The results are amazing.   I now find I look at uncalibrated monitors and cringe at the washed out colours and uneven tones. Even games take on an extra dimension of clarity - the colours in Unreal Tournament look spot on now. Just to check, I switched back to the built in sRGB monitor profile of the Sony and it looked awful by comparison. The only possible gripe to an otherwise excellent package is the fiddley calibration when using a monitor with dual RGB outputs. While not impossible to do, it certainly requires some patience with the alignment arrows jumping wildly about the calibration graph at times.

 

Of course, profiling your monitor is just the first step in creating a fully colour calibrated system. The Eye One Display includes a voucher to put towards an upgrade to one of the more expensive Gretag Macbeth packages such as the Eye One Photo that allows the profiling of an RGB printer. So who should buy this?  Simple.  Anyone who wants to get the best possible performance from a monitor, even users who couldn't give two hoots about colour calibration would do well to invest in a properly calibrated display. If you are a Digital photographer or artist demanding hassle free consistent colour management or Joe Bloggs wishing for 'what you see is what you get' colour, the Eye One Display is the perfect start to accurate colour management.

 

 

For more information or to locate your nearest stockist, head on over to Gretag MacBeth's 1color web site.

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