[Reseller] [To let] i1Display Pro Plus - Monitor Calibration Tool (JHB Only)

[johnny_h]

Item: i1Display Pro Plus - Monitor Calibration Tool
Age: N/A
Price: R250 for the first 24 hours, R200 for each 24 hours after that
Warranty: N/A
Packaging: N/A
Condition: Excellent
Location: JHB, Fourways
Reason: Reseller
Shipping: Unfortunately not at this point
Collection: Yes
Link: i1Display Pro Plus | X-Rite

I've seen a lack of options for monitor calibrations, so want to try and help out.
I've gotten an i1Display Pro Plus that I'm to renting out.

Unfortunately it's only in JHB (as it needs to be picked up, won't be shipping it).
It's also only for high iTrader members, and will require you to sign a contract, provide ID when collecting it and letting me take a picture of the ID as security.
I'm sorry about these requirements, but in today's times I need to protect myself quite a bit.

The device is pretty easy to use, if you use the X-Rite software it's extremely easy to go through the wizard and calibrate your screen with fantastic results.
If you want to get a bit advanced, Tim from Hardware Unboxed has a nice article on Techspot about how to use i1 Display calibrators:

How to Calibrate Your Monitor

Monitor calibration is very important to a creative professional's workflow, but pretty much anyone can benefit from it. Calibration will deliver color accuracy and correct problems with...

www.techspot.com

*Salesman pitch
Why should you use a monitor calibrator?
You may not know it, but chances are your screen isn't showing the colors that game devs or movie directors intended.
Not only is your screen calibrated different to others, but even things like your graphics card can cause a difference in what you're supposed to see vs what you do see.
Monitor calibrators are meant to solve this, to make sure you see what you're meant to see.


*Real Talk
This really works on all types of monitors, even if it's not high end, it can still have massive benefits.
In fact, the biggest difference I saw was when using it on my laptop - before using it I thought my screen was rubbish, it always had a foggy/hazy//cloudy image.
After calibrating it properly, it actually looks fantastic and got rid of that hazy/foggy filtered look.

Overall it's definitely worth it, no matter what screen you're using(it even works with Projectors!)

This device is also the Pro Plus model, meaning it can be used to calibrator OLED screens as it can read very dark levels of Black and up to 2000 nits for high end HDR TVs


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[feoZA]

Cool service, pity you're not doing Pretoria. Anyone in PTA wanna do something similar?


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[johnny_h]

Cool service, pity you're not doing Pretoria. Anyone in PTA wanna do something similar?


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Sorry, should have clarified, if you're willing to collect from me in fourways then I'm happy with that!

 

[AinsleyHarriott]

Has anybody calibrated the Checkers monitor yet?

 

[Mike]

Does this model work with HCFR? Would love to do 20 point IRE calibration!

How high itrader are we talking?

 

[Steveo]

Any chance we can just come to you with our monitors and you do the calibrating?

 

[johnny_h]

Does this model work with HCFR? Would love to do 20 point IRE calibration!

How high itrader are we talking?

I haven't personally tried, but it seems like it should

i1Display Pro Plus works with HCFR and ArgyllCMS

www.avsforum.com

At to itrader, I think even 40+ should be fine

Any chance we can just come to you with our monitors and you do the calibrating?

I wouldn't mind it if you really want, the calibration, but I would recommend a person do it themselves as they can calibrate it to their space (even the lighting in your room can make a difference to the colors you see on the screen!)

 

[mikewazar]

Good stuff!

 

[Mike]

At to itrader, I think even 40+ should be fine

Great, looking forward to getting in touch!

 

[johnny_h]

Has anybody calibrated the Checkers monitor yet?

A bit biased but I Calibrated one and saw great results (it was actually the first monitor I Calibrated, and I was excited with the results.
@Theo Lubbe also calibrated his I believe?

