Thinking about upgrading to ColorHug2 – is it worth it?

[Benjamin Geese]

Hello,

i have a mixed relationship with the ColorHug. I bought it pretty early with OK results on my ThinkPad, but since upgrading my Laptop and Monitor, it never produced satisfactory results for me. I did all the firmware upgrades when they where out and i tried it again from time to time.

On the other hand, I was and am amazed buy the great support, continued active development and free hardware upgrades for early buyers. It was a great and painless experience! Thumbs Up!

I am very interested in the ColorHug+, but i figure it will be quite some time until this one is available. So i am willing to give the ColorHug 2 a chance.

What are your experiences? Can I assume good results on a wide array of different devices? A good EIZO FS23XX gaming monitor (IPS), a 2010 High-Res MacBok Pro, some cheap LCDs at work?

Also i heard that some people are still interested in the ColorHug 1. If I upgrade, i would sell mine. Good condition, seldom used, relativly recent firmware with gasket and strap update. I think 30€ would be a fair price. What do you think?

[Richard Hughes]

On 22 January 2016 at 09:00, Benjamin Geese <beni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i have a mixed relationship with the ColorHug. I bought it pretty early with
> OK results on my ThinkPad, but since upgrading my Laptop and Monitor, it
> never produced satisfactory results for me. I did all the firmware upgrades
> when they where out and i tried it again from time to time.

Did you upgrade to an LED backlight by any chance?

> On the other hand, I was and am amazed buy the great support, continued
> active development and free hardware upgrades for early buyers. It was a
> great and painless experience! Thumbs Up!

Great, good to hear.

> What are your experiences? Can I assume good results on a wide array of
> different devices? A good EIZO FS23XX gaming monitor (IPS), a 2010 High-Res
> MacBok Pro, some cheap LCDs at work?

I've had very few people complain of gamut mismatch with the CH2,
compared to a fair number for CH1. I'm much happier selling the CH2
knowing it is much more likely to work with modern screen types
without a CCMX matrix.

> Also i heard that some people are still interested in the ColorHug 1. If I
> upgrade, i would sell mine. Good condition, seldom used, relativly recent
> firmware with gasket and strap update. I think 30€ would be a fair price.
> What do you think?

FYI, I'm happy with people selling on used devices here; I have just
one remaining of the new stock and so when that's gone anyone who
wants a CH1 will have to buy one secondhand.

Richard