Thanks Dave,

Any news on NAB?

j razz

I am very pleased with my ColorMunki. Works great on my dual-screen setup and after profiling my printer and paper, makes some awesome prints on my Epson 280.

I did have an issue for tech support and they were very responsive to help. (I seriously doubt if anyone else will see the same problem).

Highly recommended

I just bought a Spyder 3 Pro. It's not here yet but I'll post results when I use it.

"Any news on NAB?"

NAB? what's that :P

I think that we'll see some stuff on Monday ( that's when the party is so that's when the announcements will probably be ).

The VASST booth should be good, I'll have to take a few pictures of it for you so you can know what you're missing, and they've got some exciting new stuff too that I think will be pretty sweet.

Dave

You may consider purchasing a X-Rite i1 Display 2, not the same price but it works flawlessly, According to several pro photographers, it is a great tool.

The x-rite looks good and accounts for luminance. However, I see several bad reviews on Amazon too. It seems like these are hit or miss depending on your system.

One review said that calibration for dual monitors plugged into the same graphics card has to be done with a workaround, but if you have two separate cards it is supported. Surely that can't be accurate?!

j razz

Yeah, please do take some snapshots as I would like to see what I am missing out on. Wish I could be there this year...

j razz

I have Spyder Pro 3 with 2 displays and one NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and everything runs fine. I read the bad tech support posts when I purchased mine. For tech support I would go to Submit a Ticket and hover my mouse over the white rectangle and the status of live chat will be posted. When available initiate the chat and you will get your problem answered. :) yes, you may have to wait a bit because they are in a different time zone. I give the Spyder3 5 *s.

Ed

Thanks ECB! I was getting nervous about my purchase.

I went ahead and bought the i1 Display 2 off Amazon as they had one that was used for cheaper than the Spyder 3 by around $50 and still under Amazon's return policy.

We will see how it goes. I plan on using it with this software: HCFR

j razz

> I have Spyder Pro 3 with 2 displays and one NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and everything runs fine.

Same here. I have Spyder 3 Elite with 2 displays on one NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT and everything runs fine. The difference between the Elite and the Pro is only in the software functionality and for video editing the Pro software is fine. I would have saved some money and bought that had I known.

Those Amazon reviews are 2 - 3 years old and primarily complain about the software which has been updated several times since then. The hardware is a solid investment.

~jr

Good to know Johnny. Thanks.

I went ahead and bought the i1 Display 2 off Amazon as they had one that was used for cheaper than the Spyder 3 by around $50 and still under Amazon's return policy.

Mine is shipping. So, are you happy with it ?

I have one and everything works fine.

Calibrating one monitor was easy. I was a little confused about the other. I didn't know how to choose which monitor to calibrate (as I didn't see the option in the software). I wound up removing one monitor via the video card software and doing one at a time this way. Although, this made me question whether or not the profile would be overwritten or if it was still there, would it only apply one profile at a time.

It does allow for multiple profiles but I am still unsure if I can load two or not at the same time (I am sure I can, it is just not apparent that both are functioning at the same time. The video card I have is nVidia and it allows for two separate profiles via the diagnostic software test that comes with the packaged software.

Once done, I booted up to Windows 7 business 64 (I was in Vista ultimate 64) and did the same thing. Once I finished there I went back to Vista and one of the color profiles failed to load for the secondary monitor. I don't know how to get it to load. I can go to the folder that contains the profile, but I don't know how to load it or why it failed to load upon startup.

Once I figure these things out I think it will be a good purchase. Afterall, I got it cheaper than the spyder 3 and I am sure that if I watch the included tutorials I should be able to figure it out- I just didn't sit down and read/watch them yet.

j razz

> Once I figure these things out I think it will be a good purchase. Afterall, I got it cheaper than the spyder 3 and I am sure that if I watch the included tutorials I should be able to figure it out- I just didn't sit down and read/watch them yet.

Just as a point of comparison for others reading this thread and trying to determine which display calibrator to purchase. It is dead simple to calibrate multiple monitors with the Spyder 3 software. No need to unplug monitors or watch video tutorials. The software detects that you have two monitors and asks you which one you want to calibrate. It's that simple! It maintains and loads separate profiles for each and shows you which one it's loading when you boot. Easy peasy. ;-)

~jr

Here is the response I received from x-rite concerning some difficulties I was having with their software (or lack of understanding on my part). I submitted the request on their site and it said I would recieve a response within a business day. I recieved it about a week later and then I responded back and it said I would recieve a response within 4 business hours and again, it took about another week for a response.

I will say that the response was not canned and both respnoses was from Bruce and his responses were knowledgable.

Here is his response in its entirety: Good morning Jeremy,

j razz

> Your computer is a dual boot PC, Win7 and Win Vista. Both of these computer OS’s do not have the native ability to handle multiple monitor profiles on a single video card.

Hmmm... That's a very curious response that doesn't seem to be true and here's the proof:

In Windows 7:

(1) Right-click the desktop and select Screen resolution
(2) Click on the Advanced settings link
(3) Choose the Color Management tab in the advanced properties window
(4) Press the Color Management... button
(5) Select your first monitor from the Device: menu
(6) Select an ICC Profile of your choice
(7) Press the Set as Default profile button
(8) Repeat for your other monitor and select a different profile

It would appear that Windows 7 absolutely supports different profiles for each monitor but maybe that's just because I have a GeForce 9800GT card? I'd be interested to know if other Windows 7 users see the same thing because my Spyder3 software definitely shows a window on each monitor when I boot to tell me which profile is being loaded and they are different.

~jr

Your computer is a dual boot PC, Win7 and Win Vista. Both of these computer OS’s do not have the native ability to handle multiple monitor profiles on a single video card.

That is the same response I received from DataColor when I was setting up Spyder3. with 2 displays and a Nvidia Gforce 9800 GTX+. I agree with jr. Win 7 (and Vista) handles separate profiles for multiple displays with no problem. Once installed, open the Control Panel \ Color Management and select the down arrow on Device to select and view each monitor profile.

Ed