Re: Colorimeters and third-party developer support
Re: Colorimeters and third-party developer support
- Subject: Re: Colorimeters and third-party developer support
- From: Richard Wagner <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:07:14 -0700
On Aug 21, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Roger Breton wrote:
> This is lame, any way you look at it. But I understand why, from a
> manufacturer's point of view, HP would want to restrict the range of
> acrobatics that could be performed on their monitor.
Roger,
I understand your point, and that might justify not giving third-party developers access to the keys, so to speak, for software to access the hardware controls on their display. That's a separate issue from not allowing developers the ability to use the custom colorimeter to make *measurements* from the display (or for the end user to use a different measurement device like an EyeOne Pro with their software).
Are the displays perfect as shipped from the factory? Only if you're lucky. I sent our first panel back on day one, as it had an obvious magenta/green tint across the panel. Others had similar quality control issues. The panel we received as replacement was excellent. But part of the reason for purchasing the "Advanced Profiling Solution" for $350 is to be able to verify quality over time, and the matched colorimeter is an integral component of that process. How long should "factory calibration" be expected to last on a newly designed, cutting edge monitor? I have no idea. Unfortunately, the colorimeter cannot be used with third-party verification tools, and the software supplied with the colorimeter has no verification tool. (To this day, we have to run the APS software from a dedicated OS X user account or it hangs.)
I agree that visual matching is very important, but I don't think that, taken by itself, it's sufficient.
Thanks for your thoughtful feedback.
--Rich
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