IOW, I think you're on the right track there, maybe for more reasons than you knew. The tougher question is the one you seem focused on, whether to save some money and get the more basic i1 Display Studio. I have its predecessor (possibly older twin) the ColorMunki Display, and I've been quite happy with it. That said, these devices don't work with the full capabilities some of the more sophisticated / higher-end monitors, which do work with i1 Display Pro / i1 Display Pro Plus. You say you may be upgrading one or both of your monitors later this year. How far up you think you may want to go with this upgrade may be the best way to decide which colorimeter to get. Studio is what used to be a ColorMunki Display Colorimeter - do not buy it. "The hardware for both of these devices is identical with two exceptions. The body of the devices are different colors and the i1Display Pro measures up to 5x faster than conventional colorimeters. Both of these devices feature the newly designed colorimeter from X-rite giving you enhanced color accuracy and repeatability." #Separation studio 4 $380 pro# I'm not in a big hurry for calibration/profiling, so I've been happy with the ColorMunki when used with Displa圜AL. The included software wasn't nearly as good.
Just like X-Rite "Colormunki Display" colorimeter (not to mix it with X-Ritie ColorMunki spectrophotometers) this X-Rite "i1Display Studio" colorimeter (not to mix it with X-Rite i1Studio which is again a spectrophotometer) is _NOT_ supported by applications like NEC SpectraView II. so somebody who has or might (hope in the future to) have a normal display like NEC or EIZO shall stay away from this crippled device. Just like X-Rite "Colormunki Display" colorimeter (not to mix it with X-Ritie ColorMunki spectrophotometers) this X-Rite "i1Display Studio" colorimeter (not to mix it with X-Rite i1Studio which is again a spectrophotometer) but of course if you only deal with no-NEC/EIZO-name monitors with ArgyllCMS by all means get it and save some money.
To be clear, AFAIK the spectrophotometer was the ColorMunki Photo, so "ColorMunki" without more is ambiguous. There was also the ColorMunki Smile, which was a more simplified device for displays only, which I assume (but don't know for certain) was a colorimeter.
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