IMHO The best way to conform this would be to call or email Datacolor support. On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Magnus Berg <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm very interested in this 'Spyder 3' - 'wide gammut display' > combination to. I just found an article, dated April 28 2010, with the > following information: > > "Usually if the sensor and software is more than a year or two old it is > filtered and configured to respond to the much smaller color gamut of > home/office monitor and displays; and using it with a new wide color > gamut display can result in a poor or even skewed, inaccurate > calibration and profile. I have found the most recent Spyder3 sensor and > software will work very effectively with new wide color gamut > professional displays and provide accurate calibration and profiling, > and the latest Spyder3 sensitometer will also work with other brand > software effectively like NEC’s Spectraview 2." > > http://blog.shutterbug.com/davidbrooks/new_datacolor_spyder3_elite_version_4/ > > The Spyder 3 is a old one that may have been improved during the years. > But to believe it a test with a spectrophotometer would be a good thing. > > Magnus Berg > > P.S. I'm using my Spyder 3 with a Nec 2690wuxi2. On the package to my > Spyder 3 I see a copyright symbol followed by 2009. But who knows > exactly then the improvement was made? D.S. > > > 2010-08-26 13:05, andrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx skrev: > >> And yes, may be it looks correct for you. It's your choice... until > >> you want > >> to write a review about a display... > >> May be you will publish erroneous measures and you will judge the test > >> specimen based on your erroneous measures. So, I feel it is very > >> dangerous! > >> (If you care about the quality of your reviews and your integrity, I > >> would > >> suggest you to check your results with a spectrophotometer before you > >> would > >> publish that review. Or at least make a note about this possible issue.) > > > > Thanks Janos for your important note. > > > > I bought the Spyder3Pro because Datacolor says it's compatible with > > wide gamut displays. I repeat, I'm not sure if > > > > I profiled with in-bundle software and I expect results are correct, I > > guess inside obvious limits of a cheap colorimeter. Argyll results are > > similar, better looking to the numbers. > > > > I'm an amateur and not a pro, I don't have any heavy color constrain, > > so I think this is acceptable. > > > > The article could be affected by this issue, sure I write a note about > > it (thanks a lot!), but in any case I think could be a good starting > > point, even if you use a better colorimeter or a spectrophotometer. > > > > I hope I will have the chance to test with another instrument. > > > > -- Adam Kielcz