To me this is evidence that flat panel TV's have become a mature technology (not much more they can with them)and the manufacturer's are now recognizing the consumer as being a little more tech savvy than they used to be.
An excellent point.
For those that are interested, what is also happening right now and it is in the final stages of completion, is automated calibrations. If one has one of the newer DVD Iscan Duo or Lumagen product that has its own built-in test patterns, the unit will interface with the software, one click of the mouse and it will automatically go through the test patterns(eg. grayscale)do the measurements, go on to the next etc. until it is finished and your monitor will be calibrated without you having to touch anything in between. It is interesting to note that these units in particular have gone from being primarily scalers to the complete video scaler/calibration package, so there must be an increasing market for this stuff and like a lot of electronics prices are coming down.
All quite innovative.
