X-Rite ColorMunki Display
The ColorMunki Display is a basic, easy to use accurate monitor calibrator (that can only be used with the included X-Rite software).
Made and Designed in Switzerland and the USA by X-Rite
X-Rite i1Display Pro
[IS sku: HX_EODPro]
$424
The benchmark monitor calibrator. Fast, accurate, easy to use, works with everything and very reliable. Our recommended calibrator.
Free Custom Printer Profile With This Monitor Calibrator!
Description
This is the best monitor calibrator on the market today. It's very fast, very accurate, works with every display technology and is just generally awesome.
We strongly recommend this calibrator to all image makers. The accuracy of this device has been independently tested and found to be an order of magnitude ahead of older calibrators (such as the Eye One Display 1 & 2 and all Datacolor Spyders models).
It has been specifically designed to
cope with modern monitors - such as those with LED backlighting (like
iMacs/Cinema Displays) and Wide Gamut screens (these days, most
monitors).
As the industry standard, these are by far the most compatible calibrators on the market:
- Use on any monitor (or computer attached projector) using the included i1Profiler software (works on all modern Mac and PCs, updated regularly)
- Use with all major direct hardware calibrations systems (Palette Master/Elements from BenQ, ColorNavigator from Eizo, SpectraView from NEC)
- Use with just about any other after-market screen calibration software on the planet today
- Use on Linux with DisplayCal
- etc.
Highly reliable - to date we've not seen a single failed unit - something the other brands simply can't live up to.
Quite simply it is hard to see a reason to buy any other monitor calibrator.
Calibrator Technology
Colorimeter
Display Technology Support
CRT
LCD (CCFL Backlight)
LCD (LED Backlight)
OLED
Plasma
Front Projector
Multiple Display Support?
Specifications
Please note: Specifications are provided as a guide only.
We try very hard to keep these up to date and correct, but if a particular specification is really critical to you, then please double check the specification directly with the manufacturer. Some features may of course have caveats not fully described here.
To get more information about a particular specification, use the arrow to get a 'Specxplanation'.
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Calibrator TechnologyColorimeter
Calibrators come in two main types:
Colorimeters - can only read light emitting devices, like monitors. They are generally the best (and most affordable) option for calibration monitors. Essentially these are like simple digital cameras with a sensor and some filters in front of the sensor to separate the different colours of light.
Spectrophotometers - These measure the actual spectral wavelengths of light. They have their own light source so can handle both light emitting devices like monitors and reflective materials like paper. They're very good at print but not as good as colorimeters for monitors generally, as they have some difficulty reading deep shadows on monitors.
A third type 'Spectrocolorimeter' - is something Datacolor came up with in their print calibrators. We at Image Science are not huge fans.
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ConnectionUSB
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Display Technology Support?CRT
LCD (CCFL Backlight)
LCD (LED Backlight)
OLED
Plasma
Front Projector
Calibrators have filters in them and depending on the characteristics of the displays they are measuring, they may or may not support that type of display.
The display types are:
- CRT - Cathode Ray Tube - these are the older type of screens, the large thick monitors of yore with thick glass over the screen. Almost all of these are retired now.
- LCD - Liquid Crystal Displays - the modern flatscreen monitor. Available with two different types of backlighting technology - fluorescent and LED.
- OLED - An emerging technology, Organic Light Emitting Diode. Not many monitors are OLED yet, although we are now seeing laptops with them coming through. It's expected these will grow in popularity in coming years. Very high end TVs are now often OLED based.
- Plasma - No longer made, these were a wonderful quality display technology used for TVs
- Front Projector - Popular in home cinemas and board rooms everywhere!
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Color Temperature ChoicesMonitor Native
Any
What colour temperarture choices for white point does the system allow you to make?
At a minimum, 6500K and monitor native should be offered. 6500K is the standard whitepoint in general use in the photographic world, and lower end monitors don't like having their whitepoint adjusted so monitor native is the best to use in those cases.
However, ideally you can set any whitepoint you like, so that you can, for instance, adjust your monitor to look more like specific paper types.
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Gamma ChoicesL*
Any
What gammas can you choose when calibrating?
Pretty much everyone should be using 2.2.
Some might want to experiment with L* in some obscure cases.
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Target Size and Choices118 to 462 patches.
Pantone spot colour optimisation.How many patches are used (measured) in the calibration process? More (to a point) is better from a quality point of view, although it makes the process take longer of course.
200 to 400 patches is generally enough.
Also - can the calibrator target the reproduction of specific colours, such as specific Pantones?
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Uniformity Measurement?
Uniformity is still an issue with modern LCD monitors, especially lower quality ones. Does the calibrator have a system for assessing the screen uniformity?
(Unfortunately there's no system for correcting screen uniformity issues, other than getting a better monitor!)
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Multiple Display Support?
Can you calibrate multiple monitors connected to the one computer?
Note, even if the calibarator supports this, your system must as well. This means all video cards in your system must have a separate LUT table.
All Macs have this, and most desktop PCs as well. Some PC laptops have single LUT systems although it's been some time since we've seen this actually.
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ICC Profile Version SupportICC V2
ICC V4
Matrix Profiles
Table Based Profiles
ICC V2 is the most compatible and in fact for monitors there's really no practical benefit to ICC V4 support really.
In general, table based profiles are more accurate than matrix profiles, so this is desirable.
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Monitor History Report?
Devices with a monitor history report can show you how the behaviour of your screen is changing over time.
This can be useful in diagnosing issues and planning hardware upgrades.
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Monitor Quality Report?
Will the system give you a report on the quality of your monitor?
Measuring a monitor's quality with the same device you used to calibrate it is of dubious benefit, though - as any error is likely to be repeated, so the device might well report that things are fine when they are not.
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App Support?iOS (Apple)
Android
Can you use the calibrator with an app on your Apple i device or Android device?
Note, this will allow you to display calibrated images within that app only - there is no general support for colour management on mobiles/tablets yet.
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DisplayCAL Support?
DisplayCAL is an open source application built on top of the excellent argyll cms open source colour management system.
It is available for Linux, Windows and OSX.
It's an extremely good calibration package, in many ways better than the manufacturer's own software, and well worth checking out - see this comprehensive page for details.
Often DisplayCAL can be used to rescue older calibrators when the manufacturer has stopped supporting legacy operating systems.
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Full Specifications
In The Box
Please Note:
We keep these details up to date to the best of our knowledge.
However if a particular item is of special importance to you please also check the manufacturer's listing for the product.
You will get:
- i1Display colorimeter
- i1Profiler profiling software for displays and projectors
- PANTONE Color Manager software and Quick Start Guide
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