X-Rite Eye-One Display LT
Feb 25, 2010 in
Computers & Software
- Profile Summary report provides post-calibration analysis
- Software for achieving accurate onscreen color just like the pros
- Calibrates monitor and adjusts color onscreen so images remain true
- Includes compact emission-only colorimeter with sleek lightweight design
- Attaches to LCD and CRT monitors with built-in counterweight and suction cups
Product Description
Why do photographs sometimes not appear onscreen with the vibrancy of how the scene was shot? Why does color vary from monitor to monitor? The fact is, all monitors (yes, both new and old) display color differently. But with Eye-One Display LT, you can achieve accurate onscreen color just like the pros – without having to become a pro. Eye-One Display LT calibrates your monitor and adjusts the color onscreen, so your images remain true. Now you don’t have to make excuses for poor color; your work can speak for itself…. More >>
X-Rite Eye-One Display LT
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5 comments
Ben Harrison on February 25, 2010 at 3:22 am
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.
Sam Hershey on February 25, 2010 at 5:20 am
I suspect that this device was optimized for a CRT screen and not and LCD screen because it was absolutely a nightmare to get to work and even when it finally finished, the effect was horrible.
First of all, other reviewers who say that the documentation included with the product is useless, well, that is just the tip of the ice-berg. Yes, the little pamphlet that comes with it doesn’t even give you enough information to understand that the proper way to install the software, which thanks to the amazingly unintuitive CD software has to be some of the worst software installation I’ve ever experienced. There are 4 components, each with a separate install (and none of which actually say install). Funny thing is, after you install them, you only show 3 items in the programs files.
Second, once you’ve installed and look at the on-line tutorials, it seems that the process is potentially easy. The only problem is that the software provided doesn’t match what they show in the tutorial! Most glaring is that the product claims to have an easy 1 click mode which seems to just not be there (this might not be available when calibrating LCDs, but again, nowhere does it state this, so I’m just guessing).
Third, the program takes you to a contrast adjustment step. Guess what? LCDs DON’T HAVE CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT! I was able to get a slider through the Nvidia tray to try to get past this step, but it wasn’t until I trudged through their horrible support site that I found that they just expect you to skip this step. The most basic question is: if you click the button for LCD, why the heck does it even take you to this step if they expect you to SKIP IT?
Which brings me to their support site. Talk about horrible. It is next to impossible to find the product to begin with because it doesn’t recognize the complete name of the product in the search engine. They have truncated the name and if you actually type it out AS IT APPEARS ON THE PRODUCT it doesn’t recognize it! Wow… just wow… Phone support consists of leaving a message. Email support consists of filling out a form which doesn’t even seem to be oriented toward product support (it kept asking me if I was planning on investing in the company… YEAH RIGHT).
So after almost three hours of playing around with it, I finally got it to a point where it seemed to run through some sort of calibration, when the program finished, it made the screen look like utter crap. There is NO way that the product of that process was anywhere near where it should have been.
Needless to say, this is getting returned tomorrow.
G. Cox on February 25, 2010 at 5:34 am
Step #1: Take a pair of pliers and twist the included installation disk until it breaks and then throw it in the trash. You will be far ahead if you do.
Step #2: Go to these web sites and download the latest software.
http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=758&Action=support&SoftwareID=724
http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=789&Action=support&SoftwareID=768
Step #3: Install the application software. Then make a subdirectory in the application folder called USB Drivers. Copy the drivers from the second link above into the USB driver folder.
Step #4. Go to the control panel and click install hardware. Select the USB driver folder to pick the appropriate driver.
Step #5: Rename the stupid GretagMacbeth program startup folder to something logical like Eye-One Display.
Step #5: Restart your computer. That should do it.
MasterTech4523 on February 25, 2010 at 5:43 am
I spent too much time with this product as it continued to make my screen colors worse than when I started. Little documentation, weak bloated software and 5 tries, even with different computer screens (I have 5 I wanted to match). This product is a waste. I noticed it’s made by X-Rite, who also makes the Huey. Another weak product. When will there be a GOOD color/screen calibration product??
H. Birenbaum on February 25, 2010 at 8:33 am
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