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| Pantone huey Pro MEU113 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pantone
Category: CE
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $89.99
You Save: $40.00 (31%)
New (7) Used (2) from $76.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  107 reviews
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp Home Edition
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 0.5 x 0.5
MPN: MEU113
Model: MEU113
UPC: 848826021843
EAN: 0848826021843
ASIN: B000OFC1YY
Release Date: April 6, 2007
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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| Customer Reviews:
 BEWARE! July 17, 2008
I purchased this item, when it came in I hooked it up and started to calibrate. I immediately noticed the colors did not seem right. After a week of messing up pictures I called into Pantone tech support and discovered this product has a hardware bug that causes a green color cast on some monitors. I have a Samsung Syncmaster 2253bw and it is one of them. As of this writing they say it "might" be fixed within a month but can't guarantee it. I have been out time and money and looks like a have to get another calibration system - I just wanted to let people know before they end up like my situation.
 Good, Inexpensive Calibration (While It Worked) July 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Our Huey Pro worked great for over a year. Then, all of a sudden, calibrations started leaving the screen a vivid pink color. I searched Pantone's support site (search for color cast) and found that they are aware that some units have this problem and are replacing them. You just open a ticket, include your serial number, some system info and your address, and they will send you a new unit. The bad news is that they are out of stock right now and don't expect to have them in stock until the end of July 2008. So we'll have to wait. I know this because I called their support number and after pressing only one number to get to support, an actual person answered the phone (with no hold - I know - shocking, isn't it?) and told me the status in a very frank and honest manner.
So even though ours is currently broken, I still give the product 4 stars because it's much more affordable than any other color calibration system I've seen and (when it was working) it did the job (at least all I needed). And now that we're having a problem, they are going to replace the unit with no hassles regarding warranty periods, etc.
If you are a serious photographer / graphics artist, stay away July 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've got a brand new Macbook Pro, and a Dell 24" LCD. After calibration, the monitors had a disturbing shade of magenta on them. Tried to find workarounds... spent a lot of time... but no use. Scoured the Internet and found a lot of people have this problem.
It CANNOT deliver on it's number one promise: Accurate Color Calibration. The rest, therefore, doesn't matter. I don't care how good the software is, or how handy the tool is.
Please stay away.
~Jazzwall
 Didn't work on my laptop... not sure about external displays. June 23, 2008
I tried using the Huey Pro on my laptop LCD screen and was disappointed at the results. However, this is because during the calibration I was asked to adjust both brightness and contrast so that certain images were displayed a certain way on my screen, and I didn't/couldn't. On a laptop to change either of these is only accessible via software with your video card, and mine wont let me change contrast, only brightness. This being said, I look forward to trying this product on my external display as soon as I get a chance to hook it up again, but I wanted to warn others that might try to use this on a laptop. My results on my laptop resulted in the pinkish cast that so many people on here complain about, but since this is not a fault with the Pantone software but rather my inability to change my contrast I'm not blaming a bad product, yet. I am giving it 2 stars because they failed to point out that you may have this trouble on laptops despite advertising that it worked on laptops. I will re-review this product after trying it on my desktop monitor. I will point out that the setup and calibration process was fairly simple and straight forward.
Beware... June 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was looking forward to having (from what I had heard) a very good calibration system. Well, after installing it and running the calibrater it rendered a VERY magenta cast to my calibration. I tried everything to correct for this problem. After a couple wasted hours I came across the FAQ on Pantone's site and come to find out, it is much more common than they would like to admit. I submitted several tech support emails and have yet to hear back from them. I am returning it back to Amazon as defective product and let them deal with it. Don't buy it...spend more money or rely on your own eyes for a much more accurate rendition of color!
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