I use a Sony DCR HC40E for the DV capturing. It can only deal with PAL, so nothing needs to be (or can be) calibrated on that. The screens I posted in the X0 thread were from quick caps I did with the DVD-recorder, I assume it adjusts itself to PAL and NTSC depending on what you're recording. I should have scaled up that NTSC shot instead of the other way around, but I don't see how the black level can be off. Those '95 PAL releases are just damn dark. Here are a couple of screens from ANH (it's OK to drool):
