[mythtv-users] Monitor/tv calibration?

[Marc Sherman]

Florin Andrei wrote:
> 
> Avia II and Digital Video Essentials are standard calibration tools for TVs:
> 
> http://www.ovationmultimedia.com/avia2.html
> 
> http://www.videoessentials.com/DVD_NTSC.php
> 
> You can either purchase the DVDs on-line, or you can rent them from Netflix.
> If rented, they don't come with the color filters, but there's a 
> solution to that: Ovation Multimedia sells replacement filters for Avia 
> on-line, so you can just purchase the filters from them. The filters 
> work with Digital Video Essentials too.
> 
> The filters are only required for a few tests, the majority of tests are 
> black and white.

So I've been reading more about this, and I'm trying to figure out how
to use it with a myth system.

I imagine that the first step is to use it with my DVD player connected
directly to the TV (via composite), to get the TV calibrated correctly.

Step 2 would be to rip the DVD, and play it in mythvideo to calibrate
the myth playback (xv) controls.

Step 3 is where I'm confused. How can I calibrate the pvr500's ripping?
Should I play the DVD in the dvd player, connected to the pvr500 via
svideo? Is the DVD connected via svideo a reasonable proxy for the ntsc
tuner on the same card?

- Marc