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: Does what it is supposed to do!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this item after using a Huey Pro borrowed from a friend. The Huey Pro did a very bad job calibrating my Viewsonic 2025wm. On the hand, the EyeOne display did a fantastic job. The only negative comment I have regarding this product is the confusing brand names it is known by - This product is called by so many different names it gets really confusing. GretegMacbath EyeOne, X-Rite EyeOne, Pantone EyeOne....and sometimes it is referred to as i1 too!
I have installed this product on both Windows XP and Mac OS X Leopard. On both platforms it has performed flawlessly. The software that comes with this product is very simple to use, and I think for beginners its a lot easier to start of with this LT version. I found it difficult to find information about how to upgrade to the pro version (which then means you have the EyeOne Display 2), but somewhere I read that you need to run the diagnostic software and upgrade thro' that. As of now I don't need to upgrade, so not tried it yet.
All in all a good product worthy of a five star rating.
Digital camera Review: Doesn't work on macbook
Summary: 4 Stars
I tried to use it on my macbook and i kept getting washed out colors. I called xrite and they said that you have to upgrade the software for another $99.
I was amazed with amazon's streamlined return process. 2 thumbs up!
I will try later the xrite pro .
Digital camera Review: Don't waste your money
Summary: 1 Stars
First and foremost, this product does not do what it is advertized to do. The software did not install at all. I had to go to their website and download the latest software and diagnostics. And I spent far too much time trying to just get the software up and running. Second, the item did NOT measure any contrast on my LCD monitor. When I called tech support, which did call back the next day, they said it is common for contrast to not be properly read on LCD monitors and to use the default contrast setting. Huh? He then tried to talk me into upgrading to the Display 2, which has a lot more functionality, for $99 but he thought he could get me 25% off. I thought they should have given me a much better deal than that to compensate me for a product that did not work as advertized. I sent this back and hope I get my money back. It is NOT worth your $$$; spend it on something else.Digital camera Review: Downright Horrible for and LCD screen
Summary: 1 Stars
I suspect that this device was optimized for a CRT screen and not and LCD screen because it was absolutely a nightmare to get to work and even when it finally finished, the effect was horrible.
First of all, other reviewers who say that the documentation included with the product is useless, well, that is just the tip of the ice-berg. Yes, the little pamphlet that comes with it doesn't even give you enough information to understand that the proper way to install the software, which thanks to the amazingly unintuitive CD software has to be some of the worst software installation I've ever experienced. There are 4 components, each with a separate install (and none of which actually say install). Funny thing is, after you install them, you only show 3 items in the programs files.
Second, once you've installed and look at the on-line tutorials, it seems that the process is potentially easy. The only problem is that the software provided doesn't match what they show in the tutorial! Most glaring is that the product claims to have an easy 1 click mode which seems to just not be there (this might not be available when calibrating LCDs, but again, nowhere does it state this, so I'm just guessing).
Third, the program takes you to a contrast adjustment step. Guess what? LCDs DON'T HAVE CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT! I was able to get a slider through the Nvidia tray to try to get past this step, but it wasn't until I trudged through their horrible support site that I found that they just expect you to skip this step. The most basic question is: if you click the button for LCD, why the heck does it even take you to this step if they expect you to SKIP IT?
Which brings me to their support site. Talk about horrible. It is next to impossible to find the product to begin with because it doesn't recognize the complete name of the product in the search engine. They have truncated the name and if you actually type it out AS IT APPEARS ON THE PRODUCT it doesn't recognize it! Wow... just wow... Phone support consists of leaving a message. Email support consists of filling out a form which doesn't even seem to be oriented toward product support (it kept asking me if I was planning on investing in the company... YEAH RIGHT).
So after almost three hours of playing around with it, I finally got it to a point where it seemed to run through some sort of calibration, when the program finished, it made the screen look like utter crap. There is NO way that the product of that process was anywhere near where it should have been.
Needless to say, this is getting returned tomorrow.
Digital camera Review: Easy installationa and usage
Summary: 5 Stars
I have noticed an improvement in the output of my photographs helping me in the process of producing my artworks.