X-Rite i1 Display Pro Calibrator

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I know absolutely nothing about screen calbration so dont laugh but

Ive got 2 Dell 2713hm monitors i wanted to calibrate and chose the X-Rite i1 Display Pro and mentioned it to my mate at work whois also interested in having his 27" iMac calibrated so ...........

Could we go halfers on 1 and share it?

Thanks
 
Yes it is a USB device and you just install the software to do the calibration.

You would have to swap the device back and forwards when you want to do the calibration but that shouldn't be a problem.
 
Aurhinius said:
Yes it is a USB device and you just install the software to do the calibration.

You would have to swap the device back and forwards when you want to do the calibration but that shouldn't be a problem.
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Brilliant good news thanks for the reply....

As I say I work with him 5 days a week so swapping the unit back wouldn’t be a problem at all.

As I also say I have no idea how this works... So I’m guessing the software’s installed and the units plugged in to the base unit usb as I say I’m running 2 2713s, so would I point the i1 at the screen 1 and calibrate it then point it at screen 2 and follow the same process?
Is there a way of, calibrating screen 1 then just copying those settings over to screen 2 so there identical??
 
the calibration setting are saved to your graphics card, as a profile. so will work with both. put i1 on one screen and adjust the contrast and brighness put on other and do the same, then put back on main screen and run the rest of the calibration. simples
 
richardsim7 said:
You made a good choice

I got mine from Wex Photographic, was the cheapest at the time

You can also use it to calibrate other displays, like your HDTV etc :)
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Really? Does it make a big difference to HD TV's for just normal use and gaming?

Thanks
 
Yes you would be amazed how saturated factory colours are because it "looks better" to the untrained eye.

Colours are not meant to be totally saturated.

A calibrated display is always better.
 
Aurhinius said:
Yes you would be amazed how saturated factory colours are because it "looks better" to the untrained eye.

Colours are not meant to be totally saturated.

A calibrated display is always better.
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Yup, what he said. I calibrate all my screens. I'm even buying a mic so I can calibrate my room's sound :p
 
You'll only be able to use it to calibrate a tv if you have a pc connected to it. Otherwise you don't have anything to run the software on the tv. Tbh on tv's it might be better to set it up by eye to how you like the image as opposed to trying to calibrate to a defined colour temp and gamma etc which is more appropriate for desktop PCs. Plus if you do have a pc connected to the tv, calibrate it and create a profile then active on the pc graphics card, that profile gets abandoned for videos and games anyway
 
Just to note:
with the 2713's you can perform a hardware monitor level calibration which is far more accurate than software level. The hardware calibration maps directly into the monitor. Software level only sets a profile on your gpu .
 
@Baddass

No offence, but calibrating tv's etc for movies is a must if you own an i1. The calibration standards are 6500k like monitors and either 2.2 or 2.4 gamma. The REC.709 colour space also is the same as sRGB. He only needs the free download HCFR program as the software part onto a pc or laptop to do the calibrating on. You use a blu-ray etc disc with the relevant test patterns to get the reading from the tv supplied by the blu-ray player or PS3. Once you learn how to use it you get great results on any tv or projector you own. Tv's have so many options to tinker with as opposed to monitors, basic tinkering by eye doesn't really cut it if you are used to calibrated images. Most tv presets are awful.
 
Baron C said:
Just to note:
with the 2713's you can perform a hardware monitor level calibration which is far more accurate than software level. The hardware calibration maps directly into the monitor. Software level only sets a profile on your gpu .
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you can with the 2713HM I've read so many forums and believe you can only hardware calibrate the 2713H
 
VEGACORTEZ said:
@Baddass

No offence, but calibrating tv's etc for movies is a must if you own an i1. The calibration standards are 6500k like monitors and either 2.2 or 2.4 gamma. The REC.709 colour space also is the same as sRGB. He only needs the free download HCFR program as the software part onto a pc or laptop to do the calibrating on. You use a blu-ray etc disc with the relevant test patterns to get the reading from the tv supplied by the blu-ray player or PS3. Once you learn how to use it you get great results on any tv or projector you own. Tv's have so many options to tinker with as opposed to monitors, basic tinkering by eye doesn't really cut it if you are used to calibrated images. Most tv presets are awful.
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Ok you're talking about using the device to make readings from a test Blu Ray or program on a laptop and using that to make manual adjustments to the screens settings. That's doable, yes, if you have the right test disc or have a laptop you can hook up to the tv for a bit. It's a bit different from the profiling done on a monitor though which although it has that kind of stage as well (manual osd changes) it also has a graphics card profiling stage which wouldn't be done on the tv calibration and accounts for the more accute corrections
 
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