X-Rite Eye-One Display LT
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Customer Review: Turned everything magenta
Summary: 3 Stars
Recently, I have started to get into video production and editing, and my wife likes to shoot photos and edit them on her computer. I figured having a calibrated monitor is quite important to see everything correctly. I decided to buy this product after doing some research and reading the other reviews. It looks like this unit is superior to the Huey calibrator.
When I received it, I downloaded and installed the latest version of the software from the website and followed the on screen instructions. For the most part, I found it simple to use. The only challenge I had was trying to figure out how to use it on a multiple-monitor configuration. I found out that it ended up calibrating which ever monitor I had the application running on.
I have tried this on my laptop's LCD screen, and also with a few LCD screens that I use with my desktop. For some reason, it always turned my screens into a magenta hue. I'm not sure if it's my LCD screens not being very compatible with it, or if the unit was faulty, but I can't say I was happy with the results. I read some of the troubleshooting guides on their support website and tried many of their suggestions with no luck.
After being frustrated with it, I requested a refund request from Amazon. Fortunately, they were quick with the refund.
I was a bit disappointed and am not sure why it didn't work correctly. Maybe some time in the future, I will try out the Pro model.
Customer Review: Great tool, but I bought the software upgrade
Summary: 3 Stars
The Eye-One LT can become an Eye-One Display 2 through a firmware update which then unlocks additional software features. The firmware update costs around double the price difference between the LT and the Display 2. If you are a casual user wanting to go cheap, the Eye-One LT is for you. If you're a tweaker, save yourself time and money and buy the Eye-One Display 2.
With that said, the tool worked quickly and easily on my HP LP2475W, MacBook Pro, and Dell D620. The picture quality was dramatically improved. The best picture on the MacBook Pro did come after upgrading to the Display 2 so that I could use the native color temperature of the MBP. It also allows calibration of brightness.
In my opinion, it was worth it. Some of my older pictures look better than ever and now I know that what I'm seeing on the screen is what it's supposed to look like.
Customer Review: X-Rite Eye-One Display LT
Summary: 3 Stars
My eyes could perform a better calibration than the unit I received. I had to send it back. Bought another of the same hoping its more accurate. Install and Setup was a breeeCustomer Review: Caution
Summary: 2 Stars
Be careful with this one. Little documentation, and not all monitors can take advantage of the automatic calibration feature, one of the reasons I bought it. My monitor was not one of the supported monitors.
It was cumbersome to manually do the configuraton, and in the end simply returned to Amazon which promptly refunded my purchase
Customer Review: Sounds cooler than it is.
Summary: 2 Stars
I couldn't see much of a difference other than just adjusting your brightness and contrast settings manually. It wouldn't even offer my monitor's default setting (9500) as an option.