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    Monitor Calibrating?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tailic, Jul 19, 2007.

  1. Tailic

    Tailic Notebook Deity

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    I'm thinking about buying a monitor calibrator but I don't know much about them. After doing some shopping on newegg and amazon I noticed they have Spyder 2 Express for 54 dollars.

    I was wondering, would this fit my needs? I'm gonna use it to calibrate my home desktop LCD, a CRT and my laptop LCD along with loaning it to my father to use on hes.

    I am a big gamer when it comes to my pc so I assume this would help with the colors on my VX2025wm? It also sounds like a great price at 54 dollars but I'm also curious why a lot of them go for 200 dollars or more?

    I really don't do photo or video editing so I guess thats what the expensive ones are for? Professional video editors?
     
    Tailic, Jul 19, 2007
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  2. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    well some do it better than others and i guess some are targetted towards particular needs. you probably should find a review of the program before buying as it could be cheap cuz it is crap.
     
    SideSwipe, Jul 19, 2007
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  3. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    There is a freeware app called Monitor Calibration Wizard. You can find it at hex2bit.com.
     
    Padmé, Jul 19, 2007
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    Because the cheap ones improve the situation very minimally, and often make things worse, sometimes much much worse. That includes the $200 models, even the $800 packages from Gretag Macbeth aren't all that great.
     
    Ethyriel, Jul 19, 2007
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