This has been touched on in some of my other posts, but I haven't every asked about it specifically. I'm looking for a color calibration solution that provides good color accuracy, but is as economical as possible. I just bought a Dell 2209WA (had to ebay it since it appears to be discontinued), and now that I have a decent screen, I want to make sure it works well too. I have a triple-monitor set up, so ideally I'd get each calibrated but use the Dell as my primary Photoshop view.
What is the best strategy to calibrate the screen? Do I really need to buy one of these units, or can I just rent one (as was mentioned on one thread), or even buy and sell a unit. I know there is also software calibration too. . .I'm just new to this entire effort, so I am looking for a cheap but quality solution (and maybe a brief mention of the process involved in implementing it).