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ISF Certification Course Outline

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...

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ISF Certification Course Outline

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  1. ISF Certification Course Outline

  2. Communication Theory, Analog or Digital • Any systems approach to electronic imaging dictates that TV signals and TV sets speak the same language….

  3. 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

  4. How Many Lines Do We need! • ISO 12233 Standard for “Type A Aliasing”

  5. 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?

  6. MSNBC USA “FCC pushes digital TV” • The First Consumer Electronics Product Mandated to Succeed in the U.S.A. • www.DTV.gov

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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." • Norm Steinke, VP sales Faroudja/Meridian

  12. 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

  13. 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….

  14. 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

  15. Gamma – How every display should respond to our sources

  16. A New Microsoft & ISF Way to Calibrate? • New ISF / Microsoft Lab

  17. MCE Display Standards • Windows XP Media Center Issues

  18. Critical ****“EEDID” PC “Plug and Play” Solutions and Problems That You Can Not Fix!

  19. Electronic Imaging As A Science... • What are the Most Important Parameters For Good Pictures?

  20. DIVX • Consumer Perception of CE Service?

  21. Gen II DVDs – Beta vs VHS Revisited? • Gen II DVD DRM - AACS

  22. ISF EXPERIMENT #2 - ?? • 5 Segment Training Programs • Theoretical Goals For Imaging • Sir Isaac Newton.. • “Indeed rays, properly expressed, are not colored.”

  23. What Colors are the Primary Colors?

  24. The International Births of Color Television Systems - Circa 1952 & 1953 • Where NTSC went wrong – PAL solutions or compromises?

  25. Calibration for X-RAYs????? • Radiology Contrast Issues?

  26. Confusing Video Terminology 101

  27. White Field Uniformity Lab… • Human perception versus instrumentation

  28. Calibrating Black Level • WHY - High, Medium & Low APL Pluges? • LCD Black Level vs LCD Backlight Level Controls

  29. 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”

  30. Redundant Controls….. • Dynamic Range! Calibration Lab II….

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. What is in Each of the Signals? • Digital Color Compression

  34. Y/C Makes great “Y”….But…. • Composite Video

  35. New Connectivity - IEEE 1394 • Firewire – Pros & Cons

  36. DVI - The Digital Visual Interface • DVI DIGITAL – Pros & ConsHDCP • HDMI – Pros & Cons

  37. DisplayPort • What – When – Why?

  38. Gamma Revisited – How every display should respond to our sources, when 50%=18%, 25%=3%

  39. New Technologies….. • Light Valves – Small Modulators

  40. New Technologies • Back-lit • Electroluminescent • Plasma ‘Seasoning”

  41. LEDs from N.E.D.O. • IMLED

  42. Thinking In Terms Of Color Space

  43. Human Factors vs Measurements….. • Environments and Perception….

  44. What is Most Important For Good Pictures? • Calibrating Maximizes Dynamic Range • Color Saturation • Colorimetry • Resolution & Bandwidth?

  45. Scaling and deinterlacing - Should You Set Progressive Scan DVD Players For 480p or 480i

  46. Choosing Screen Sizes?

  47. 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….

  48. 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

  49. Shapes & Sizes • Teaching Units on Shapes & Sizes • Filming Techniques-Why use decimals • Aspect Ratios • “Anamorphic” Tutorials...

  50. The Next Topic - Resolution….. • Demos of Decades of SMPTE Issues? • Hunting artifacts via video versus test patterns

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