Reference Screens…
► Screen Gain Pro & Cons
► Negative Gain Screens?
► “Acoustic” Screen Technologies
► Analyzers & Front Projection
► Lambertian
Emitters
► Applications
For 5400K
► Human Factors and Ideal viewing
environments
► Viewer Fatigue
► ISF
Displaymate Edition
► PC Multimedia
► ISF Windows XP Media Center Edition
Calibration Wizard
► ISF
Certification Tests
► Calibration
► FINI
Services