If I go with Colorvision Spyder II to calibrate my monitor....

[kundalini]

If I go with Colorvision Spyder II to calibrate my monitor, which package do you suggest? Since Big Mike uses it, that's a ringing endorsement. The three I have seen reviews on are the

Express $70USD
Suite $117USD
Pro $190

I have one main monitor - LCD and a backup CRT (working, but not in use right now). Although I don't print at home that much, with the holidays coming up, I just might spit out a few as gifts. For printers, I have an HP Officejet and a Deskjet and an Epson lurking around somewhere.

I don't foresee going to a dual monitor setup in the near future.

Suite & Pro include PrintFIX Plus, but the reviews aren't zingers. The question is if the extra $47 is worth upgrading to the Suite or is money better spent to add the extra $73 on top of the Suite to get the Pro?

Thanks.

Any other suggestions on offer?

 

[Alpha]

Go with express. The hardware is the same, and you don't have any need for multiple monitor profiles.

Printing profiles are a whole 'nother ballgame that I wouldn't trust to Spyder.

 

[SpeedTrap]

Yup, I have the Suite and I wish I had just saved the money,
The print software is nice, but you need to buy additional hardware to do anything very useful with it.
But I do like the Colorvision Spyder II as a whole, I have been using it for about 4 months now and am happy with it.
Now if I can only get rid of all my middle grey, Right max.

 

[JIP]

You should search this has been discussed a million times I asked the same question and got a good reply from the afformentioned Big guy......

http://thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92778&highlight=colorvision+spyder

With a good link to compare the differences in prices......

http://www.colorvision.com/product-whichsolution.php

And here are my search results...

http://www.colorvision.com/product-whichsolution.php

As you can see done and done again....

 

[Holy Ghosted]

Ya JIP but things can change in that time and some have like the new spyder 3 is out and may want to be considered over the 2. Although I have only seen the pro 3 for $170 and the elite $280 and may be out of his budget but still options he may want to consider.