On Jeudi 09 Mars 2006 05:28, Graeme Gill wrote: > Just to add some more thoughts on the idea of a "do it yourself" > monitor instrument :- I agree with your observations. Even if the HCR project is at an early stage (plans, software and so have just been released on january), calibration will always be a real problem. > Unless you're really wanting to save every penny, and enjoy > the rewards of tinkering with the the bits of hardware, it > doesn't make a lot of sense to me to go in this direction. Yes, it will be mostly for the fun to do such a project. I'll wait a few months for software/firmeware release, and see what can be done. > The X-Rite MONACO OPTIX XR is listed at $US250 in their online > store. This is a DTP94, and I'm told by someone who has > the technical manual, is very similar in command set to the > DTP92. If you ask them nicely, X-Rite may well be prepared > to sell the DTP94 without the software, so the price could > be something like $US150-200, for a high quality instrument > that has every prospect of being easy to interface to. > > In my book, it's well worth a couple of hundred dollars, to > avoid the hours of messing about with stuff that may not end > up working very well. The nice part is that you have to understand how things really work. Very good for educational purpose. > (Since there seems to be some interest in support for a more > current display instrument, I'm looking into getting a DTP94. > We'll have to see how X-Rite responds.) Sounds good ! Please, let us know if they respond. Thanks, -- Frédéric http://www.gbiloba.org