Digital BW, The Print

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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