MontyMM Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 I have my eye an HD projector for this year, and that will certainly require proper calibration. I can sort of justify the expense, because I don't have a TV (on account of the toxic drivel.) It would be great for watching good movies, and games at cinematic sizes will be sweet.
Farlo Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 Apparently setting everything on my monitor to default values, including the OS stuff, it looks like crap. Everything's dark and muted... for example, the forum's navbar is almost the same color as the background. Now I've screwed around with it so much that I can't fix it :(
Besidilo Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Ok, so just configure custom RBG, contrast and brightness, then apply the ICC?What about the vibrant color feature from nvidia? It's 50% by default I think, but if I move the slide all the way left my monitor becomes b&w, lol.You should disable all driver enhancements when adjusting your gamma, contrast or brightness.
Besidilo Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Refer to this database - https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm#d' date=' try the posted settings and read the review. It is one of the better calibrated models from that year.[/quote']That site doesn't have mine: ASUS VH236H' date=' can you point me to one?[/quote']I think my mate has this monitor, or a very similar model, I'll see what he got out of it. From what I see on AVS Forums and Overclock.net, it's very hard to calibrate this monitor and the results aren't satisfying, to say the least. I can link you to a few more interesting posts I found, but I can't guarantee any luck here.
Farlo Posted February 7, 2013 Author Posted February 7, 2013 Refer to this database - https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm#d' date=' try the posted settings and read the review. It is one of the better calibrated models from that year.[/quote']That site doesn't have mine: ASUS VH236H' date=' can you point me to one?[/quote']I think my mate has this monitor, or a very similar model, I'll see what he got out of it. From what I see on AVS Forums and Overclock.net, it's very hard to calibrate this monitor and the results aren't satisfying, to say the least. I can link you to a few more interesting posts I found, but I can't guarantee any luck here.Might as well, it's proving to be a real pain so I just gave up and settled on an over-HDR-ified preset for now.
justjr Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Ok, so just configure custom RBG, contrast and brightness, then apply the ICC?What about the vibrant color feature from nvidia? It's 50% by default I think, but if I move the slide all the way left my monitor becomes b&w, lol.You should disable all driver enhancements when adjusting your gamma, contrast or brightness.It does not give me this option. I can't find where to disable it... slider to the left = b&w
Besidilo Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Ok, so just configure custom RBG, contrast and brightness, then apply the ICC?What about the vibrant color feature from nvidia? It's 50% by default I think, but if I move the slide all the way left my monitor becomes b&w, lol.You should disable all driver enhancements when adjusting your gamma, contrast or brightness.It does not give me this option. I can't find where to disable it... slider to the left = b&w"Other applications control color settings"
justjr Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Ok, I look dumb now, lol. Well it seems to make no difference, 50% digital vibrant is looks exactly like default.
Besidilo Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Calibrate with hardware controls first, once you can't make any more viable adjustments there, you can then tweak gamma in Color Management or Nvidia Control Panel.
justjr Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 It's already exactly like the link suggest. I was using it waaaay to bright. Thank you!
Besidilo Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 It's good that you mention it, actually. A monitor that is properly calibrated to 6500K, 2.2 Gamma and 120 cd/m2, will usually appear dim and even desaturated to an untrained eye. That feeling goes away rather fast, it only takes a few hours, maybe a couple of days, to get used to the new settings and most people are reluctant to go back to using an uncalibrated monitor. The difference becomes obvious once you start comparing photos on your screen.
justjr Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Yeah, whites definitely did not look like white, now I think I am getting used. I am watching Arrow and the contrast is superb. And less bright mean more healthy eyes and less energy spent.
buggatti Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Depends what you want to use it for, but I calibrate my Acer X233H with the tool I linked earlier and I've never had any anomalies on my print outs.I also have the x233h. Can you post its calibration . Thanks
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