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Martin
February 25th, 2005, 19:49
Wow. I ordered this a couple of weeks ago and it's just arrived, and...well...wow. It amazes me that I was using my laptop to design sites when the colours I was seeing were so obviously wrong!

You install the software, plug the device into a USB port, hang it in front of the screen as per the easy-to-use wizard, and wait for it to do its thing. It's Pantone-perfect, meaning that as long as our screen is set to its factory-default settings, your monitor will come out at the end of the process showing colours exactly how they're meant to be seen!

Oh, and the best part was the price. They retail for a good $350-$400. I got this one from Amazon (new, not from the Marketplace) for $209. Not bad! Amazon link to product (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000658EQG/qid=1109356910/sr=8-9/ref=pd_ka_2/102-6313206-3566540?v=glance&s=software&n=507846).

Well worth the investment if you rely on colours being correct - as all visual designers do. I wouldn't be without this now, and fully intend to colour correct every monitor in the house later today! :)
Pauly
February 25th, 2005, 20:12
Thanks for this, I might look at something similar in the future :)
Christina
February 25th, 2005, 21:25
Quite an interesting product!! I'll definitely keep this in mind.
Jamie
February 25th, 2005, 21:28
Would this work on these crappy TFT monitors that walk the walk but don't talk the talk? They look so nice but unless you plan on spilling a couple of grand the color is shocking.
Christina
February 25th, 2005, 21:31
Would this work on these crappy TFT monitors that walk the walk but don't talk the talk? They look so nice but unless you plan on spilling a couple of grand the color is shocking.

Precisely calibrate your display and produce accurate ICC profiles for your CRT, LCD and laptop.

I guess that answers your question?
Jamie
February 25th, 2005, 21:36
It does indeed. :) Cheers C.
Martin
February 25th, 2005, 22:41
The best part for me was the "before" and "after" that it gives you when it's finished calibrating. It just shows you a default image, and lets you toggle between the two settings. I was stunned at the difference in colour.

Whilst this is, no doubt, no replacement for a quality monitor, it does allow those of us on a more meagre budget to get pantone perfect monitors. Oh, by the way, you do need to do this regularly as monitors "drift" naturally.