I tried the homepage search, and it showed no techs in NC. The only calibration I find is BB & CC. Judging from past dealings, I could probably do as well with a DVD. I did find a tweak listed in forums for my Sammy. It was for Movie mode, and to be honest, every movie I tried on that setting looked like "Gone with the wind" video quality. It just didn't look right for movies released recently. I hate paying a tech to get a setting I don't like.
As you can see, I'm very much new at this, and welcome advice.
What display device do you own? You state that you "hate paying a tech to get a setting I don't like"...does this pertain to your reference to the big box store services?
I am on the hot coast, er, I mean West coast (even for Arizona, 115 for a week straight starts to feel HOT). While I tend to only go on the road for special applications (CRT front projection and some Runco products) several of my Brothers In Lab Coats travel and head east (slight pun intended). Ken Whitcomb was in the DC area recently. The key now for touring professional calibrators with fuel prices as they are is garnering adequate interest in a region to offset the travel expenses.
If you have one of the many displays that benefit greatly from the extensive suite of adjustment parameters in the Service Menu, having a professional calibrator with the appropriate equipment (capable of properly adjusting the Color Management System) and tailoring the end result to reflect the source equipment used (to compensate for the wide variances due to consumer parts tolerances), the viewing environment, and when possible, individual modes for Day and Night viewing - the resulting performance will spoil you for sure.
While a national chain is bringing awareness of the benefits of calibration to the forefront for the consumer, the execution may or may not be to the standard of highly experienced touring professionals (who incidentally contribute behind the scenes at the manufacturer's level to raise the base level of many products performance) with a decade or more of experience.
Interview your potential calibrator and take note of the expertise behind the equipment, as well as the equipment utilized.
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