SpectraCal @ CEDIA EXPO 2011!

CEDIA EXPO (September 7-10) is the leading tradeshow in the residential electronic systems industry and SpectraCal will be there to showcase the latest and greatest in display calibration and digital signage technology. Here’s a sneak peak at what we’ll be showing at CEDIA!

The basICColor DISCUS is a high-end colorimeter for the accurate measurement of color monitors, flat-panel displays, and projectors.  It can be used in contact or non-contact mode.  In non-contact mode, it features a laser pointer for aiming. SpectraCal enhances each DISCUS individually in its Seattle calibration lab, adding support for additional device types.  Each DISCUS ships with a Certificate of Performance verifying its accuracy on each device type. Read the full press release and check out the product page!

 

The eeColor™ Image Processor takes the home theater experience to a new level. eeColor processing now complements accurate display calibration with enhanced color rendering and room light compensation. The eeColor Processor incorporates chromatic adaptation and visual perception models with full, three-dimensional color processing for the first time in video systems. Read the full press release and check out the product page!

 

The CalMAN Expert with SpectraCal C6 & DVDO iScan Duo Package is a powerful video calibration bundle crafted to provide you with the results you are looking for at an extraordinary price.  With the new dedicated Duo Workflow, CalMAN provides unprecedented system communication and optimization of your video display hardware. Full package details here.

Digital signage is the latest in interactive marketing and communication and SpectraCal provides you with the full solution that includes the advance SpinetiX HMP devices. The SpinetiX HMP100/HMP200 is a compact digital signage player that simplifies publishing information, audio and dynamic content to your display through internal Fusion software with 720p/1080P output across the network, 4GB/8GB of internal memory plus USB for external storage, and a lifetime warranty. Learn more about digital signage here.

 

Questions? Call +1-877-886-5112

 
Many exciting SpectraCal announcements and demonstrations will be shown at CEDIA 2011.Come visit us at booth #4961 if you're attending or stay tuned to our Facebook for all the latest CEDIA details!

SpectraCal and basICColor Announce Highly Capable Colorimeter

DISCUS demolishes previous color meter price/performance benchmarks

(Seattle, WA) – September 6, 2011 – SpectraCal, Inc. and basICColor announced the DISCUS colorimeter, providing accuracy in colorimetry previously available only with much more expensive instruments.
 
 “We were amazed when we measured the DISCUS in our calibration lab,” says Derek Smith, SpectraCal’s founder and Chief Technology Officer. “We didn’t think this level of sensitivity and repeatability was possible with such a moderately priced tristimulus device,” Smith said.

“We’re very pleased that SpectraCal has chosen the DISCUS to anchor its product line,” says Karl Koch, basICColor’s Managing Director. “CalMAN is respected around the world, and SpectraCal’s support of DISCUS will certainly speed its adoption in with professional video calibrators.”  

basICColor created the DISCUS to bring affordable high-end accuracy to the pre-press proofing market, and turned to SpectraCal to introduce the instrument to professional video calibrators.  basICColor appointed SpectraCal exclusive distributor in North America, and non-exclusive Master Distributor throughout the rest of the world.  

DISCUS support is included in the current version of SpectraCal’s award-winning CalMAN video calibration software, the de facto standard in the CEDIA industry. (CalMAN Commercial and Expert licenses support the DISCUS.)    

The DISCUS will be demonstrated in SpectraCal’s booth 4961 at CEDIA Expo, the annual trade show of the Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, September 8-10. 

Visitors to Booth 4961 can receive an introductory discount. SpectraCal is building a DISCUS reseller network. Prospective dealers should call +1 877-886-5112 North America, or +1-605-274-6055 international.

For more info, please go to www.spectracal.com/DISCUS, or contact prosales@spectracal.com.

Read the full press release here.

SpectraCal and Entertainment Experience Announce Next Generation Image Processor

SpectraCal, Inc. and Entertainment Experience announced the eeColor image processor, providing unprecedented control over video images.

Leveraging over 35 years of research in visual color science by experts from Kodak, universities, and Hollywood film production, eeColor produces “the brightest and most colorful moving images that I have seen,” says Mark Fairchild, Director of the PhD Color Science Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Jason Turk, chief engineer at AVScience says eeColor is “like nothing else on the market.”  eeColor adds “a vibrancy to the colors that I have never seen to date,” Turk says. Derek Smith, SpectraCal’s founder and Chief Technology Officer, explains that this is partly because eeColor for the first time allows full use of displays’ ever-expanding capabilities. “Manufacturers have been hard at work expanding the color capacity of their displays,” Smith says, “But to achieve image fidelity, we’ve had to turn all the expanded capacity off.  With eeColor, you can now make full use of the expanded color gamut current displays allow, while still maintaining accurate flesh tones,” Smith explains.  eeColor utilizes proprietary technology based on newly understood physics of adaptive vision. Learn more about the eeColor image processor with the full press release.

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SpectraCal Announces Unique ISF Training Event In Munich, Germany

With training and certification being key to our customer’s success, SpectraCal is excited to announce a three-day ISF training course in Munich, Germany on 3-4-5 October 2011. This unique opportunity is sponsored by SpectraCal and its German partner AV T.O.P. Already one of Europe’s leading and most respected independent consumer electronics testing laboratories, AV T.O.P. has now partnered with SpectraCal as its distribution partner for the German-speaking regions. Come learn and take advantage of this unique opportunity beginning the last day of Oktoberfest!

The course will be led by Joel Silver, in English, along with a number of assistant instructors from the HDTV, high end projection, and display calibration fields. Occasional real-time translation will also be available for native German speakers as necessary. Upon request, some German-translated support materials can also be made available.

This is a European-wide event and we invite everyone in the EU, and beyond, to join us for this unique event. Come early to experience Oktoberfest on your own or join us for a special evening event scheduled for October 3rd (more details to follow). This is the only European Joel Silver-led ISF seminar scheduled for the remainder of 2011, so take advantage of this special opportunity to learn and grow with your international peers. Space is limited, so register today!

Course: ISF Three-day Comprehensive Course – Basic and Advanced Video Calibration Training and Certification, includes 16 CEU credits for CEDIA members.
Primary Instructor: Joel Silver
Dates: 3-4-5 October 2011
Location: AV T.O.P. Messtechnik GmbH
Address: Max-Planck-Strasse 7, 85716 Unterschleissheim, Germany

For registration and certification information click above, call +1-605-274-6055 (USA Toll Free 877-886-5112) or inquire at training@spectracal.com. We hope to celebrate with you there!