After 2 plus years of acquiring the parts I finally have most/all of my HT setup in place, and I got my universal remote to turn everything on and off, and switch inputs/outputs, etc. Now, it seems, comes the hard part, calibrating the TV for the input devices, dvd, stb, PC, vcr(?). I can't remember the last time I watched a videotape, so I'm not sure whether the vcr is worth the effort.

I have discs for calibrating the dvd player (one standard dvd and the other the calibration disc that came with my BDP-83). But I don't have a source to calibrate the stb or the vcr. Can I use the coax video out from the BDP-83 to feed these other devices test patterns, which I then send to the screen through the device I'm for which I'm calibrating?

I know the simple answer is to pay a pro to do all this. But, a) I am an inveterate tinkerer, b) I never start by doing things the easy way, and c) I'm too cheap/stingy/parsimonious/thrifty/....