 

[Roan]

Very interested. You've got PM

 

[Roan]

I rented this colorimeter device from from Johnny on Sunday. After spending a whole day using it, setting up profiles and comparing software, I would like to share a few pointers with everyone:

Firstly, this works as advertised. This was the first time ever that I calibrated a PC monitor. I used it to calibrate my LG 27GL850, which had a reddish tint in RGB clamped mode before calibration. Very happy with the results after calibration - got neutral white, accurate colors and no tints. It did take some time to experiment with different software and combinations of options, so give yourself enough time to set up a few profiles properly and compare them. In the end I chose DisplayCAL to calibrate with, it offers more control, and creates slightly better looking profiles (in my opinion) than the standard software. It also starts up with Windows and enforces the color profile much better than Windows does, so it's basically an all in one app.

Don't expect to be blown away by the profiles it creates right away. There is a thing called color memory, where your brain gets used to certain colors and anything else doesn't look right (even though it's more natural). Give it some time, and after a couple of days you will really see the results. Most monitors these days are set up to be too vibrant, cool, and to oversaturate the colors. Some people like this, but I prefer the more natural color production, seeing colors as the creator intended. If you are like me, you're gonna love your monitor after calibration. I calibrated mine to 100% of the sRGB color gamut, since that is the system that almost all content is created on and for. Whites might look a bit yellow to begin with, but your eyes and brain will adjust in time.

Some tips I can give are to calibrate at the time of day when you use the monitor the most, since the ambient light makes a bigger difference than you might think - I had to redo the profiling during daytime, after spending a couple hours doing it at night. Also, when you've selected the options you're happy with, let it run about 3 or 4 times with the exact same options since the profiles aren't exactly the same every time (differing white-points, for example). Afterwards you can compare the ones you made and select the one you find most appealing. Also, another nice feature of DisplayCAL is that you can get all kinds of reports as to how accurate your profile is - use those features to find the best profile from the bunch. That tutorial that Johnny linked to in the original post is very informative, just follow it step by step and you can't go wrong. Lastly, you'll want to get your gamma as close to 2.20 as possible, and your white point as close to 6500K as possible (although I personally like the whites to be around 6700K). That will give you accurate colors and a nice bright white point which isn't too yellow or too blue.

Although calibrating a PC monitor isn't something that everyone wants to do the moment they get it, it really should be. An expensive graphics card and monitor is let down by inaccurate colors, and 99% of monitors aren't calibrated from factory. It's really great that Johnny is renting this colorimeter out, as I haven't seen anyone else offer this kind of service anywhere. And for the modest fee he's charging to get to use it for a day (vs buying new for R6500), I think this guy is going to be busy in the future renting it out. If you're on the fence about doing this, just go for it. I think anyone who owns a monitor should calibrate it at least once. So, the perfect solution to a problem you didn't know you had!

 

[johnny_h]

Thank you very much for the review and extra info on how to use it!
I really appreciate it!

 

[Roan]

Thank you very much for the review and extra info on how to use it!
I really appreciate it!

No problem bud. One more thing I forgot to mention is that, even when using DisplayCAL to force loading a specific color profile at Windows startup, there will always be certain apps and games that just ignore your profile and use a default profile. There isn't much you can do about this apart from making sure that your monitor is set up as close as you can get it to perfect through it's OSD (on-screen display). In other words, calibrate through hardware first, and then do the fine-tuning with the ICC profile. Luckily, DisplayCAL is nice enough to help you do this as the first step of the process, using the colorimeter to tell you how close you are to ideal reds, greens an blues while you adjust. Only after that step does it go into automatic calibration mode. Very useful software indeed, I'm very impressed with it.

 

[johnny_h]

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[johnny_h]

Bump, an example of how it helps even on highish end screens (Samsung QLED tv).
3 images taken:

1st image: Stock, just plugging in my laptop into the TV
2nd image: Taken after using the tool to properly set the RGB values (and turned off dynamic contrast etc)
3rd image : Taken seconds after number 2, only difference is the calibrated profile is loaded

You can see the difference when switching between the images (clicking on the next and previous arrows over the image).
The stock settings image is way too saturated and you can see detail is lost (look at things like the boat being completely black, shadows under the chairs are crushed in the first image).

