To get the best price for the i1Display Pro, I needed to buy from Amazon Prime or B&H Photo Video Pro Audio shop. I believe there are promotions on both products. I have never tried one, but I have heard good things about it. X-Rite has another less expensive product called the ColorMunki Display. I couldn’t tell any difference between them. But more importantly, after I calibrated all three monitors, they appeared the same. The software saves the profile and opens an image and allows you to toggle back and forth between “before” and “after” versions. The screen changes colors lots…looks psychedelic.Ĭreating and saving a color profile is the last step. The last part of the process takes about 2 minutes and is quite fun to watch. All I had to do was adjust the brightness to match the scale. Next it set the brightness…well…I set the brightness. The screen changed to a solid light gray and flickered between several various grays setting the contrast I believe. Once corrected, I could click start.Īt this point all I needed to do was sit back and watch. I had not selected the correct device in the setup. It took a few minutes to find my problem. The software didn’t recognize the i1Display Pro. It was so easy when you hovered over an option, its function and suggested setting popped up in a help window, which is a very nice feature. I opted for the automated process, but even that requires setting a few options. I had the choice of using the automated calibration or take complete control of the process. Oh, yes, I did have to connect the i1Display Pro to the computer via a USB port and place the device in the center of my screen. Insert disk and install hardware just about covers it. There are three steps to the calibration process. I was anxious to see how the older monitor looked after calibration. Because the oldest monitor looked so different, I had decided to replace it on the new system and use it with the old computer. All three looked different and the oldest monitor was noticeably darker than the others. I had not calibrated my monitors in a while and I had never calibrated the Cintiq. But, dear readers, the promotion ends today, Dec 24th. However, I discovered that there was a promotion running, which brought the price down about $100.
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I found the i1Display Pro replaced the eye-one display 2, but its listed price was $269.00, which after buying the computer was a bit pricey for my wallet. I had been happy with my previous product and returned to X-Rite to look for a replacement. It was time to get a new display calibrating system. But, unfortunately, X-Rite discontinued the product. I bought the device in 2008 and loved it. Previously, I calibrated my monitors using an eye-one display 2 from X-Rite. But, I cannot see if my monitors are reflecting my digital files accurately. I can see the differences between my 2 monitors and a 24″ HD Touch Cintiq. Why? Because monitors look different from one another.