Datacolor User to User Support Group.

So you don't think an option will be available for the PRO?  The elite
has more features than I really need for home personal usage.  Will
the TV help set all the various settings from the service menu because
in TV the default settings are only color, tint, brightness, contrast,
sharpness, and color mode.  But I usually go into service mode and
adjust from eye the various color cutoffs, etc to improve the display
and this is what I was hoping the TV is going to help adjust with
since their is so many different settings.

Sub Hue, Sub Color, R Drive, G Drive, B Drive, R Cutoff, G Cutoff, B
Cutoff, R/B Level Drive Adjustment, Black Screen.  Than of course
adjustments for Position, Size, Pins, etc.  So I'm looking for a tool
that will help me adjust my TV HDTV properly for the colors better
than my eye can.

Also would be nice to have some clue how much a cross-grade offer to
add Spyder3Tv will be because right now I could probably get both
Elite and TV for about same price with special offer I have but who
really needs 2 pucks when they are the same hardware.  I don't
understand what the slow down of just the software prices are because
that really is all that is going to be required is the purchase off
the software after having a puck from one of the other purchases. 
Seems really silly that right now if you want TV and Monitor
functionality you have to purchase two hardware products that are
identical to accomplish this and not just the software.

I will be purchasing my product near the end of this month after my
next pay period.

Marvin

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 6/16/08 10:35:21 PM, molitar@... writes:
> 
> 
> > I am curious how the tv calibration works?  I have not found a review
> > or anything that explains how the Tv calibration works?  I find
> > reviews of monitor calibration all over but no review or how to for Tv
> > Calibration.
> > 
> TVs don't have videocards and computers available for the type of
calibration 
> and profiling that computer displays get. So TV calibration uses the 
> adjustments available on all TVs (a much longer list of adjustments
than you get on 
> most monitors these days; when you switch a display from computer
mode to TV 
> mode, suddenly there are all these adjustments available...)
> 
> So what Spyder3TV does is take measurements that tell you how to
adjust the 
> key corrections in the TV mode: Color, Tint, Brightness, Contrast, and 
> Whitepoint. You could fool around with all these adjustments by eye,
but without being 
> omniscent, it would be difficult to adjust such a large set of
interactive 
> adjustments optimally. The Spyder does it objectively, and
consistantly, to 
> optimize the results.
> > 
> > Secondly in your opinion I can either afford to upgrade my Spyder2 for
> > a Spyder3 for monitor calibration or stick with my Spyder2 for now and
> > get a Spyder3 for tv?  What do you recommend is the Tv Calibration
> > really worth it?  I use my monitor and my 28" HDTV monitor using
> > component input to watch videos from my computer.  I was thinking of
> > going with Spyder3 Tv and later when the software becomes available
> > than upgrade from Spyder2 Pro for monitor to the Spyder3.
> > 
> 
> I would suggest getting Spyder3Elite for your monitors, and when things 
> settle down, there should be a cross-grade offer of some type that
will allow you 
> to add Spyder3TV functions.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> WW Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
> 
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