X-Rite Eye-One Display LT by Xrite
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Digital camera reviews of X-Rite Eye-One Display LT
Digital camera Review: Always produces green tinted profiles on my Dell 2408WFP and laptop monitor
Summary: 1 Stars
Biggest complaint - it doesn't work and the profiles it produces are sickly green tinted. Second complaint - the software wizard is very complicated, unintuitive and you MUST read all the little helper text if you don't want to make major mistakes (always click the little arrows in the upper right and always scroll to the bottom of the help text section to not miss anything important).
So disappointing. I also tried calibrating my laptop monitor and the results were even worse - totally green tinted. I wish I could return it, but it was a gift.
My setup is OSX with a Dell 2408WFP monitor and I downloaded the latest version of their software (v3.6.3). I always reset my monitor to factory defaults before running the software and then switch it to RGB mode (not sRGB). The profile always turns out greenish blue when I select the 6500K white point and makes the screen look sickly. I've tried using their calibration tool many times trying to tweak here and there to make it work right, but it always turns out looking worse than the default Apple profile for my monitor.
This isn't rocket science and I am technically a scientist, my conclusion is that my unit must be faulty.
Digital camera Review: Best calibration for the money
Summary: 5 Stars
For calibrating a PC monitor, nothing could be easier. You just plug it in, stick it to the center of the monitor, and run the software. Presto! Perfect colors. This will even work with the freeware ColorHFCR software to calibrate an HDTV. Clearly the best bang for the buck.Digital camera Review: Calibration made easy
Summary: 4 Stars
I know some folks hate this product or its too slow or what not. I use it to calibrate my tv's at the house. I do not use the software that comes with it. I use the colorHCRF software (plus using the latest drivers for the Display LT). It performs very well, readings are pretty accurate. But you need to know how to use it for the specific application you are going to use the Display LT for. When I first tried it and used the disc it came with, it was frustrating at first. It will take some time getting used to it. But like I said before, I use another software to establish the things I need out of it. Price is actually darn goodDigital camera Review: Caution
Summary: 2 Stars
Be careful with this one. Little documentation, and not all monitors can take advantage of the automatic calibration feature, one of the reasons I bought it. My monitor was not one of the supported monitors.
It was cumbersome to manually do the configuraton, and in the end simply returned to Amazon which promptly refunded my purchase
Digital camera Review: Definitely helped improve the color
Summary: 4 Stars
I am starting to work in photography and wanted to make sure I had a good color representation on the screen. The software for this unit was a bit hard to figure out as to which program to run for what uses. But, eventually I figured out what I needed and I am pleased with the results. I have a pair of Samsung 226BW 22" wide lcd flat screen monitors and I had to put the unit off center to be able to make adjustments with the monitor settings as the unit was making each calibration check. You can set each monitor individually, but for dual monitor use it will use your primary monitor setting.