Monitor Calibration

[A8cole]

So just got a new monitor and wanted to calibrate it. Noticed on the Manufacturers website there are currently no profiles or drivers available. Other than the Windows monitor calibration, anyone used an online calibration or any cheap hardware to calibrate their monitors? I am currently using a calibration a found on overclock.net but not very happy with it. Here is the monitor I purchased:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236153


Thanks,
Cole

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Calibration is usually not necessary unless you have a high-end monitor and you need absolute color correctness for image editing etc.

If you only do gaming, why bother?

[Bizman]

If you want your pictures look the same both on your screen and from your printer, look at this little guide. As you might know or not, calibrating a monitor is mainly for making monitor picture and prints look alike, a very important thing if you're making publications as your profession. But then again, your monitor isn't qualified to that kind of use. So I guess you'd rather like to adjust than calibrate your monitor for your needs.

For other purposes like gaming you can choose from the presets or, if you don't like them, adjust the available settings to what you like. This page has a ton of tools to find the right setting a little easier. From those I have used the Iiyama and the Nokia ones, but choose for yourself.

[A8cole]

If you want your pictures look the same both on your screen and from your printer, look at this little guide. As you might know or not, calibrating a monitor is mainly for making monitor picture and prints look alike, a very important thing if you're making publications as your profession. But then again, your monitor isn't qualified to that kind of use. So I guess you'd rather like to adjust than calibrate your monitor for your needs.

For other purposes like gaming you can choose from the presets or, if you don't like them, adjust the available settings to what you like. This page has a ton of tools to find the right setting a little easier. From those I have used the Iiyama and the Nokia ones, but choose for yourself.

Awesome, I will take a look at the link you provide. Thanks! Yeah the standard presets do not look good to me at all. Yeah I am not doing any photo editing but was just wanted to "tweak" one of the presets to my liking and wasn't sure if there was  a specific tool or software that anyone was using to accomplish that.

Thanks again,
 

[Bizman]

Glad I could help. 

[jigsaw]

If you're only gaming you really don't have to worry about calibration. There are a couple games out (Crysis 2 for example) that will grab your color profile after you exit the game and not let go until you reset it though.

I've used several calibration devices over the years for photography that requires accurate color. Spyder, Eye-One, Colormunki, etc. Of those I really like the Colormunki. It's extremely fast, super accurate, hands off the monitor buttons, and can also profile other devices like printers, and projectors so that you have a completely matched system.

[A8cole]

If you're only gaming you really don't have to worry about calibration. There are a couple games out (Crysis 2 for example) that will grab your color profile after you exit the game and not let go until you reset it though.

I've used several calibration devices over the years for photography that requires accurate color. Spyder, Eye-One, Colormunki, etc. Of those I really like the Colormunki. It's extremely fast, super accurate, hands off the monitor buttons, and can also profile other devices like printers, and projectors so that you have a completely matched system.

I think I might actually try the Colormunki at this point. I have tried to calibrate manually "eyeballing" it and just does not seem as crisp or the colors right compared to my old monitor. May just be me, but I have tried all different test images etc and end up just resetting the calibration file and monitor itself back to default. I am assuming it is not the monitor as I have no dead pixels or any LED light bleed in the corners as I have read in some other reviews of the monitor.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I think I might actually try the Colormunki at this point. I have tried to calibrate manually "eyeballing" it and just does not seem as crisp or the colors right compared to my old monitor. May just be me, but I have tried all different test images etc and end up just resetting the calibration file and monitor itself back to default. I am assuming it is not the monitor as I have no dead pixels or any LED light bleed in the corners as I have read in some other reviews of the monitor.

Calibration won't help if your new monitor has a different type of panel. Low response time TN screens have worse colors than slower IPS screens. Then there are TN screens and TN screens. Worst ones are like looking through a thick fog.

[A8cole]

Calibration won't help if your new monitor has a different type of panel. Low response time TN screens have worse colors than slower IPS screens. Then there are TN screens and TN screens. Worst ones are like looking through a thick fog.

Yeah the colors are great, but it almost seems like the saturation is way over, or as you said a "thick fog". I have tried turning down the saturation levels, brightness, basically everything. It looks fine just think it could be better but may just be hoping for too much.