Digital BW, The Print

At

<http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/coloreyes-display.shtml>

Michael Reichmann's short review of the ColorEyes software says that:

>[snip]
>What helps set ColorEyes apart is the attention paid to calibrating 
>and linearizing the gray balance of your monitor. The software uses 
>an iterative process that double checks itself each step along the 
>way.
>
>Unique to this software, and patented, is what is called L* 
>technology for setting gamma. While you can set Gamma 1.8 or 2.2, or 
>whatever else you wish, L* creates separate tonal curves for the 
>shadow areas, mid-tones, and highlights. This is claimed to provide 
>smoother transitions, and therefore more accurate colour 
>reproduction.
>[snip]

which I thought might make ColorEyes more interesting to some of us. 
But if it's been mentioned on this list, I've missed it. In fact, I'd 
never heard of ColorEyes.


The ColorEyes promotion on the web site of Integrated Color (also new to me) at

<http://www.integrated-color.com/cedisplay/monitorprofiling.html>

says that:

>[snip] Instruments matter.
>We decided to pick the best instrument we could find, and the X-Rite 
>DTP-94 known in another incarnation as the Monaco XR has been 
>universally heralded as the best of the best for the price. [snip]

And I'm not sure what to make of this. Is the X-Rite colorimeter the 
best or just the best value? In particular, is the DTP-94 better with 
LCD's than the others? I'm especially interested in this because I 
need a new colorimeter in addition to calibration and profiling 
software and more for LCD's than for CRT's. On Mac's and for maps (in 
color) as well as photos if that matters.

Thanks.
--
Sam

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