Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Well, I'll see if I can answer this sufficiently from my iPhone...

First off: EyeOne Display2 is an older generation of calibrator; it  
has the sensors that were used in Spyder2 in it. Spyder3 has a lot of  
technical improvements, sampling a much larger area of the screen, at  
more color ranges, with more sensitivity, etc.

Next: Elite offers a lot more than projector calibration. It allows  
you to custom tune multiple displays to a closer match numerically, it  
offers L* calibration, calibearion to video standards, and more.

Pro does allow you to adjust white luminance to an appropriate range,  
it just doesn't offer numerical targetting of Luminance, as it's  
philosophy is to avoid numbers where possible.

Yes, luminance targetting is important with LCDs, as they are so  
bright, which requires adjustment for differing ambient luggt levels.

I'm not aware if any way that Spyder3 is limited in it's ability to  
target luminance, within the range of luminance control the monitor  
offers.

Spyder3 products are all Vista64 capable; for quite a while they were  
thme only calibrators that were.

Sorry my answers are out of order...

C. D. Tobie
WW Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
DataColor.com
CDTobie@...

On Nov 15, 2008, at 2:14 PM, "madigan_bill" <madigan_bill@...>  
wrote:

> I am about to make a purchase - can't decide if I need the Elite
> version, or if should use X-Rite Eye-One. I currently use Spyder2 on
> my older machine. My new machine runs Vista 64, will be printing to
> an Epson Stylus Pro 3800 from CS4
>
> 1.I do not need projector calibration - is that a large part of why
> the Elite package is so much more expensive than the Pro?
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> 2.Spyder3 Pro cannot change B/W Luminance. How important is that?
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> 3.I read a posoting saying that luminace calibration more important
> for LCDs - true?
>
> 4.Why should I get Spyder3 Elite instead of the X-rite Eye-One
> Dispaly 2?
>
> I read a review that says Spyder3 Elite suffers  "Limited correction
> of luminance" compared to an LaCie Eye-One
>
> For the price of Spyder3 Elite, I could get the X-rite Eye-one
> Display 2 calibrator - version 3.6 of the i1Match software is suposed
> to be Vista 64 compatible...
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>
> Thanks
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