Traffic Danger Moose writes:
<<<Why not plug your Roku directly into the TV?
Yes, you spot everything. This one was a bit of streamlined version w/o remote
for 49 bucks that plugs into a MHL port on the Oppo and uses the Oppo remote.
The Oppo is great. Unlike the AVR it just works--if the disk spins, it will
read it.. Firmware updates with permission w/o any hitch via wifi as needed.
It is a Leica of universal players. I wish my other AV gear were as good.
The minimalist Roku stick works (ed) fine for usual stuff. (as soon as I can
fix the AVR again that is) There are newer fuller featured Roku sticks that
support screen mirroring etc, but it is hard to keep up.
<<<Does it need "real" calibration? If just for viewing visitors' phone images,
wouldn't just tuning it by eye on a handful of good images, including people,
do?
I don't know, but Roku has a Smugmug app too---and for MY images, after all the
effort, should be displayed as well as possible. I am told it does
resizing/sharpening on the fly and has reasonable reviews..
I had not mentioned the Smugmug issue in last post and agree ball park for most
guest phone images is probably OK. I surmise that Bravia TV should be able
to perform much better for Jpegs then I am seeing now.
There are probably some techniques to get close results using expensive
calibration tools.
Carol has had a long haul to recover from that nasty fracture. Glad she is
progressing well.
Mike
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