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PixelProtector DVD Edition V2 |  | Director: HS Publishing Ltd
Actor: N/A
Studio: CreateSpace
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.95
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 19839
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 720 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
UPC: 094922597328
EAN: 0094922597328
ASIN: B000GI36BG
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: December 5, 2008
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PixelProtector is a DVD based premium screen diagnostic and calibration tool for all types of LCD, plasma and rear projection TV screens. If you own a large flat screen TV and you're serious about achieving optimum performance from your television and you want to preserve the life of your TV set, then PixelProtector is for you! PixelProtector DVD is packed full of features that will ensure your television is correctly calibrated to gain the sharpest and most colourful image your TV has to offer.
Using test signals PixelProtector allows you to accurately adjust your screen to its full potential. Specific test signals are provided for aligning and calibrating Plasma, LCD, projection sets, over head projectors and rear projection. PixelProtector is the complete video test reference and maintenance tool with unique screen washes to recalibrate pixels uniformly and keep your TV's picture looking good for years to come.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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 Works just takes more time July 20, 2010
Amerizoi (Upstate SC)
After I purchased a demo model of the Panasonic TC-P54G10 found it had bad screen burn in. After searching the internet found pixel protector. Was very skeptical if it would work, but for less than 50.00 what did I have to lose. I have run it 3 times at the recommended times and found the burn in has reduced by 75% is suspect after running it a few more times it will be gone. The calibration section is good but the lack of instructions make it hard to understand what you are trying to do. I bought the Bluray version which is easier the screen washes will run until you stop them so you don't have to babysit as they are running.
I would recommend this to anyone who has burn in. If it is light you may find it will be removed after the first use. Mine was very bad could actually read the channel logo it was on for weeks I'm sure being a demo unit. After using the calibration the picture was much clearer and setting the color was easy. I ran it on my other smaller plasma and was surprised at the overall clarity and colors are more true to life.
 Wash your picture woes away! July 7, 2010
Peter Browne (Canada)
Did not buy this DVD to use the calibration features, but for the Pixel Washer Features. Have LED LCD TVs in the house and at least once a month run each of the Pixel Washes for several hours. Brightens up the picture quality and sharpens the video as well, in the before and after reviewing. Have recommended this to many people. Only one person has ever gotten back to me, and he stated that he couldn't believe how the washes revived his old Sony CRT that he'd just about given up on, plus his new LED LCD as well. Several people have scoffed at me using it on LCD screens, but just told them to try it and see for themselves! I definitely don't want to be without it.
 Waste of money April 11, 2010
TEX (Brownwood TX)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Don't waste your money on this product. I have ran the screen wash program 3 different times and I do not see any reduction in the burnt in image. When I calibrated the TV (LCD screen) it seems too dark and I have to increase the brightness above the recommendated levels. Sure glad I could return to factory settings after using the program.
PixelProtector Review February 9, 2010
Chops McCoy (Rockaway, NJ USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this product for one reason only, but wound up using it for so much more. I needed it because my 1-year-old 16:9 plasma TV had two vertical lines that outlined the 4:3 frame that was "burned in" from watching regular non-widescreen content. PixelProtector's "wash" options were reported as being able to remove this burn-in, as long as there was even the slightest chance that it was not permanent. I had tried the TV's built-in burn-protection and burn-removal features, but the lines were still there. I was not optimistic, but for the price, I didn't have much to lose.
When I received the NTSC DVD, I read the entire manual (a PDF file on the DVD, accessed via a PC). I was supposed to start with "Wash 2" (a pure white screen) to see how much damage there was to deal with. Then I was to run "Wash 1" (flashing pixels very randomly) for a few hours, multiple times if necessary. When I popped in the DVD and started "Wash 2", it was a 4:3 picture. This was very strange because the packaging specifically said "Widescreen" , and the opening menu was 16:9. I checked "Wash 1" and "Wash 3" and they were both 16:9.
I went on to the product's website and filled out a support form. Within a few hours, I had a response to supply my mailing information and a new one would be sent out immediately. It was only a few days later that I received a new copy. Sadly, it exhibited the same problem. After viewing the properties of the video file for "Wash 2", it showed that the DVD was authored incorrectly. I sent another e-mail explaining exactly what the issue was, and the response from the author was incredible. He thanked me for pointing out the problem, and told me that he would have a new batch produced. One week later, he had a new batch and promptly sent me a DVD from that new batch. "Wash 2" was perfectly authored in 16:9. This is the type of customer service that you rarely see anymore. Instead of companies that keep you on hold for a half-hour or more, or never answer your e-mails, this company had the author himself take the interest to work with me to resolve the problem. My e-mails never went more than a few hours before being answered.
As for the product itself... simply amazing. With "Wash 2", I saw the lines as clear as day. I ran "Wash 1" for 8 hours, and then checked it again. It was slightly (but noticeably) better. I couldn't believe it - I thought that the damage was permanent, but seeing the slight reduction was proof that this problem could be taken care of. I ran "Wash 1" for 16 hours, gave it an 8-hour rest, and ran it again for 16 hours. Only then did I check "Wash 2" and THE LINES WERE GONE. I will now run "Wash 1" 8 hours weekly, and "Wash 3" for 20 minutes weekly (read the documentation both in the PDF and in the program itself - it contains a wealth of information).
Although many people will be using this program to calibrate their systems, as I said before, this was NOT the reason I bought the DVD. HOWEVER... having fixed my burn-in problem, I used the calibration screens to calibrate the brightness, contrast, color, and sharpness. I have done so using both "Avia" and "Video Essentials" since I bought the TV, and they certainly improved the picture quality, but PixelProtector is much better. I guess the other two programs were for CRTs, and although they certainly helped with the plasma TV, PixelProtector was probably written with newer plasma and LCT technology in mind.
The bottom line is that I cannot believe that it got rid of the burn-in in the first place, and the TV's picture is, in a word, stunning. Both due to PixelProtector, its author, and its support team.
Total waste of money. December 23, 2009
D. Bowen (Michigan)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't know who is writing the positive reviews of this DVD, but I thought it was a total waste of money. After I wasted the ink to print the 21 page instruction manual it still made no sense. The manual shows you a few test screens and is real vague at explaining what to do with each one, then when you put the DVD in it shows you different test screens that are not in the manual and asks you to select one. So then test screens show up on your TV for around 20 seconds each then it changes to another one and you are supposed to hit pause each time and adjust something on each one. The problem is very few of the test screens are in the manual so you have no idea what to adjust on 3/4 of them. And like I said above, even the ones that are in the manual don't have a good explanation.
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