I'm thinking about getting into DIY display calibration but money is tight these days. Is there someone who rents display meters such as a Chroma 5 for a week or so?

good question.

I have a two aged spyder sensors...or should I say door stops.

I had decent luck with the spyders (at least to my eyes) when they were new - but would prefer a new meter that is not as disposable as the spyder but I really don't want to spend the money on something that can be calibrated.

it would be ideal if I knew 2-3 people locally who would be interested in some sort of a meter time share program. guess this would also be possible to do non-locally, but with increased risk and complexity.

renting seems like a great option, assuming that the age/certification of the meter can be demonstrated.

Greetings

Considering the potential for wear and tear and abuse ... I'd think the meter might need to be recertified after every rental trip.

$100 for the re-cert ... and $100 for a week's rental ... and $50 shipping ... and that might be 50% of the cost of the probe right there. :(

regards

Software would be an additonal costly add on. If you did it legitimately, you would have to use CalMan Pro or other professional software package as the others are licensed only for individual use. Not to mention the numerous calls for "How do I do this?", which someone could charge another $50/hr. for support. Tack another $100 or so onto the rental for that. So, you are looking at possibly $200 for rental plus $50 for shipping plus $100 for re-calibration. Therefore, in the end, might as well have had the professional come out. Probably cheaper.

Well I found someone who rents I1 Pro's (2 weeks) which'll work with ColorHCFR. If there's anyone in the SF bay area willing to go halves, or 1/3 if enough people are interested PM me.

While I think its important to support the calibration community, IMO there's nothing wrong with learning to DIY too :)

Greetings

There is nothing wrong with DIY ... It comes down to cost of your time versus the cost of the service.

If the cost of your time is worth little and you simply want to learn ... go for it. We all had to do that ourselves at some point.

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Well I found someone who rents I1 Pro's (2 weeks) which'll work with ColorHCFR. If there's anyone in the SF bay area willing to go halves, or 1/3 if enough people are interested PM me.

WOW! Kudos to whoever is brave enough to do that.