Mitch Alland asked: > I am about to buy the new Spyder LCD/CRT with either PhotoCal or > Optical which I shall be using to profile my LaCie Electron 19 > Blue III. What are the advantages of getting Optical rather than > PhotoCal considering that I am dealing with only one monitor. I have both. I've gone back to using PhotoCal (the cheaper one) because it works just as well and is easier. The other one is harder to use, but allows tweaking when calibrating a slew of monitors. Tim Olive - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.