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| Brand: ColorVision
List Price: $249.00
Buy New: $90.00
You Save: $159.00 (64%)
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Rating:  39 reviews
Format: Cd
Platforms: Windows Xp, Mac Os X
Media: CD-ROM
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows&Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.4 x 2.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: S2P100
Model: S2P100
UPC: 875720000131
EAN: 0875720000131
ASIN: B000ES6K4I
Release Date: March 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 39
 More than I needed April 16, 2007
Jeffery W. Patterson (Rockford, IL)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure which version I should buy. I knew I needed to calibrate my monitor, but that was all I knew. After the purchase, I am happy and think that it is a great product, but I have not used any of the expanded features this version offers. The low end would have been more then enough for my part time digital photography business needs. I don't have a high end monitor or a high end video card. I have typical equipment. I benefited from the purchase, but feel I should have bought the low end version. The hardware is the same in either case.
For One Video Card with Two Monitors (PC) February 8, 2007
N. Kulasekaran (Boston, MA USA)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Don't waste your money on this version, get the standard version. While it does say on the box and common marketing material that it supports multiple displays, what it does not point out is that this is only true (PC) if you have a video card-PER-display! If you are a mac user you can ignore this annoyance.
I am extremely frustrated that ColorVision does not make this very clear in their comparison of versions.
Otherwise the calibration is fine, I have not tested the printer side of the software just yet.
Excelent color matching for Dual Monitors April 23, 2007
B. McGuigan (San Francisco, CA United States)
I bought the Spyder2Pro for the specific task of color calibrating my dual monitor setup. 1 monitor being my 15" MacBookPro the other a 22"Samsung LCD. Installed the software and ran the setup on both screens. Worked better than I could hope.*
*One thing that I noticed was that you have to run it more than once with different ambient lighting to get the desired color settings. The ambient light feature really changes color (wether you have sunlight, flourecent, incandecent ect.) you just have to keep running it till you like what you see and if it matches your printouts. Took me twice on each monitor with different BG lighting (I found a room lit by indirect sunlight the best). On my apple the Dual Monitor thing DOES work flawlessly, I am able to run 2 different color profiles at the same time (1 for each monitor).
Does what it says on the box October 12, 2007
M. ASHTON-MOORE
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I upgraded from the Spyder2Express, not really an upgrade because its cheaper to just purchase the pro version than it is to get the upgrade, which means I ended up with a spare device.
On my mac the dual screen supports just works, I use a single card with two outputs and it does support two profiles at the same time. Worked first time, but Mac dual screen support is much better than Windows.
I also calibrated my Windows systems and my laptop with no issues.
Makes the complex task of calibrating your screens pretty simple.
One point to highlight before you start though and this applies to ANY product of this type.
You simply MUST try to learn what you are attempting to do BEFORE starting any calibration process. If you do not know what the device is trying to do, then you will have problems. Color management is a complex process, expecting this device to simplify it while ignoring all the other aspects of a color managed workflow is a recipe for failure.
This applies to Gretag and the others as well.
Spyder2Pro Saved the Day June 9, 2007
Paula J. Sanders
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I bought a high end Dell with Vista Ultimate and a Quadro FX 1500 video card. As I expected, there was a slight bluish tint to the screen, but I was not worried because I expected that the card would have controls to counter balance the caste. The normal Nvidia Quadro cards do, but the ones in the Dell do not. They were so vanilla it was incredible. After I found that there were not any updated drivers, the last was from December 2006, I was really upset. As a last resort I got the Spyder2Pro. I don't know whether I made many changes or whether I could have used the Express, but the results were fantastic. My grays were all neutral. I am an artist and need to transfer work between different computers. All my other monitors were fine. Now this one looks the same as the others which are as I like them. I haven't tried any of the other software yet, but I wanted to write how great this product was.
Don't worry about the print documentation that comes with it. The on screen documentation and help menus are great and are all that you need.
If you are using Vista, there is an update on Colorvision's web site.
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