Pantone huey Monitor Color Calibrator ( MEU101 )

List Price: $89.00 Discount Price: Too low to display

Features:

• Professional-grade results; easy-to-use right out of the box
• Software designed for calibrating and profiling all types of monitors
• Corrects color on monitor; adapts monitor for changing room lighting
• Applies personal preferences for viewing accurate color all of the time
• Includes emission-only colorimeter with ambient measurement capabilities

Customer Reviews:

Continuous Callibration Causes Problems [Posted on 2008-03-21]
I tried this product yesterday and it did a pretty good job at callibrating my monitor. It very easy to use and the instructions provided are easy to understand. The software that comes on the CD is not compatible with Windows Vista, but I was able to download an upgrade from the Pantone site which had support for Vista. I had problems with continuous callibration (which callibrates the monitor based on changing light conditions). The continuous callibrations caused my monitor to get a pinkish tinge which I didn't like. So I had to reset it and re-callibrate and this time I didn't choose continuous callibration. Due to this problem I will give it 3 instead of 4 out of 5.

Defective Unit as well [Posted on 2008-04-07]
Just purchased this unit (4/6/07) from a local photography retail store in the Seattle region. After installation, the unit gave me a reddish cast on my Dell 1707FP monitor (using Windows XP).

I contacted Pantone customer support, gave them the serial number of the unit, and they told me I have a defective unit. They stated they will ship me out a replacement unit within 7-10 days.

I read other Amazon reviews on this product and took my chances that Pantone corrected this problem. I either purchased an older unit or Pantone is still having problems with these devices.

Update on 4/14/08. Just received my replacement unit from Pantone. Got to give them credit for replacing the unit in about 1 week. However, the new unit has the same problem. I'm getting a deep red cast on my Dell 17" monitor after installing this unit. Very frustrating....

Caveat Emptor.

bad product [Posted on 2008-04-10]
I bought a Pantone Huey last October...it worked great until January, then just died. Tried re-installing software, using a different USB port but nothing worked. Wrote to Pantone and they replaced it with a new one, no questions asked (good!). The second one lasted about 3 weeks then also died.

Don't buy for a Mac with Leopard [Posted on 2008-05-08]
If you have a Mac running OS X 10.5 (Leopard), be advised that Pantone has been promising since last year to fix whatever is broken that prevents the use of the Huey. The company won't even respond when you ask support what is going on. They said the new installer would be available "early" in 2008. When I wrote an inquiry to the Pantone people on April 3 the automated reponse said it could take two to three days to reply. I'm still waiting.

Pantone Huey MEU101 [Posted on 2008-05-09]
Was very easy to install and use. The monitor I'm trying it on however is a piece of junk apparently (Acer AL2016W).

The biggest downside I've found is when working with a graphics program that supports color profiles (like photoshop) I was unsure whether to load the generated profile into the rgb preferences - the manual wasn't very in-depth in this area.

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