Thread: Getting someone to calibrate your monitor

Quote: I use a Pantone Huey calibrator. They retail for about £60 and do a pretty decent job for an entry level device. A nice feature is that you can leave it sitting on your desk and it will automatically adjust the display depending on ambient light conditions. Well worth the money in my opinion. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm wondering whether the untrained eye could see a significant difference between a monitor calibrated by a...

Quote: Originally Posted by auric Thanks for the recommendation. I'm wondering whether the untrained eye could see a significant difference between a monitor calibrated by a "decent entry level device" and one calibrated by a top of the range colorimeter. probably not. you only need high end colour accuracy if you're doing a lot of colour critical work. It's also useful if you need to match the output of a...

no, I apologize, I didn't mean you have made a bad purchase the fact is that many gamers (obviously not your case) are approaching this screen as one of the best monitors ever thus not realising that in order to get a good image on it you need to calibrate it and even start switching between different color presents depending on what kind of work you are doing on it, sRGB for web browsing and word processing, Game for games etc and...

Quote: Originally Posted by auric Anyway, I didn't want a TN screen because of the poor viewing angles and washed out colours Never understood peoples whine about TN panels, yes you could argue about vieiwing angles but when are you gonna be 100 degrees from the side etc? And for colours they do not look washed out, my old samsung has amazing colours, very bright and a high amount of contrast, maybe not real world colours but it...

Quote: Originally Posted by unknownsock Never understood peoples whine about TN panels, yes you could argue about vieiwing angles but when are you gonna be 100 degrees from the side etc? Are you being serious? Even sitting back in my chair would result in a colour shift, darking the entire image. That's exactly why I opted for the U2410 and I'm glad I did - great viewing angles, great gaming performance, great display. TN panels...

Quote: Originally Posted by auric Seems like a long shot but has anyone known someone to accept payment to calibrate a monitor for them? I've bought a Dell UT2410, which has excellent colour reproduction--when calibrated. Buying a colorimeter would cost almost as much as the monitor itself, paying someone who already owns one to calibrate it for you makes a lot more sense to me. Have a look in the photograph sub-forum.

I use a Pantone Huey calibrator. They retail for about £60 and do a pretty decent job for an entry level device. A nice feature is that you can leave it sitting on your desk and it will automatically adjust the display depending on ambient light conditions. Well worth the money in my opinion.