What challenges we faced:
The customer, a manufacturer and distributor of Class II (Native American bingo-based type gaming) casino games, needed new 20" monitors to fit into existing gaming cabinets, because their current Taiwanese monitor supplier at the time Taiwan had discontinued the product and re-focused to work only on the non-Indian gaming and amusement markets, thus losing a big market share and leaving their existing clients in a difficult situation. New monitors, this time from Impact, had to fit seamlessly in the old design, and colors needed to match.
Our Solution:
We reverse-engineered the metal frame housing on our 20" display to be a form & fit match. We then tuned and calibrated the monitor settings to achieve a true color match. To measure and match the NTSC color gamut of the old LCD, a spectrometer would have to be used to determine the range of colors that can be depicted under the NTSC standard. The NTSC color gamut is a color gamut developed by the National Television Standards Committee of the United States. By comparing the measured color gamut of an LCD with the NTSC standard, adjustments would need to be made by Impact to ensure accurate color reproduction.
Technologies Used:
We used a spectrometer calibration tool to match the new display appearance to the customers existing products. A spectrometer is a device that accurately measures the color spectrum. It works by scattering incoming light through an optical grating system, which is then measured by a set of photosensitive pixels. Each pixel corresponds to a specific wavelength and is calibrated during the manufacturing process. Furthermore, vs. Taiwanese quality, the Impact Components monitor’s base LCD panel is made in South Korea, the No 1 place in the world that produces high-quality LCDs and is backed by some of the largest display-oriented Research and Development centers.
