Monitor Calibration - Bringing New Light To PC Gaming

If you are an avid PC gamer, you've probably invested a lot into owning a PC system you’re proud of with quality components and a beautiful display to bring your games to life. With all the great games released in the last year to catch up on and more coming out, is your PC ready?

If your PC display has not been properly color calibrated, you are letting a key visual component slip. Display calibration is important for one clear reason: you want to optimize your display to produce the best colors and black levels possible with no compromise.

Leaving your display uncalibrated is like going to the movie theater or art museum with sunglasses on. What's the point of pushing millions of pixels onscreen if each one are rendered incorrectly? Take it from the game developers we’ve worked with: having a properly color calibrated display is essential to experiencing the game as the creators intended.ready?

click to see uncalibrated vs. calibrated display

Ensure your monitor is displaying content accurately with the CalPC monitor calibration solution to bring your PC gaming experience to the next visual tier! Optimizing your display towards visual perfection enhances everything you do onscreen whether it’s playing games, watching movies, or editing content with crisp, accurate colors and deep shadow details.

Like wiping the dust off an old arcade gem, the results of the CalPC solution will make you want to replay all of your PC games again in this new light. Once you see the results, you’ll never want to go back!

SpectraCal Software Supports DataColor Spyder4 With Enhancements!

Software developer SpectraCal, Inc. announced support throughout its video calibration software line for the new Datacolor Spyder4.  CalMAN and CalPC version 4.6, announced by SpectraCal today, will support Spyder4 hardware whether purchased from SpectraCal, Datacolor, or any Datacolor reseller. 

Those who buy from SpectraCal will receive a bonus:  SpectraCal’s version of the meter, dubbed the Spyder4 Enhanced, contain additional calibration matrixes to improve calibration of LED displays, projectors, and other display technologies important to home users.

“We enhance each meter individually in our NIST-traceable calibration lab,” explained SpectraCal Marketing Manager Alex Nguyen.

Nguyen explained that the added precision will only benefit users of SpectraCal software; other users will see no change.

Innovations in the Spyder4 include double-shielded filters.  According to Datacolor, these improvements greatly improve long-term stability and improve meter accuracy, on average, by 26% compared to the Spyder3.  

“We’re very impressed with the repeatability of the Spyder4,” said Darrell Bird, director of the calibration lab at SpectraCal.  “It’s a major improvement,” Bird said.

“Datacolor is excited to see SpectraCal supporting our renowned line of colorimeters with their great software,” said Brian Levey, Datacolor’s Global Vice President of Sales. 

CalMAN is the top selling software for calibrating home theaters and other video displays.  CalPC is SpectraCal’s comprehensive solution for calibrating computer monitors.

To help launch the new bundles, SpectraCal is offering significant discounts during the month of March.  For example, CalMAN with a Spyder4, normally $299, is on sale for $229 in March.

For more information, please go to www.spectracal.com

CalPC: Faster, Better, Stronger

SpectraCal is excited to release CalPC v4.42 which brings numerous updates to make PC calibration easier and more powerful than ever before! This includes the updated PC Client allowing each user to register and calibrate up to three PC systems, increased from one machine, essentially tripling its original value. CalPC's hardware support has also been increased to include the i1Display2, X2, Spyder2, Spyder3, OEM i1Display, DTP-94, and ColorMunki for improved PC calibration performance, accuracy, and speed. Additional software enhancements have been made to CalPC for a more streamlined and smoother calibration experience.

NEW SpectraCal PC Calibration Training Webinar ($59) – register to learn through this 60 minute webinar the process and workflow of calibrating your PC displays using SpectraCal's CalPC software. All CalPC purchases (starting at $249) in the third week (Dec 12-18) of December will get the PC calibration webinar included for 75% off. Buy during the fourth week of the month and get 50% off, buy in the fifth week for 25% off. An exclusive code will be emailed with your purchase invoice. Order today to get a biggest discount possible!

CalMAN AutoCal™ Add-on License Now Available!

You asked, we listened! SpectraCal is excited to now offer all CalMAN users the most in calibration efficiency and speed with the release of the new CalMAN AutoCal™ add-on license. CalMAN users (DIY, Enthusiast, Expert) can now do a full grayscale auto-calibration of supported devices and displays including the new Panasonic and Sharp Elite displays. Adjustments that previously required hours can now be accomplished in minutes, with CalMAN control over the display’s ISF Day and Night, grayscale settings, and/or additional settings. You can create stunningly beautiful and accurate images with CalMAN AutoCal – and you don't need a Ph.D. in physics and 12 hours to make it happen.

For the month of November, bring the power of auto-calibration and PC calibration to your CalMAN software. Buy the CalMAN AutoCal™ at the promotional price of $99 and get the CalPC add-on license for free! Let your friends know for every new CalMAN software purchase in November will come also with both the AutoCal and CalPC add-on licenses included!*

To take advantage of the AutoCal Add-on license and the new display support coming, you will need the latest version of CalMAN. We’re happy to make it easier to get current with your license support with these November-only promotional prices:

One Year of CalMAN Maintenance & Support

• CalMAN DIY $49 $39
• CalMAN Enthusiast $99 $69
• CalMAN Expert $125 $99

Not sure if your license support is expired or for how long? Contact +1-206-420-7514 or email customerservice@spectracal.com.




*CalMAN support maintenance renewal does not qualify for the November AutoCal promotion.

The SpectraCal CalPC Giveaway Starts Today!

To celebrate the release of CalPC, SpectraCal would like to offer all of our supporters and fans a chance to win their very own copy of the powerful monitor calibration software. All you have to do is ‘Like’ the SpectraCal Facebook page if you haven’t already and follow this link to enter: https://www.facebook.com/SpectraCal#!/SpectraCal?sk=app_170324639692917

Five lucky winners will be chosen randomly from all completed entries after May 31, 2011. Please visit the link above for more details and good luck!

Introducing CalPC!

At last, CalPC is finally here! CalPC Monitor Optimization Software is a powerful monitor application used to precisely calibrate your display. It brings new and innovative features like One-Touch Auto White Balance, Direct Display Control (DDC), and Hot-Swap ICC Profiler tool to calibrating your monitor for perfect color everytime. Through easy to use workflow wizards CalPC provides a fast way for anyone to adjust their display(s) for seeing content the way it was intended. If you have a laptop or desktop, either single or multiple monitors, and you want to see content the way it should be seen, CalPC is for you. CalPC supports all of the major standards and popular calibration equipment. CalPC will not only improve color fidelity on your display, it will bring it to life

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