The second image has the corrected RGB values and detail is visible in the picture

The third(calibrated) image has the white haze/fog removed, and even things like the grass and clouds around the sun are more vibrant. - note that things like smart LED, dynamic contrast etc are still disabled here

https://imgur.com/a/1vlXELr

Of course your mileage will vary with your own monitor

 

[johnny_h]

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[johnny_h]

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[johnny_h]

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[johnny_h]

Bump,

How about new dell S2721DGF owners looking to get the best out of their monitor?
Rtings calibration took it from 5.2 out of the box to 9.7 Dell S2721DGF Review

 

[Mike]

23 days till delivery 🤞🤞🤞

 

[Aluroth]

Just received my Dell S2721DGF and coming from TN panel the colors are amazing. I would love to calibrate it, but I'm in PTA

 

[johnny_h]

Just received my Dell S2721DGF and coming from TN panel the colors are amazing. I would love to calibrate it, but I'm in PTA

Ah sorry man 😔
If you're able to pick up from Fourways, I'm cool with that.
I'm more trying to keep it to face to face deals so that I can verify the person is who they say they are

 

[Ageless_ZA]

Quick simple review time.

So I got to test this out recently. My main goal was to match my 2x 4k screens colours. (same model but panel colouring was about 40% off between them)

Setup was dead simple, once I could get hold of the software, my timing sucked as the site was offline for maintenance. Luckily @johnny_h had a link to the software on hand and I was off and going in minutes after that. (I would bundle a USB with the drivers/software on it in future)

Software is super simple to use and I was able to get my desired colour matching done in less than 30 minutes. Well worth the money to get my setup just right.

Thanks again @johnny_h

And lastly, the man even personally hand delivered to my place of work as I had no time to be in one place to wait for a courier. Big ups!

 

[johnny_h]

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[johnny_h]

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[johnny_h]

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[johnny_h]

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[Z-one]

Item: i1Display Pro Plus - Monitor Calibration Tool
Age: N/A
Price: R250 for the first 24 hours, R200 for each 24 hours after that
Warranty: N/A
Packaging: N/A
Condition: Excellent
Location: JHB, Fourways
Reason: Reseller
Shipping: Unfortunately not at this point
Collection: Yes
Link: i1Display Pro Plus | X-Rite

I've seen a lack of options for monitor calibrations, so want to try and help out.
I've gotten an i1Display Pro Plus that I'm to renting out.

Unfortunately it's only in JHB (as it needs to be picked up, won't be shipping it).
It's also only for high iTrader members, and will require you to sign a contract, provide ID when collecting it and letting me take a picture of the ID as security.
I'm sorry about these requirements, but in today's times I need to protect myself quite a bit.

The device is pretty easy to use, if you use the X-Rite software it's extremely easy to go through the wizard and calibrate your screen with fantastic results.
If you want to get a bit advanced, Tim from Hardware Unboxed has a nice article on Techspot about how to use i1 Display calibrators:

How to Calibrate Your Monitor

Monitor calibration is very important to a creative professional's workflow, but pretty much anyone can benefit from it. Calibration will deliver color accuracy and correct problems with...

www.techspot.com

*Salesman pitch
Why should you use a monitor calibrator?
You may not know it, but chances are your screen isn't showing the colors that game devs or movie directors intended.
Not only is your screen calibrated different to others, but even things like your graphics card can cause a difference in what you're supposed to see vs what you do see.
Monitor calibrators are meant to solve this, to make sure you see what you're meant to see.


*Real Talk
This really works on all types of monitors, even if it's not high end, it can still have massive benefits.
In fact, the biggest difference I saw was when using it on my laptop - before using it I thought my screen was rubbish, it always had a foggy/hazy//cloudy image.
After calibrating it properly, it actually looks fantastic and got rid of that hazy/foggy filtered look.

Overall it's definitely worth it, no matter what screen you're using(it even works with Projectors!)

This device is also the Pro Plus model, meaning it can be used to calibrator OLED screens as it can read very dark levels of Black and up to 2000 nits for high end HDR TVs


FYI
--------

• For your and my protection please read our guide to safe dealing: Guide for safe dealing on Carbonite! | Guides, Stickies and Useful Stuff
• A deal is concluded for purposes of feedback when parties agree to a deal

Hi Johnny is this still available? Do you still rent out your colorimeter ?

 

[johnny_h]

Hi Johnny is this still available? Do you still rent out your colorimeter ?

Yessir!
I'm still renting it out, pm sent