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The Evolution of the Spears & Munsil Test Discs.

Many of us who have a little more than just a passing interest in home theater are familiar with the well-regarded Spears & Munsil system test discs that have been around for several years and have been updated regularly with higher-resolution tests and additional content.

The current (3rd) edition is fully 4K UHD ready with all the flavors of HDR content available. But did you know how the Spears & Munsil test discs originally came together? It all started with the original Secrets DVD Benchmark tests that Stacey Spears and Don Munsil helped develop so that we could properly evaluate the video and audio performance of DVD players, and later Blu-Ray players, that came in for review. Join us as we catch up with JJ, Stacey, and Don and discuss how the Secrets DVD Benchmark came to be.

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Featuring: Don Munsil, and Stacey Spears.

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