Spyder2 Suite or Spyder2PRO

[alioffe]

I looked through reviews (All review I found was about PRO) and colorvision's

website in the comparison chart and do not understand clearly the difference so

cannot decide which I need and what this additional $100 for?.

 

I consider myself as an advanced amateur and a kind freaky about quality, who

is entering into digital age.

 

1. Will Suite work as good as PRO for regular digital photo workflow with a

regular computer equpment PC and Mac (Assuming I do not have projector)?

 

2. I also have concern that my monitor/videocard may be incompatible: CRT

monitor NEC MultiSync FP955, videocard Matrox Marvel G450, Windows XP. I have

also ViewSonic VP930b (on different computer with 24-bit videocard).

 

Has for anyone calibration failed due to incompatibility or other hardware or

software matter?

 

Thanks for the help!

[chris_leck]

Uh, none of the above?

[serge c]

Unlike Chris I think Spyder2 Pro is a solid product (although you'll find a lot of peple looking down on it). Out of Spyder2 linup (all of which use the same colorimeter) I would consider either Express or Pro. I don't think it's worth to pay a lot of money for a reduced-options piece of software like Suite. But Express at $70 is a steal (with "no-options" software) and it's technically upgradable to better software...

 

I think Pro compares very well to it's competition feature-by-feature. It's main competitor is EyeOne Display2 which you should also look at cause it's usually cheaper. I've heard there are some rebates on S2 Pro now so both are worth considering...

 

There are many other more obscure issues involved - Vista compatibility (Spyder2 wins), 64 bit compatibility (D2 wins), compatibility with 3rd party calibration software (D2 wins), DDC/CI compatibility (D2 Wins)...

 

As far as mainstream hardware/software compatibility I think all calibration solutions should work. You may want to have a "Native" target option for a mainstream LCD, at least for the white point.