Pantone Eye-One Display 2 | 
| Brand: Pantone
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 20864
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Mac Os X
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.5 x 3
MPN: MEU103
Model: MEU103
UPC: 874086002193
EAN: 0874086002193
ASIN: B000CR78CO
Release Date: January 16, 2006
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| Features:
| • | Includes emission-only colorimeter with ambient measurement capabilities | | • | Professional monitor-calibration tool with advanced controls | | • | Achieve accurate color on all displays including LCDs, CRTs, and laptops | | • | Optimize gray balance for more neutral and better-defined grays | | • | Check ambient light to determine optimal room lighting for color-critical work |
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Product Description
Eye-One Display 2 offers the next generation for monitor profiling. It 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, CRT and laptops! It's ideal for photographers, creative directors, publishers, and designers working in ad agencies and corporations. Profile summary report ideal for post profile analysis Profile reminder to ensure true and reliable color over time Mac and PC compatible - OS X, Windows 2000, XP
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
Easy does it.. January 22, 2007
R. Patience
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This colorimeter is well-respected by photographers for good reason. In easy mode, it is pretty fast and you don't have to do anything but click 'next' it does all the work. In advanced mode, you can can drive your self silly with all the options.
They are always making the software better, so its a good idea to check for updates of the software.
Pros:
Easy to use.
Cons:
not the best instructions
 Didn't work March 27, 2007
BetsyR (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
Make sure you buy this at a retailer that allows returns if it doesn't work. I bought one last week after a presentation. It looked and worked great at the presentation. I bought it because I had an immediate weekend-long project where I needed correct color. When I set up my new Eye-one/Display 2, all I could get was a "fail" on the emissions test, over and over - and never did get to testing my Mac LCD monitor. No response from the Eye-one "support" to my e-mails.
I brought the gadget back to the store that then told me I had moved it during the test or the screen had gone black - and that was the only reason it failed. Neither of those were true. ...However, I did get a refund. So, beware. I'd like to give it a 4 or 5 on the basis of what I saw the demo do, but for how the one I bought worked, I'd give it a zero. Had the "support" even bothered to respond, I would have tried to work with them rather than doing a return since I really did want it to work. Average the scores for a 2.
Overpriced, confusing software, misleading advertising, poor technical support March 18, 2007
CRAIG LYKINS (Alabama)
12 out of 42 found this review helpful
I am a photographer. I wanted a device that would help me match my computer monitor display to my prints. This device does a good job of calibating your monitor, but does nothing to help you calibarate your printer. The software that ships with the device has many options of which most are "greyed out". For instance, options for calibrating your printer are "greyed out". Why the heck show the options on the screen, if they are not included in the product! When you call tech support you get a response in about 36 hours. An overbearing jerk explains that printer calibration is not included in the product, but you can buy another product for several hundred dollars more, which will address that. The same company offers the Huey for about half the price of this device. You would expect for twice your money you would get twice the value - right? Wrong! As best I can tell the Huey does everything this device does, and more. This device cannot monitor ambient light, which is a feature of the Huey.
The device has two modes for calibrating - simple and complex. Simple works pretty well. Complex is useless. I have tried to use the complex option numerous time and have never obtained any better luck than with the simple approach.
 Getting colors right for photo editing January 10, 2007
Augustin Coppey (Malaysia)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Great product, and great price at amazon! I live in Malaysia, where the local price is 250% of Amazon's list price. For USD9$ (shipment) I had it delivered in Singapore in just a few days, and picked it up at my friend's place. First thing that came out when I plugged it in, was that my old monitor had lived its useful life. Althought the colors were still correct(able), the overall luminosity was so low that I could only work in a dark room to view the full scale. I bought a new LCD monitor, calibrated and profiled it in a few minutes (it wasn't quite right straight out of the box - too bright), and now all my pictures come out beautifully! I can display 256 shades of grey distinctively, which was previously impossible. It's not just photos, even the dull windows interface suddenly comes to life. Highly recommended to anyone with a DSLR and a desire to spend more than 5 minutes improving their pictures on photoshop.
Great for precise color work! January 15, 2007
Leroy C. Noyes (Nashua, NH USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am a retired engineer that used to design color measuring equipment and worked for MacBeth briefly in the 1960's. I can say that this is a great little colorimeter and I recommend it highly.
The only negative is that the instructions are a little vague in places.
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