Digital BW, The Print

Just like an Eye One Pro package...and that at least includes a
spectrophotometer.  Hmmm.  Nonetheless here is not the place to debate it.
I guess I could put up with Windoze for as long as it takes to calibrate my
display.  But not twice the price of an EyeOne Pro package which as noted
above actually includes hardware.


> From: <CDTobie@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:20:03 EST
> To: <stevekale@...>, <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: PrintFIX Pro info & review
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/20/06 3:00:06 PM, stevekale@... writes:
> 
> 
>> While on the subject of Colorvision products, a much more sensible price on
>> the Colorfacts Pro software would not go astray either (and a Mac version).
>> 
> 
> You want ColorVision to reduce the price significantly, while building a
> whole new version? ColorFacts Pro (since most list memebers won't be familiar
> with 
> it) is the leading Home Theater Calibration product for professionals. These
> are people who earn a living (often in the range what a doctor or dentist
> earns) doing custom adjustment of home theaters. These users aren't begging us
> to 
> lower prices; quite the opposite, they prefer a high bar to admission.
> Lowering prices requires a model where you sell to a lot more people, and
> ColorFacts 
> Pro is not designed for use by the general public. Its a high end, highly
> technical tool.
> 
> However, ColorVision has added a product for consumers interested in
> calibrating their own home theaters without any special knowledge or access to
> service 
> menus, called SpyderTV. And now there is an advanced version called SpyderTV
> PRO with more advanced controls, for the more advanced end user; but still
> short of the specialty status of ColorFacts Pro.
> 
> A Mac version of CF Pro would require a major rewrite of the product; given
> that a professional traveling around calibrating other's systems and making
> good money can afford to have a PC laptop for the job, thats not really
> critical. 
> But I'd love to see SpyderTV and SpyderTV PRO both become crossplatform
> applications, as end users are platform specific, and need versions specific
> to 
> their systems.
> 
> Personally, I run my home theater based on an EyeTV tuner, and a Mac Mini,
> and calibrate the Viewsonic LCD TV using Spyder2PRO, since its running through
> a 
> computer.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
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