Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced the Disney's WOW World of Wonder disc, a configuration and calibration disc, hosted by none other than Goofy, to help consumers (from beginners and enthusiasts to experts and custom installers alike) to get the best quality experience from their home theater systems. It will be available November 2, in single-disc and double-disc versions.
Viewers will learn the basics of HD and home theater alongside Disney's classic character Goofy, then follow basic instructions to maximize home theater performance through an easy to follow on-screen menu. The disc packaging also includes an in-depth illustrated handbook. The Disney WOW disc is comprehensive and applicable to everything from flat panel displays and OLED screens to projection equipment and CRT based TV sets, as well as multiple sound formats ranging from Stereo to 7.1 Channel Surround.
The disc contains 35 easy-to-use A/V calibration and evaluation tools, for beginners, advanced and expert home theater enthusiasts. It has been produced and directed by Richard J. Casey, of R&B Films, Ltd.
A/V Tools in the Beginner section are designed for ease of use in the proper alignment of home theater equipment. The Advanced section contains A/V Tools that address professional evaluation and calibration tasks for specific monitors, displays, and projectors. Illustrations in the included 56 page booklet and the on-screen guide provide clear examples of properly and improperly calibrated A/V test patterns.
Disney's WOW World of Wonder disc will be presented in single-disc (SRP $34.99) and two-disc (SRP $39.99) versions. The latter will include an exclusive extra disc called Visions: Inspired by Nature, featuring "breathtaking natural and digitally created landscapes with original music scores and ambient sounds."
It will also be available in a Home Theater Value Pack (with an HDMI cable), and a Home Theater Starter Pack (with a Disney movie Blu-ray and an HDMI cable)
Full contents include:
Discover
Beginner
Home Theater Basics With Goofy
Easy As 1-2-3
Lost University
Split Screen Showdown
Advanced
What makes up a picture?
What is sound?
What is compression?
What are interlaced/progressive images?
What is 24-frame playback?
Disney Blu-ray
Creating New Memories
Digital Copy
Disney Movie Rewards
Disney BD-Live
Optimize
Beginner video tools
Brightness
Aspect ratio
Contrast
Color
Sharpness
Viewing angle diagnostic
Audio tools
Speaker ID
Polarity test
Noise floor
Buzz & rattle test
Advanced video tools - professional video calibration and monitor evaluation specifically designed for optimizing and testing all displays including LCD, plasma, DLP, OLED, CRT and projector
Advanced video calibration tools
Advanced brightness & contrast
Aspect ratio
Convergence
Chroma & hue
Sharpness/focus
Overscan test
A/V Sync
Display evaluation tools
Purity
Scaling test
Advanced scaling 1 & 2
Sharpness/focus
Hyperbolic zone plate
White-black clipping
Viewing angle test
Gamma response
Grayscale
Compound test chart
Advanced audio tools
Speaker ID
Polarity Test
Noise Floor
Buzz & Rattle Test
A/V Sync
Speaker Level Adjustment
Subwoofer Level Adjustment
Expert professional tools
HD Shootout - standard DVD vs. HD/Blu-ray
Experience - Includes breathtaking scenes from your favorite Disney films and more
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Up
Wall-E
G-Force Bolt
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Monsters, Inc.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Prestige
Surrogates
Nature's Journey
Visions: Inspired by Nature bonus disc
Flower Fields
Cumulous Day
Forest Waterfalls
Big Sur Fireplace
Ocean Sunset Spring
Desert Vistas
Summer
Mountain Skies
Sunrays
Ripples
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