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calibrated LCD monitor too dark

Postby dsc » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:37 pm

Hi everyone,

lately I've been struggling with the settings of my home LCD monitor, which is an older model bought around 3-4 years ago (Samsung 173P Plus). I've used this:

http://www.momentskept.com/MonitorCalibration.htm

to calibrate the display, but even though it 'passes' the tests on that website everything is so damn dark! For example I was looking at the second photo from the top in this topic:

http://www.home-barista.com/grinders/el ... 11500.html

today at work (some Dell LCD) and I could see all the detail, the left puck being brighter in colour than the other, the grinds on top of both puck and so on. At home I can't see shit, seriously just two black circles on beige background.

Can anyone explain what the hell is going on?

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RE: calibrated LCD monitor too dark

Postby DrTom » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:44 pm

Hello dsc,

Which OS are you using?
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Postby dsc » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:56 pm

Hi Tom,

ah forgot to add, Win XP Pro with SP2 and I've got an NVidia 7600GT.

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RE: re

Postby DrTom » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:07 pm

Hello dsc,

Do you use the NVIDIA Control Panel? (Start Menu>Control Panel>Display>Settings (tab)>Advanced(bottom right button)>GeForce 7600 GT (tab)> Start the NVIDIA Control Panel(button)>Display (left hand side 'Select a Task')>Adjust desktop colour settings

Hopefully you can now tweak your settings further and turn your brightness up?

Good luck 8)
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RE: re

Postby dsc » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:13 pm

Hi Tom,

yeah but I've used it to calibrate everything properly according to those test pics on that calibration site and it's still all very dark. That's the problem, if I tweak it more and turn up the brightness (which is at 82% anyway) it won't be properly calibrated.

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RE: re

Postby DrTom » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:21 pm

That's a very strange problem indeed.

Can you think of any reason why gif and JPEG would display with different colour profiles on your machine?
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RE: re

Postby dsc » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:45 am

Hi Tom,

dunno really, the desktop looks pretty good and I can use programs without them being too dark. It's only the damn photos that look bad and not bright enough.

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RE: re

Postby motoman » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:02 am

I have a 'Spyder Elite' screen calibration device that you are welcome to borrow, just as long as it is postage to Surrey and not Poland.

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RE: re

Postby dsc » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:22 pm

Hi motoman,

PM sent!

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RE: re

Postby awlred » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:59 am

Try raising the Gamma setting in nVidia CP this won't adjust the colours and should bring everything brighter without bleaching out fainter tones
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