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Andrew Sproull
08-09-2006, 11:48 PM
What do you guys use to calibrate your screens? i just recently got a 22 inch widescreen lcd monitor and need to calibrate it. so i wanted to see what you guys out there suggest
Bob Chapman
08-10-2006, 12:02 AM
What do you guys use to calibrate your screens? i just recently got a 22 inch widescreen lcd monitor and need to calibrate it. so i wanted to see what you guys out there suggest

For the price, it's hard to beat MonacoOptix.

http://www.xritephoto.com/product/optixxr/
John Jovic
08-10-2006, 01:04 AM
I use GretagMacbeth Eye One Display, fairly cheap, seems to work well.

JJ
Shane Parker
08-10-2006, 03:29 AM
I use the colorvision Spyder2Pro: http://www.colorvision.com/profis/profis_view.jsp?id=602

Works well.
Todd Spoth
08-10-2006, 03:40 AM
drew let me know what you come up with for this. im down to pitch in for use.
Daniel Buck
08-10-2006, 03:48 AM
we use spyder 2 at work. it gets things pretty close (on dell 24 and 30 inch LCDs) but you can tell that it's not perfect. The monitors never look exactly the same. The contrast and overall brightness usually seems to be pretty dead on, but the color seems to be off quite ofte, just a little bit though, either a bit to warm or cool. Even dual monitor setups, each monitor won't be exactly the same. Don't get me wrong though, it's much better than when things aren't calibrated. I guess it'll never get perfect, even video monitor calibrations aren't always all the same, and thats what we base all of our final tape-outs with.

I wish there was a faster way to calibrate, the spyder 2 takes almost 30 minutes I believe. We just don't have time for alot of that, especially when you have two monitors per machine!
Erik Anderson
08-10-2006, 06:04 PM
I use the colorvision Spyder2Pro: http://www.colorvision.com/profis/profis_view.jsp?id=602

Works well.

Same here. I haven't noticed any of the color offsets that Daniel see's, but he's probably calibrated his monitors more often than I have mine. For to-the-public sales, the Spyder has worked well but as I'm getting further into commercial and product shooting, I will likely upgrade in the coming months.
Andrew Sproull
08-11-2006, 12:54 AM
Same here. I haven't noticed any of the color offsets that Daniel see's, but he's probably calibrated his monitors more often than I have mine. For to-the-public sales, the Spyder has worked well but as I'm getting further into commercial and product shooting, I will likely upgrade in the coming months.
what are you thinking about getting Eric? i'm trying explore all of my options here