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What I am trying to say in my subject is not intended to re-think the standards for an ISF calibrators nor am I looking to insult anyone. This is strictly my personal experience and those seeking an ISF calibrator may want to consider before deciding to use a particular ISF member. I have used 4 ISF calibrators in the past couple of years. Two of which did not come from a electrical or repair back ground and two which did. The two that did not, one of them is a writer for a well known video publication and the other is supposedly a well respected ISF calibrator. The two in MY past which I will NOT mention any names. were less than stellar. For example.
Approximately 3 weeks ago this individual came to my house which I spent the money to put him up in a hotel for 2 days, that's right 2 days. The projector NEC PG10 already had been calibrated by Chuck Williams(on tour and couldn't come) but because I had moved it I decided to have it re-calibrated. This Guy came over and calibrated the set and when he came over the next day to make changes he wiped out the complete memory. Now since he was not familiar with how to re-enstate the information even though I had the manuals. He then went on the phone to someone in California that costed me almost $70.00! in long distance calls. I ended up with the projector not working at all at teh end and him telling me that the projector was broken!. I finally had to ask him to leave my house at 11:30 PM. Not to mention that I had to take off from work, (more loss of money). When he tried setting up my grey scale on the first day it ended up with a brown tint and yes he had all the right tools.The other ISF calibrator when he was over when I had an NEC GP5000 earlier on, he way afraid to touch the unit because he was not use to working on (then) an older unit. As of this moment forward my criteria in what I personally look for in an ISF calibrator is if they have a repair or electronical background. These are my parameters, Why well, the other two guys which I will happily mention which are Chuck Williams and Kevin Dulieu fit this bill. When I had called Chuck to come back to work on my projector (As mentioned I've used him in the past) he was to busy doing one ISF tour after the other and for those in the know, you realize he was away for a few months. We tried several times to connect but it didn't happen so he recommended Kevin Dulieu. Kevin was amazing to say the least. He came in set up my projector like no other (except for Chuck) I find them equal in performance. What I did like was the grey scale that Kevin did on my projector not only did he perform the ISF greyscale but because he come from a technical background he went into my projector and worked on it with an oscilloscope which completely removed the brown tint and the grey scale between what he did mechanically and electronically was dead on. There was no drama he flew in and flew out the same day. The moral to my story is without a well grounded foundation being an ISF calibrator alone may be and I'm saying may be like having bacon without the eggs.
Special thanks to Kevin Dulieu for a truly awesome job. and a special shout out to Chuck Williams for his recommendation.
Johnboy
Approximately 3 weeks ago this individual came to my house which I spent the money to put him up in a hotel for 2 days, that's right 2 days. The projector NEC PG10 already had been calibrated by Chuck Williams(on tour and couldn't come) but because I had moved it I decided to have it re-calibrated. This Guy came over and calibrated the set and when he came over the next day to make changes he wiped out the complete memory. Now since he was not familiar with how to re-enstate the information even though I had the manuals. He then went on the phone to someone in California that costed me almost $70.00! in long distance calls. I ended up with the projector not working at all at teh end and him telling me that the projector was broken!. I finally had to ask him to leave my house at 11:30 PM. Not to mention that I had to take off from work, (more loss of money). When he tried setting up my grey scale on the first day it ended up with a brown tint and yes he had all the right tools.The other ISF calibrator when he was over when I had an NEC GP5000 earlier on, he way afraid to touch the unit because he was not use to working on (then) an older unit. As of this moment forward my criteria in what I personally look for in an ISF calibrator is if they have a repair or electronical background. These are my parameters, Why well, the other two guys which I will happily mention which are Chuck Williams and Kevin Dulieu fit this bill. When I had called Chuck to come back to work on my projector (As mentioned I've used him in the past) he was to busy doing one ISF tour after the other and for those in the know, you realize he was away for a few months. We tried several times to connect but it didn't happen so he recommended Kevin Dulieu. Kevin was amazing to say the least. He came in set up my projector like no other (except for Chuck) I find them equal in performance. What I did like was the grey scale that Kevin did on my projector not only did he perform the ISF greyscale but because he come from a technical background he went into my projector and worked on it with an oscilloscope which completely removed the brown tint and the grey scale between what he did mechanically and electronically was dead on. There was no drama he flew in and flew out the same day. The moral to my story is without a well grounded foundation being an ISF calibrator alone may be and I'm saying may be like having bacon without the eggs.
Special thanks to Kevin Dulieu for a truly awesome job. and a special shout out to Chuck Williams for his recommendation.
Johnboy