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Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

I finally got my hands on a colorimeter and tried to calibrate by NEC 20WMGX2. I aimed for 6500 K and sRGB and got the following result: Brightness error = -11.830000 cd/m^2 White point error = 0.663961 deltaE Maximum neutral error (@ 0.913608) = 3.197052 deltaE Average neutral error...
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- Post #92
- Jun 27, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

I noticed some pretty strong banding in the colors on one of the smoothly varying test patterns. I imagine that could get removed by proper calibration. On the whole, it's probably not really worth proper calibrating for my usage, but I was curious so I took a look at the options. I noticed...
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- Post #63
- Oct 8, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

I understand the role of luck. But what I've been trying to figure out is whether I was unlucky or not. When you say "different brightness/contrast settings" do you mean my unit having a different brightness/contrast response than yours? Because I set the brightness contrast to the...
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- Post #61
- Oct 5, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

Shouldn't I get similar results from the other profiles? You're the only one who has posted profiles for this monitor, presumably all for the same unit, so if it's unit variation I should see similar results from other profiles. Similarly, if I did something wrong in software and I have double...
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- Post #59
- Oct 3, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

When you say L* is linear gamma does that mean that the various calibrations you posted above for the NEC 20WMGX2, which all say the target tonal response curve is L*, are trying to achieve a linear response (e.g. gamma exponent of 1)? But then you say that you're using sRGB? I understand...
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- Post #55
- Oct 1, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

I got got a NEC 20WMGX2 and am now trying to figure out the calibration---what I can do without special equipment. I picked one of the sets posted by xtnight at the top of this thread (6500K with the lower luminance value, I think 160). Does the ICM profile make much difference? When I was...
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- Post #53
- Sep 28, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

Thanks. I'm waiting for my NEC to arrive. In your earlier reply you said something about the tuner not using much power, and that caused me to check the power stats on the NEC. The specs claim it consumes 92W, which seems rather high, about 2/3 what my old 19" CRTconsumed. The 20"...
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- Post #1,220
- Sep 25, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

So in order for the TV tuner to work it needs an antenna plugged into the coax input? It won't just receive over the air using an internal antenna? My concerns about the TV tuner are not technical in nature. We don't have any TVs in the house and don't want to introduce one.
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- Post #1,217
- Sep 24, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

Does anybody know if there's a way to disable the TV tuner on the NEC 20WMGX2? How easy is it to discover and activate this function? I don't want a monitor that can receive TV signals, though I notice it tends to be a common feature. Is the glossy screen any glossier than a CRT?
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- Post #1,200
- Sep 21, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

I got a Viewsonic VG2030wm without understanding enough about LCDs. It suffers from a dramatic color shift from different viewing angles, which is problematic because sometimes we gather around the screen, or somebody will look at the screen while standing rather than sitting. So I'm looking...
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- Post #1,191
- Sep 19, 2007
- Forum: Displays

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