Colorvision, SPYDER3 Tv, Colorimeter

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 2.5 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001A34HXC
• Item model number: S3TV100
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,638 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 19, 2005

Product Description

Product Description

The SPYDER3 Tv Colorimeter Delivers an easy-to-use solution for optimizing any TV for a better viewing experience. Made from High grade material. Provides high quality output.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money., December 29, 2008

By	I. Oshima "ioski" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I thought perhaps a little pricey when I bought it, but given two factors; how much I spent on the HDTV big screen and that it really did improve the picture setting and therefore my viewing happiness. It does take a bit of time and remote control clicking. It took me an hour of distracted time so I figure in dedicated time probably would take 30 minutes or so. You will need a laptop to load the software on and connect the sensor. I ended up using a tripod to get the sensor close to the TV's screen since when I used the suction cup it ended up not sticking after a time and fell on the floor so I was lucky it didn't break the sensor. If you get this device, I wouldn't recommend using the suction cup to attach it to the screen. Other than that, happy with the results and need to go to my other smaller bedroom HDTV and then... friend's?? as a freebie?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works Fine For Me, March 5, 2009

By	Eric J. Capasso (Streamwood, IL. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought the Spyder 3TV along with the DVE DVD for my 52inch Samsung. What every one has said about the Spyder not having some options for adjustment is true, they could have made the computer program have more options for some adjustments or have more set up options. Now, I took the DVE DVD and did a comparison with what the Spyder 3TV said my LCD should be set at. The only difference was the brightness. The Spyder program told me to set the brightness lower then the DVE DVD, but not by much. How ever, I did find out that there are some bad Spyder 3TV probes. After doing some reviews on the Spyder probes that some are being shipped that are not calibrated properly, sometimes you do get a bad apple thats why I bought the DVE DVD as well as the Spyder. The one I have works and works great. My LCD looked good out of the box, but now the picture looks great. I'm thinking about taking my lap top and putting up a few advertisements, not charging as much a Best Buy charges but maybe $50 to $100 to set up other TVs. I have already set up about 20 TVs for friends and family, why not get paid for it....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars But how do you use it?, February 27, 2009

By	Inventor "InventorNC" (Triad, NC) - See all my reviews

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We have a DLP TV that we want to calibrate with a Spyder3. We had high hopes but seem to be in for a disappointment.

Does anyone know how to tripod mount the sensor next to the screen? The mounting gadget holds the sensor so that the sensor would not be mounted against the screen unless we dig a hole in the screen. The mount extends out past the front plane of the sensor!

We requested an answer from the maker days ago and have received no response - not too helpful. The "help" infrormation on the web is not at all helpful. The pictures are fuzzy and vague, the words are equally so.

Actually I give the firm and product a zero or one star but hate to do so if there is some logical explanation for fuzzy instructions and non-existent help. Doesn't look good so far.
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We have returned this product to the store. The factory is just not answering our questions in anything like a timely manner, and when it does the information has been wrong and/or not in response to our questions. It is frustrating to get an answer to a question that we did not ask, no?
It is possible that the DLP LED TV can not be calibrated with this device, we will never know. We wasted tens of hours trying to get information and trying to calibrate and we got nowhere. Pity, the concept is good.