ColorVision Spyder2 Suite Win/Mac

Average customer rating: 4.0

Product Performs Well
calibrate your monitor
It just works
Spyder 2 is alright
Easy to use

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ColorVision Spyder2 Suite Win/Mac

Manufacturer: ColorVision
Product Group: Software
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: B000ES6K34
2006-03-14

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Product Description

ColorVision's Spyder2 Suite sets a new standard for monitor calibration. Its sleek, dual-phase hardware c. This innovative and advanced product delivers unrivaled calibration results for advanced amateurs and designers. The Spyder2 Suite allows you to easily calibrate all of your monitors affordably. Colorvision PrintFIX Plus and RGB pre-calibration System Requirements - Windows 2000 or XP, Mac OS X10.2 or better, CRT, LCD or notebook display(s), USB port

Customer Reviews:

Product Performs Well.......2007-06-08

I actually got very good results, particularly with a cheaper secondary monitor. Used this the day I got it, now I can actually use my secondary monitor for photos. (It's a Kogi monitor that was pretty good when new, but never the same after it failed and was serviced.) Anyway now the images are pretty reasonable. I did have to switch my monitor ports in order to calibrate the second monitor, I think that's a limitation of the non-Pro version of the software. Doing that on a regular basis would be a total pain. I don't know too many designers that only use one monitor these days and who else is gonna use this product? So, the single monitor limitation is sort of sucky. But the product works VERY WELL, as advertised.

calibrate your monitor.......2007-04-19

This product was recommended by a speaker at a photoshop workshop. He said it was the most accurate way to calibrate your monitor.
The product was shipped fast and was in good condition.

It just works.......2007-03-09

Anyone doing digital photography needs to calbrate their monitor. There are several reaconably priced hardware products availe which do that well. As a Mac user, the choices are limited. After reading reviews on several products, I purchased the Spyder2 and it works as advertised. The only issue was, I was unable to find a way to reset the monitor (30" Aple Cinema Display) to factory defaults. I disabled the manual controls and told the calibration s/w that there were no controls. It calibrated the monitor properly. Simple to use, reliable results. Good investment.

Spyder 2 is alright.......2007-02-17

I am not entirely fond of the Spyder 2, but it is much better than Adobe Gamma. One catch is that it doesn't take into account the ambient lighting like the Eye One Display products. It also requires manual adjustment of the monitor controls rather than using a common, nearly universla interface to do it programatically. And last, they are VERY slow with drivers and do not release any WHQL certified drivers; this is a big deal if you want to use the hardware with Windows Vista x64 (you can't).

Easy to use.......2007-02-06

I bought the Spyder 2 suite and the monitor calibration worked very well. The printer calibration, not so good. The printer calibration is strictly a judgement call. You pring a picture from the program and they match it to the monitor picture. I could have done that without paying extra for a program that is pretty lame. I thougtht the printer program would print something and then the hardware would scan it and set the printer program, unfortunatley it doesn't work that way. As I said at the stare the monitor calibration worked very well and was easy to use.

Earl Stuckey

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