What I do know is that the i1 Display Pro has been available since July 2011. Ok, I'll admit I don't know anything about color calibration. I will read up in that.Īs far as I know, QC problems aside, the S3 is one of the only ones that is good for wide gamut I wouldn't at all be surprised if the S4 turns out to be better than the S3 though. Granted testing is still in the early stages for the i1 Display Pro so it remains to see how it will pan out in the long run. Maybe the Spyder4 will be amazing and the best yet but there are no reviews or tests regarding it yet, but the i1 Display Pro is already showing some extremely positive signs in early testing (see also the Dry Creek tests where in their initial test so far it has had less copy to copy variation than anything under $2500). I have some early hints that it might even read, straight out of the box, my wide gamut monitor BETTER than my $900 i1 Pro Spectrometer. It tests well on a wide array of display types. When I look back at 'double-shielded filters' I feel like a mark at worst buy being given the Monster Cable sales pitch. Other units take only 10 seconds so I'm surprised by that. One thing I just noticed in the chart below is the huge recalibration time. My suggestion is if you have the S3Pro, return it for the S4Pro and see how you get on w/ it and if need be, upgrade teh software to Elite. For many, the Pro is more than enough but if you're going to try to match multiple monitors and/or some other features, the Elite may be preferred. They sell you the same hardware and make the $$ difference in the software (which is keyed to the hardware). I doubt the S4 is $80 more than the equiv S3. Make sure you're comparing the same thing. Not sure but the spyder 3 works very well for me What kinds of folks should upgrade to the 4 for that super duper double shielded filters? I haven't opened the Spyder 3 Elite, yet. On average, accuracy and precision are improved by 26% and 19% respectively. The DataColor site says, 'The fourth-generation sensor uses double-shielded filters for longer life and better performance. Unfortunately, I just noticed the Spyder 4 was released! The 4 Elite is $250, almost $80 more than the 3. I just bought the Spyder 3 to go along with my Dell U2711.

Spyder 4 elite vs spyder 5 pro