Anthony Martino
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Westeros! Westeros! Westeros!
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Game of Thrones (HBO Series - NO BOOK SPOILERS) (5 Viewers)
- Thread starter jbutler
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Are we talking about him walking in to attack Bran or something else?
Nah, I'm just going to sit back and see who pulls a knife first:
- Team If It's Not Historically Accurate It's CRRRRAP!
- Team This Show Is A Steaming Pile of Garbage and I Will Watch and Bitch to the End
- Team Yeah, Well, You Know, That's Just, Like, Your Opinion Man
Perfect recap:
pokerplayingpisces
Full House
It looks like most of us are idiots, and don’t know how to “tune” our TV properly. 
https://guacamoley.com/the-scoop/20...not-knowing-how-their-tvs-work-and-excuse-me/
https://guacamoley.com/the-scoop/20...not-knowing-how-their-tvs-work-and-excuse-me/
Poker Zombie
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I was going to also post a reply, but every line in a multi-bullet point rant was summed up bt BG:
On one hand, he's at least partially right. Though compression and other factors do play a part, many people just unbox their new TV and don't do any kind of calibration.It looks like most of us are idiots, and don’t know how to “tune” our TV properly.
https://guacamoley.com/the-scoop/20...not-knowing-how-their-tvs-work-and-excuse-me/
On the other hand, try being a bit more freaking diplomatic about it, dude.
I'd 100% agree that a lot of people had it worse because they don't calibrate their tv but on the other hand those first 20 minutes were the darkest minutes of TV I've ever seen
BonScot
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I watched the first 20 minutes before realising that I hadn’t turned my tv onI'd 100% agree that a lot of people had it worse because they don't calibrate their tv but on the other hand those first 20 minutes were the darkest minutes of TV I've ever seen
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Chippy McChiperson
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I'd 100% agree that a lot of people had it worse because they don't calibrate their tv but on the other hand those first 20 minutes were the darkest minutes of TV I've ever seen
It was pretty dark, I definitely want to re-watch with my setting calibrated. What settings would you recommend for brightness and contrast?
What's ideal is different for all makes/models and especially types (LCD/Plasma/LED). I'd suggest googling the make/model and you'll be able to find the best settings for your particular TV
I have a Samsung and rewatched with brightness and contrast at 100%. I know nothing about the tech piece, I just kept increasing the numbers until I didn't need to dry hump the TV in order to see. Caught a bunch of finer details that I didn't the first go-round.
Ideal settings are specific to your TV and typical room lighting. You can get a calibration DVD, or if you have an Xbox One, there's a decent calibration tool built into it.
Sorry, but honestly this series and storyline aren't compelling enough to make me jump through a bunch of technical hoops just to overcome some asshole's dark creative dream he wants to cram down the public's gullet. Now if there were tits involved, different story.....
bentax1978
4 of a Kind
This would be more than sufficient to get 90% of the way there. Trying to get that last 10% generally involves service menus and/or additional tools, and really isn't essential unless you're really into doing that kind of stuff.
Poker Zombie
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The biggest point being, my TV is calibrated to my room with the curtains drawn. If I have to readjust everything so I can see one episode of one program, that is an awful lot of fuss. Also, if I am adjusting it so it is bright enough to see, I am specifically countering the effect the cinematographer was trying to achieve, unless his goal was to make people fudge their tv settings.
They may as well scramble the final episode, and then sell a descrambler. Claim it's the artistic vision of the confusion in the world.
I'm not a fan of Horror movies per se, but I am aware that Wes Craven, George Romero, and John Carpenter have all achieved the feel that Wagner was trying to achieve. They succeeded where Wagner failed so badly, I sincerely hope he never works in film ever again. Seriously, He's not good enough to shoot a sewer cleaning scene for Mike Rowe's Dirty Jobs. Unless, he slipped and fell in the muck.
And it was caught on film.
And Mike Rowe said "That's what you get for The Long Night."
That would be hilarious.
They may as well scramble the final episode, and then sell a descrambler. Claim it's the artistic vision of the confusion in the world.
