

its my understanding that each software version from both companies has more features included as the price increases. X-Rite on the other hand uses the same reader on their two top end models and a different reader on their lower end Smile so I plan to buy the midrange Colormunki Display. That said, I do like the speed of the i1 Display Pro, makes a better workflow. Mr Graeme behind Argyll CMS wrote about that too. So some (more or less irrelevant) things can't be done with the CM, but if speed is no concern for you they are quite similar.
#Colormunki display vs spyder4pro pro#
From what I have read DataColor uses the same reader for all their solutions from the Express through the Pro to the Elite so the only difference is the software. The main difference of the ColorMunki (not the smile) and i1 Display Pro is speed. There are open source apps available that work with the hardware, I'm reading a bit more about Displa圜al which will work with all Spyder5 versions or the Colormunki Smile or the Colormunki Display. You still have to have the hardware (ie the Reader). It will only report the luminance value at the end of the calibration (I'm assuming its' software operates like the Spyder3's). The S4 Pro does not/cannot use the puck/sensor to measure white luminance in real time.

Browsing some reviews, it looks like it does.

then I'd be tempted to buy that over the Spyder4 Pro. Why do you think it is limited ?Its my understanding that its limited by the software version you own. If the Colormunki Display has the feature to measure the white luminance of the monitor via a real time readout from the puck/sensor. I have used the spyder4pro in the past with great results on my mid-2012. I did use it with the suplied software, I now use it with the software supplied by my monitor manufacturer. Select reviewers may receive discounted products or points for an honest.
