I just bought a new 37" Vizio LCD. Most shows look great but the trend these days for night scenes and dark indoor places seems to be for extra realism, ie make them really dark. Memphis Beat was that way, Hawaii Five-0 has plenty of extra dark scenes, so did Chase. Same deal with V. Yeah, I get that the 5th Column hides out in a dark basement, but does it have to be *that dark*?
When I miss an episode I download it to my HTPC, those are often darker than the original broadcasts. Used to be they did night scenes just by sticking a filter on the lens so it looked like a cloudless full moon night, often brighter than that - was so obvious it was just a dark filter. The current trend is too dark, fiddling with the picture settings doesn't help much. --- On Wed, 3/16/11, Uwe Soltau <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Uwe Soltau <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AP] How to create a hollywood movie style of color grading? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 7:11 AM > The problem is, what reference do > "normal" people have to adjust a TV or > computer monitor? This means that personal taste still > comes in. > > I once used a spider to calibrate my monitor but when I was > done I did > not like > it at all. I am now using calibration images. > > Some people print a picture and compare the print with the > screen. > > Uwe > > > > No, if most shows on your TV are too dark, it's time > to buy a new TV. > > Or maybe go into the menu and change settings a > little. > > > > I've had that problem with my PC CRT monitor. > Everything looked dark. > > Then I bought a new monitor, and... wow! > > > > Rieni > > > > At 16-3-2011 07:22, you wrote: > > > > > > > > >Is that why so many current TV shows are so > bleeping dark I can > > >hardly see anything? > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
