Qualifications

* ISF Certified - Imaging Science
Foundation is the premier Home
Theater Video Calibration
training and support organization

* THX Video Systems 3 training and certification.

* HAA Certified - Home Acoustics Alliance
is the premier Home Theater Audio
Calibration training and support organization

* Video calibration expertise with: 
all major brands
Lumagen Radiance video processors
Projection systems
Flat Panel Displays

* 17+ years of experience reviewing home theater and high-end audio products.
Currently writing for:
        Widescreen Review magazine
SoundStage
Ultra Audio

* 34 years with Eastman Kodak Co., retired, professional imaging systems and product development/support

* Extensive professional training and
experience: color science, image quality
analysis, equipment calibration, AC Power

* Customer Support/Field Support experience
includes technical/engineering,
management, product support,
product development

* Professional experience with
cinema, professional photography,
consumer imaging products, optical &
magnetic image data storage systems,
video display calibration

Services Overview

+ Home Theater Calibration
Serving San Francisco Bay Area

+ Video Calibration using "gold standard"
hardware and software:
        - Konica-Minolta CS-200 Chroma Meter
(a $14,000 instrument that measures
all types of video displays accurately)
       - CalMAN Professional software
        - AV Foundry Video Forge video pattern generator
(2D & 3D patterns)
- DisplayMate Multimedia version

+ Audio services from system verification
to measurements and tuning

+ AC Power services including power
analysis with measurements and power
   conditioning recommendations

+ Dealer demo room calibrations

+ Not a dealer for any products, no sales pitches.
And no conflict-of-interest for dealer customers referred for calibration services

dB theatriCAL
Doug Blackburn
San Ramon, CA

719-649-1447

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