New Sensor and Software Deliver Precise and Consistent Color Management

Jul 22, 2005 19:37 GMT  ·  By

NEC Display Solutions today announced the SpectraViewII color calibration solution. By combining award-winning NEC Display technology with an ultra-sensitive color measurement sensor and sophisticated software, SpectraViewII delivers an advanced and easy-to-use calibration and profiling solution for color-critical applications such as computer graphics, digital animation, medical imaging, pre-press production and film, video and photo editing studios.

As the software component of this exciting new product line, SpectraViewII offers scores of innovative features and capabilities for NEC SpectraView professional-level LCD displays.

Available as an integrated solution with either the NEC MultiSync LCD1980SXi-SV and LCD2180UX-SV, the SpectraViewII software and sensor kit can also be purchased separately or as individual components for use with compatible displays.

SpectraViewII provides the following features and benefits:

- 10-bit internal Look Up Tables (LUTs) - Allows the monitor to display from a color palette of more that 1 billion colors as well as precise adjustments to be made to the display's tone response curve without reducing the number of displayable colors.

- Multiple Calibration Sets - Different display monitor calibrations such as NTSC (National Television System Committee) and Adobe RGB can be instantly loaded allowing quick and easy switching between different calibration settings without the need to re-calibrate the display.

- Reporting Functionality - Detailed information about the display such as the measured color gamut, grayscale color tracking, Delta-E, and luminance values is reported at the end of each display monitor calibration. Additional information about the display monitor such as the model name, serial number and the total number of hours that it has been in use are also available.

- Calibration status validation - SpectraViewII will query each calibrated monitor to see if any controls have changed since the last calibration. If anything has changed, the previous calibrated state can be restored automatically.

- Network support (Windows only) - SpectraViewII works in conjunction with the NEC NaViSet Administrator network software providing remote network access to the display, enabling the ability to read, display and log the current calibration settings and status of displays on a LAN.

- Monitor locking - On-Screen Display controls can be locked to prevent accidental or unauthorized adjustment which may invalidate the calibrated state of the monitor.

- Monitor Profiling - After calibration, the display is automatically profiled and highly accurate ICC/ColorSync color profiles are generated and automatically registered with the Color Management System.

- Colorimeter function - Allows direct measurements to be taken by the color sensor, displaying the results in a variety of different formats.

- Supported Platforms - Mac OS X and Windows 2000/XP