I used to love these...great way to calibrate that monitor. I don't need them any more because my NEC came with its own colorimeter, but the Datacolor Spyder5PRO is on sale as part of B&H's Mega Deal Zone, which has been extended until Midnight Saturday. The sale price is only $89.99. (Current price at Amazon, where it's an "Amazon's Choice," is $134.36.)
Do note that your remaining window to get the sale price is very limited—it's Saturday evening Eastern U.S. Time between 6:00 p.m. (when B&H reopens from Shabbat) until 11:59 p.m. (when the Mega Deal Zone ends).
They're easy to use.
Mike
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It's important to note that most displays, e.g. laptop displays, iMac Display, and general computer displays can only be profiled, they cannot be calibrated. Calibration be means actually adjusting a response to a reference standard, for this displays, this means software that provides true hardware-based control over the display output, and also a bit-depth and LUT that supports hardware-based calibration of the display. Your NEC, EIZO ColorEdge, BenQ and some Dell displays provide this functionality, but the vast majority of computers can only be profiled.
Posted by: Stephen Scharf | Friday, 28 December 2018 at 11:56 PM
My LaCie came with its own puck (Blue Eye Pro); unfortunately, when I moved to Windows 8.1 the thing no longer worked with the new computer. Fortunately, the monitor still does...
Several other things also became obsolete with that move towards modern times.
Do you ever get the feeling the industry delights in screwing you?
Rob
Posted by: Rob Campbell | Saturday, 29 December 2018 at 02:18 PM
I've seen comments that the Sypder5 software doesn't work when the sensor is plugged in via a USB hub. Since the new Mac laptops have only USB-C connections, has anyone had luck with USB-A to USB-C adapters or docks?
Posted by: Greg Kujoth | Saturday, 29 December 2018 at 07:28 PM