DATACOLOR ColorFacts Professional 7.5

Product overview

Datacolor ColorFacts Professional^TM 7.5 is an easy-to-use professional color calibration system for optimizing all front projectors, RPTV's, Direct View TV's, Digital DLP's, LCD's and Plasma video displays to industry standards. With an intuitive, configurable, full-color user interface, ColorFacts Professional 7.5 reduces the time required to accurately calibrate almost any display. Professional calibration produces high-quality images, lifelike colors, more detail, and an overall better viewing experience. ColorFacts Professional 7.5 calibrates displays to show images as they were intended and is vital for all professional calibrators or AV installers who demand the best tools available.

Product description

NEW C3 Remote
Software allows a direct connection to over three dozen consumer, professional and industrial display devices. This eliminates human error from entering settings by hand (16 NEW supported devices)

NEW Signal generator integration
ColorFacts Professional drives the signal generator, and the signal generator drives the display reducing the risk of errors. (Now supports the Extron VTG-400 signal generator)

NEW Gamma calculator
The gamma calculator will enable you to calibrate both color and luminance at multiple points on the gray scale at the same time, for a perfect gamma response

NEW Secondary Color Override
ColorFacts Professional can calculate the proper position of secondaries automatically, or you can override the automatic calculation and specify the location of the secondaries directly

Upgradeable system
ColorFacts Professional hardware and software is completely upgradeable so your calibration system will never be outdated

Multi-display or video wall display matching
Match color and luminance simultaneously to cut video display calibration time

Richer Reporting for Installers
Custom Reports are automatically graphed and can be viewed on-screen, saved as files or printed for your customer

Historical and real-time data
With each click of the remote you get immediate feedback which saves lots of time

Calibrate the display to the entire video chain
Calibrating all the way from BD to screen will deliver the most amazing and vivid home theater experience

Supports Popular Sensors
ColorFacts Professional 7 software supports over 18 popular sensor devices

Feature Rich Software
Full control over cuts and gains, primary, secondary and gamma analysis and gray scale tracking from black to white

Intuitive, configurable, full-color user interface
The Pro's tools for quick accurate calibration to ISF standards


Software Features:

• Measurements: xyY, Luminance
• Color Space Data: Displays Yxy, XYZ, LCh, RGB, CIE Lab, and CIE Luv color space data
• Calibration Target Selection: A, B, C, D50, D55, D65, D75, E, 9300 K, User-defined temperature or user-defined coordinates
• Selectable color system references: NTSC, ATSC/HDTV, PAL/SECAM, user-defined
• Integrates with test image DVDs: CF DVD, Avia, Video Essentials, PF Test Disc
• Meter Training Wizard: Yes, allows you to train one meter with another
• Macros: Yes, allows you to write your own programming to perform a specialized task (i.e. used to build automated calibration systems)
• Bulls-eye style correction targeting
• Import/Export options: All data and graphics can be saved or imported as .csv, .bmp, .jpg, .pdf
• Integrated Address Book
  
• Operating System: Windows

Spyder3 colorimeter / Hardware specifications:

• Display Devices: All front projectors, RPTV's, Direct View TV's, Digital DLP's, LCD's and Plasma video displays
  
• Accuracy: Chromaticity x , y: +/- .002, Luminance: Y +/- 1%
• Repeatability: Chromaticity, x , y = less than 0.001; Luminance, Y = less than 1%
• Dynamic Range: Black Point: 0.02 cd/m2, White Point: > 5'000 cd/m2
• Optical Device: Patented Datacolor Colorimeter
  
• Mounting Methods: Suction Cups, Counterweight, tri-pod mount
• Cable connection: 7 ft. USB
• Weight: 130 grams (including counterweight and cable)
• Hardware warranty: 2 years

Supported Hardware

Datacolor ColorFacts Professional^TM 7.5 Software will work with the Following Instruments:

• GretagMacbeth Eye-One Monitor (w/ spectral graphing)
• GretagMacbeth Eye-One Display
• GretagMacbeth Eye-One Pro (NEW)
• PhotoResearch PR-650 (w/ spectral graphing)
• ColorVision Spyder (originally resold slightly modified as the "Optimagery Sensor")
• ColorVision Spyder2
• Datacolor Spyder3
• Minolta CL-200 handheld chroma meter
• Minolta CA-210 LCD "box" colorimeter
• Minolta CA-100 colorimeter
• Minolta CA-110
• Minolta CS-100A through-the-lens colorimeter
• Minolta CS-200 can now be used with ColorFacts Professional (NEW)
• Minolta CS-1000 1 nm resolution spectroradiometer (w/spectral graphing)
• Milori Trichromat-1 (rebranded Sequel Imaging Chroma 4)
• Comprehensive Reporting
• Generic, non-password protected Sequel Imaging Chroma driver (supports Sencore ColorLabs probes cp-288 and cp-5000)
• Manual Meter (values may be typed in from any instrument for which XYZ or xyYvalues are obtainable)
• Simulated Meter (a "smart" random number generator produces software generated readings for display)

Signal generators supported by ColorFacts Professional^TM 7.5:

• The Extron VTG-400 signal generator is now supported (NEW)
• Sencore VP300
• Sencore VP400, 401, 402, 403
• QuantumData 802 series
• Accupel HDG-3000
• Computer Video Card
• External test disc (Avia, Video Essentials, PF Test Disc)

C3 Devices Supported by ColorFacts Professional^TM 7.5:

• US Pioneer Models:
  PRO-810HD, PRO-910HD, PRO-920HD, PRO-930HD, PRO-1010HD, PRO-1110HD, PRO-1120HD, PRO-1130HD, PRO-1410HD, Elite PTV, PRO-FHD1, PRO-940HD, PRO-1140HD, PRO-1540HD
• EU Pioneer Models:
  PDP-615EX, PDP-436XDE, PDP-506XDE, PDP-436FDE, PDP-506FDE, PDP-5000EX, PDP-427XD, PDP-507XD, PDP-427XA, PDP-507XA, PDP-607XD
• Pioneer General Area Models:
  PDP-427XG, PDP-507XG
• Pioneer CH Models:
  PDP-427XC, PDP-407XC
• Pioneer CH Models:
  PDP-427XC, PDP-407XC
• Pioneer AU Models:
  PDP-427XDA, PDP-507XDA

What You Get

• Datacolor Spyder3^TM Colorimeter
• ColorFacts Professional^TM 7.5 software CD (English only)
• ColorFacts Professional^TM 7 DVD - NTSC (test patterns)
• ColorFacts Professional^TM 7 DVD - PAL (test patterns)
• Spyder Tripod adapter
• Hardware dongle
• RS-232 Cable
• Null modem adapter
• USB to Serial adapter
• Blue Filter Glasses
• Access to password protected Website w/On-Line Training, Moderated Forum, FAQ's, etc (Launch date on website to be determined)
• Aluminum Carrying Case (15"x10.75"x4.5")
• ColorFacts Professional^TM 7 Manual
• SpyderTV^TM Warranty card

Requirements

• A desktop or laptop PC with Windows 2000, XP or Vista operating system near your TV Pentium Class CPU, 400MHZ or higher
• Computer: Pentium II 800 Mhz, 256 MB Ram, 100 MB Free Drive Space
• Video Card: 1024x768 resolution, 24 bpp color (16.7 million colors)
• Powered USB port
• DVD Player or Signal Generator
• Remote controls for both your TV & DVD
• 20 MB Drive Space for product, additional space for user-generated files (graphics, data files)