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BookmarkThe Xrite Eye-One Display 2 is an, easy-to-use, powerful solution that provides the best monitor profile quality ever! With enhancements to both hardware and software, you’ll achieve consistent, predictable color on all types of monitors (LCD and CRT). Eye-One Display 2 features an enhanced sensor providing higher repeatability, faster measurements and higher sensitivity in the dark areas for better control in shadow detail and a more neutral gray scale. Its lightweight, sleek design is the same as the original Eye-One Display and comes with an Ambient light head (which also acts as a dust protector), a built-in counterweight for LCD displays plus an integrated suction cup for CRTs. The included Eye-One Match 3.6.2 software has an easy-to-use interface and even provides an Easy Mode for great results with a few simple clicks. And for all monitors supporting the DDC/CI standards, you’ll achieve one button push monitor profiling. The Advanced Mode allows experienced users to achieve individual and best possible monitor calibration with new features such as selection of different monitor white points, custom luminance settings and detailed profile summary. When you’re ready to profile all your input and output devices, use the generous upgrade voucher* towards the purchase of other Eye-One solutions.
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X-Rite EODIS2 Eye-One Display 2
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Prior to monitor calibration, my pictures were dark when viewing on other screens and I could never get the saturation or contrast right. After using the Eye-One Display 2, I get much more consistent results.
A superb product. It solved the problem of color matching between my monitor and printer with one operation.
Color management is one of those things that you think, “I should definitely do that… some day”. After countless “some days” you find yourself continuing to struggle with a monitor that fails to provide an accurate, objective color scheme for your photos or web graphics. You figure out some poor workarounds and say to yourself, “I should really get a calibration device… some day”.
Well, I’m embarrassed to say that it took me a long time to invest in a color management device and I can safely say it will be the best investment I’ve made in my Macbook Pro. I have always operated under the assumption that a Mac has superior built-in color management compared to a PC so it should be “close enough” to do everything but the most critical work. As it turns out, that was a really bad assumption. My Apple Cinema Display is definitely a whole lot more accurate out of the box than my laptop display, as this little device showed me all too well.
I work mostly in Lightroom and Photoshop on my computer when I do printing and I’ve always complained about using my laptop to proof my images. I now have nearly complete faith that what I am seeing on the monitor is an objective, accurate representation of the actual colors and tones of the image I am working on. Gone are the days where I’ve had to do countless test prints to dial in the color of an image.
The installation of the software is a bit archaic on my Macbook Pro (10.6.4). There is a standalone program on the installation CD along with two other applications that don’t quite provide an easy way of determining their function or whether they’re required to run the calibration. I simply double-clicked to install each of them and found I only needed one of the three (time wasted and almost solely due to poor installation instructions). Apparently, X-Rite decided a generic installation guide with pictures and multi-platform installation steps would suffice. Well, for the initial installation, it didn’t. The Flash-based and PDF-based install instructions were a great addition, however, if you are the type who likes sitting through them. Fortunately, I am, so I was able to determine the majority of what I needed from those two sources.
The software that runs the device is very straightforward and walks you through the simple process of calibrating your display. I had to play around with the white point settings just a bit to get rid of a green cast resulting from using the Native White Point of my laptop and Cinema displays. I reverted to 6500K with a 2.2 gamma and the results were much better! I’d recommend this to anyone complaining of a green cast. There’s nothing in the software to indicate that this will fix it, but I’ve read a few online forums discussing the default settings of the Eye-One Display 2 and they each recommended using 6500K and 2.2 gamma for a Mac.
Overall, this device, albeit a bit pricey as a one-time purchase, will produce reliable, high-quality color for a long time to come. I am planning on upgrading my computer next year and this will be the first change I make to the machine after getting it set up. It’s simply that good. I give this product 5 stars and highly recommend it to anyone doing their own printing who wants reliable results.
I usually go in depth with a PROS and CONS list. However it would just confirm what’s already been reviewed.
I just have few things to say.
1. What a huge difference! Everything looks better now on this monitor. It’s an average one too, but the colors/contrast/brightness have been corrected now and I love it!
2. If you’re serious about this stuff (photography/video stuff) make sure that your viewing area is consistent and mild. Don’t have crazy colored walls and open windows that change the amount of light coming in based on the time of day.
3. Very well priced, good software…I wasn’t sure which piece I needed to use at first (it comes with 4 choices) but I figured it out.
4. Without a doubt, my prints are better and more consistent! I can see something on my monitor and have a very good idea of what to expect when the prints arrive. When you sell your photos, this is important.
5. In many ‘official’ reviews – and I read TONS of them. This was in the top 2 overall for monitor calibration. If it was ever beat by another product, it was by more expensive equipment.
Enjoy!
I never could get the colors on my monitor right, games in standard mode looked washed out, games in scenery mode they were fine when the game sim was in day time hours, but games where the sim was at night time hours the colors were way to dark so then I had to change my monitor to standard mode or night mode. I got tired of changing my monitor display modes back and forth. I tried the Win7 monitor calibration utility and that did not help much at all.
The i1D2 calibrated my monitor where I can leave it in standard mode all the time and the colors look great. I highly recommend this product to anyone that wants to calibrate their monitor and do not want to look at test patterns downloaded off the web for hours on end while trying to calibrate their monitor. I calibrated my monitor a month ago with the i1D2 and I am still amazed at the improvement in colors.
The $200 price tag at first made me hesitate, but I am so glad that I went ahead and bought it. You can use this for years on any PC and on any monitor.
I also can highly recommend Norman Camera, I bought this on a Saturday, they shipped it on Monday and it was delivered on Thursday!