Home Theater Color Calibration
The Datacolor Spyder3TV™ delivers an easy-to-use solution for optimizing all the TVs and projectors in your house so you can see your pictures as the director intended. Color calibration can save of your set's current energy consumption and extend the life of your TV / projector. Spyder3TV™ scientifically calculates the correct adjustments to brightness, contrast, color, tint and temperature, but is very simple to use. Don’t rely on your TV’s factory settings and don’t guess at what the correct settings are. Take control of your home theater experience and you’ll be amazed at the vivid colors you can achieve by doing a calibration.
What you get
- Datacolor Spyder3™ colorimeter
- Desktop Cradle/Tripod mount
- Spyder3TV™ Software CD
- Spyder3TV™ Test Pattern PAL DVD
- Spyder3TV™ Test Pattern NTSC DVD
- Screen Cleaning Packets
- Quick Start Guide
- 2-Year Warranty
- Free Technical Support
Requirements
- DVD Player
- Remote Controls for Your TV and DVD
- Desktop/Laptop PC Near Your TV (Windows 2000, XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Windows 7)
- USB Port
- Pentium II 800 mHz or More
- 256MB of Available RAM
- 100MB of Available Hard Disk Space
- Video Card: 1024x768 Resolution, 24bpp Color (16.7 Million Colors)
How to use
Insert the test pattern DVD into the DVD Player. Attach the Spyder3TV on the TV or position it in front of your projector and plug it into a USB port. Launch the software. The Spyder3TV analyses the test patterns and the software shows you which setting corrections you should do.
Languages included
Ultimate Color Accuracy for your Home Theater
View your images the way the director intended. Get accurate colors, lifelike skin tones, and clearly defined shadow and highlight detail. Spyder3TV™ precisely calibrates all of your Plasma, RPTV, DLP, LCD, CRT TVs and Front Projectors.
Improved Performance and Extended Life
Get accurate colors, lifelike skin tones, shadow and highlight detail and extend the life of your TV.
Spyder3TV™ Technology
State-of-the-art optical design and new 7 detector color engine provide industry- leading performance. Spyder3TV™ scientifically determines the optimal settings for your display using the sliders that exist in the user menu of your TV.
Easy to Use
Assistant-based interface walks you through the entire optimization process. Comprehensive help screens guide you through each step to achieve the correct color settings. A simple report allows you to save and/or print for your future reference.
Extends the life of your television
The life of your television backlight and LCD tubes will be extended by adjusting your set to the appropriate brightness and contrast levels. They will be operating at the optimal (not maximum) lighting levels.
Save Energy*
Calibration can save the annual operating costs of a TV. A Spyder3TV calibrated set will properly adjust the brightness and contrast and reduce the amount of electricity consumed by the display.
Excellent Reporting
Spyder3TV™ provides an excellent report after optimization of the TV. You can save and/or print the report for your future reference.
Unique Before and After Viewing Feature
Unique before and after images allow you to compare the original settings to the calibrated settings.
* Power consumption savings based on laboratory calibration studies. Visit www.datacolor.com/energysavings for more details.