I'm not a fan of Horror movies per se, but I am aware that Wes Craven, George Romero, and John Carpenter have all achieved the feel that Wagner was trying to achieve. They succeeded where Wagner failed so badly, I sincerely hope he never works in film ever again. Seriously, He's not good enough to shoot a sewer cleaning scene for Mike Rowe's Dirty Jobs. Unless, he slipped and fell in the muck.
And it was caught on film.
And Mike Rowe said "That's what you get for The Long Night."
That would be hilarious.
AWenger
Full House
Before watching this past episode, I had dimmed my room lights to the lowest level, which is pretty dark, which I don't always do before watching Game of Thrones. Knowing that this episode was going to be over an hour, likely to contain battle scenes, so kind of felt like watching a movie to begin with, so I turned down the lights. I think turning the lights off or down in the room probably helped more than any TV calibration settings that could be made.
At least with my TV settings & lights low in the room, I didn't think the episode was too dark that I was missing out on seeing things; it felt like it was dark on purpose, and for good reason, because it was a night battle.
-- this explains the contrast and brightness calibration in the videos below.
Then search for "AVS HD 709" in YouTube and there are several individual videos that come up (they're each 5 minutes long, so it gives you some time to adjust your TV without needing to pause the video.). Three I've used before are:
AVS HD 709 Contrast Calibration
AVS HD 709 Brightness Calibration
AVS HD 709 Sharpness & Overscan
Not related to the darkness/brightness setting -- but one setting I was surprised to find out on my Samsung LCD TV was that the "overscan" (zooming in) was turned on by default, which means the TV was zooming into to the picture, and didn't show the full, native, resolution. It also explained why when I plugged in my laptop into the TV, the bottom/top/sides were cut off on the TV display. Turning the "overscan" off solved that issue, although in the Samsung menus it was called something else besides overscan. Overscan should really only be needed for old cathode ray tube TVs where the corners and edges of the picture were distorted, so zooming in wouldn't show the distortion and helped that issue, but it should never need to be turned on for LCD displays.
At least with my TV settings & lights low in the room, I didn't think the episode was too dark that I was missing out on seeing things; it felt like it was dark on purpose, and for good reason, because it was a night battle.
If you can get YouTube on your TV this video: "How to Properly Set Brightness and Contrast on an HDTV Display"
Then search for "AVS HD 709" in YouTube and there are several individual videos that come up (they're each 5 minutes long, so it gives you some time to adjust your TV without needing to pause the video.). Three I've used before are:
AVS HD 709 Contrast Calibration
AVS HD 709 Brightness Calibration
AVS HD 709 Sharpness & Overscan
Not related to the darkness/brightness setting -- but one setting I was surprised to find out on my Samsung LCD TV was that the "overscan" (zooming in) was turned on by default, which means the TV was zooming into to the picture, and didn't show the full, native, resolution. It also explained why when I plugged in my laptop into the TV, the bottom/top/sides were cut off on the TV display. Turning the "overscan" off solved that issue, although in the Samsung menus it was called something else besides overscan. Overscan should really only be needed for old cathode ray tube TVs where the corners and edges of the picture were distorted, so zooming in wouldn't show the distortion and helped that issue, but it should never need to be turned on for LCD displays.
You aren't calibrating your TV just for GoT. You're doing it for a better overall viewing experience.
(Still mad that my OMC emoji is gone, this would have been a good time to use it...
)
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
We also darkend the room for full movie mode. I won't say I missed a lot, but it was fatiguing. Nearly everyone I know was drained by the end. It wasn't an emotionally draining episode - it was eye strain.
With emotional tension, Mrs Zombie and I will chatter on like schoolgirls about the episode. It's like a night of big swings at the poker table, being short stacked, coming back, getting knocked down again - just before you bink. That is an emotional drain, and I'll be awake for hours. We will talk about it to unwind.
This was fatigue, pure and simple. After the episode, I fell dead asleep.
With emotional tension, Mrs Zombie and I will chatter on like schoolgirls about the episode. It's like a night of big swings at the poker table, being short stacked, coming back, getting knocked down again - just before you bink. That is an emotional drain, and I'll be awake for hours. We will talk about it to unwind.
This was fatigue, pure and simple. After the episode, I fell dead asleep.
BonScot
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Sounds like Wagner was a better villain than the Night King
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Meddler2
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I believe Danny, Jon, or both will not survive.
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