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Lion AV provides full service calibrations, not just gray scale correction and front panel adjustment. Your video display device cost a small fortune, so don't you want it to be able to display the most detailed and accurate picture possible?

Lion AV consults with leading manufacturers to specify video design and test products prior to release to market. In addition, Lion AV offers video training classes at a variety of educational levels from novice enthusiasts to industry professionals, including ISF certification instruction and advanced engineering seminars in conjunction with Joe Kane Productions. Lion AV is also consultant to THX and THX' video training instructor.

I am a long-time home theater enthusiast and have worked as a professional calibrator since the summer of 2001. I also do consulting for Atlantic Technology, Outlaw Audio, Optoma Projectors, 20th Century Fox, Widescreen Review, and Milori. I am also a Runco-certified Installer. Also a consultant to THX and THX' video training instructor.

My video expertise encompasses all types of displays. Through the Lion AV affiliate network, I ensure that every device calibrated will perform at 100 percent of its potential.

All work done by Lion Audio Video Consultants includes not only a full ISF calibration but also a complete setup of your display device.

Datacolor CF 6000 Spectrum Radiometer, Milori CF 6500 Color Analyzer, Progressive Labs CA1-CE Color Analyzer, Sencore VP-300 HD Signal Generator, Accupel 2000 and 3000 HD Signal Generators, TVS Pro Optical Comparator. Sencore 403C HD signal generator. Photo Research PR-670 Spectroradiometer.

All Lion Audio Video Consultants also have expertise in correcting the Mitsubishi color decoder error via the I2C interface.

In addition to providing consultative and educational services to industry leading manufacturers, Lion AV also offers a North American wide network of end-user video calibration services. All of our consultants use the latest equipment, including color spectroradiometers interfacing with software from the Datacolor Corporation.

The Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) teaches the basic principles of calibrating video monitors. The essentials of an ISF calibration include: correcting gray scale to 6500 Kelvin, and correctly setting the contrast, brightness, color, and tint controls based on the client's ideal viewing environment. But accurate color, white, and black levels are only part of what makes a "good" image look outstanding.

Today's digital displays demand a different and more precise approach than traditional CRT-based technologies. Lion AV is an industry leader in digital display calibration and optimization, whether it be DLP, LCD, LCoS, Plasma, front, rear or flat-panel display technology. By optimization of the complete video chain, we ensure the image is displayed accurately in the viewing environment just as the filmmakers intended. Gamma optimization, focus alignment, and clean optical paths, all-assist in maximizing image delivery.

CRT-based video display monitors need to be correctly focused, geometry optimized, and correctly converged to give the viewer the highest resolution possible. Protective anti-glare screens introduce artifacts and actually create glare. They should be removed when ever possible. Optics should be cleaned. Lens striping may improve color uniformity across the entire screen.

Through the Lion AV network of consultants, you have the combined experience of more than 75 years of video design, development, and calibration expertise. Whether it be CRT or digital display, you're in the best of hands with the Lion AV team!

Lion AV provides many different services related to design engineering, testing and educational services. Lion AV is the official product trainer for the Datacolor Corporation, a worldwide leader in color management. Classes include color management techniques and Imaging Science Foundation certification.

Lion AV offers three educational tracks:

1. "How-to" seminars in conjunction with major trade shows. (free)


2. Datacolor hands-on product training. including ISF calibration at various North American locations. ($1250)


3. Advanced color science classes. including combined classes with Joe Kane of Joe Kane Productions. ($275 if you have attended a previous Lion AV class; $400 if you are a first-time class member)