The main differences between each models is the amount of fine-tuning and calibration comparison that is available. The inside look to Spyder 4’s Color Sensor Engine Do I get the Spyder 4 Express, Pro, or Elite? It’s a fairly straightforward process, like driving a car without knowing how an internal combustion engine work. The software then displays the different colors and makes the adjustments with the graphic card and monitor profile to compensate the differences in color. The Spyder 4 unit works by being placed on the screen of a monitor with its sensor sitting right on the monitor itself. This Spyder works in tangent with the profiling software in reading how your monitor is showing the Red, Green, Blue, White, and Black colors compared to its own database of those colors. In the package, you get the software on CD and the hardware that dangles in front of your monitor. So if you are not familiar with the way the Spyder 4 colorimeter calibration system works, here is a quick overview: If the Spyder 4 can calibrate different manufacturer’s computer monitors, it should be capable of calibrating different Android phones, right? That said, I couldn’t test out those Apple products because I don’t have them ( gasp!). Hopefully it’ll be something they can implement in the future. But unfortunately, no love for Android users like me. Oh, and here’s a cool kicker for you Apple fans: The Spyder 4 also calibrates your iPhone and iPad. Now I can put all my Photoshop panels and Lightroom Grid on the second screen and keep my first screen relatively clutter-free. That helped me adjust my monitor to match the laptop screen a little bit better and really makes it easy to use my laptop monitor as my second screen for Lightroom and Photoshop. I love Spyder 4 Elite’s StudioMatch multi-monitor calibration that allows you to fine tune each monitors independently to match each other. It seems that the older and less high-end the monitor is, the harder the calibration seems to be. The LG HDTV monitor and the Gateway LCD had problems getting the correct calibration and I had to tweak the initial adjustments on the monitor a little bit more.
Three displays calibrated without a hitch – the Acer laptop, the iMac, and the Westinghouse monitor. I tested the Spyder 4 Elite on five monitors: My Acer 4820TG-780S laptop screen, My LG22LG30 HDTV monitor, my friend’s iMac screen, a Gateway LCD monitor, and a Westinghouse LCD monitor. How fast you will get your display calibrated correctly will depend on how old your screen is, but overall once it’s done, all five of the monitors that I tested look good. UPDATE: After thinking about it overnight, I decided to upgrade my rating to 5 out of 5 because the Spyder 4 Elite did really do its job.
Does the Spyder 4 Elite have what it takes?
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