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Title: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Getback on April 13, 2014, 08:05:35 PM
Also there's shadowing in game play.

How do I fix this?
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: ebfd11 on April 13, 2014, 09:01:09 PM
Are shadows enabled in game?? And what do you mean colors are wrong, can you please go into detail?
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Getback on April 13, 2014, 09:48:53 PM
Are shadows enabled in game?? And what do you mean colors are wrong, can you please go into detail?

green is more yellow, text is faint or not rich. I guess there's different hues of each color than what was on my LCD. Also they're blurry. I'm not sure about the shadows. Where is that located?

Thanks for the help!
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: ImADot on April 13, 2014, 10:48:02 PM
Is Windows running in the native resolution of your new monitor?

Here's a decent web site to help "eyeball" some basic calibration settings...might help.

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ (http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/)
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: morfiend on April 13, 2014, 10:49:02 PM
 Sounds like it needs calibration!


  do a search for LCD calibration,you can find free calibration stuff,you may need to burn a CD/DVD and simply follow the directions.

  I would do that before you try to make adjustment with your vidcard settings.



   YMMV.


   :salute


  PS: I guess Dot beat me to it,should have read his post before I posted mine..... :o
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 14, 2014, 12:15:54 AM
Sounds more like a bad cable. Are you using a VGA connector perhaps? That can cause the said problems if the cable is damaged or cable length is too long.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Randy1 on April 14, 2014, 04:48:23 AM
W7 has a pretty descent color calibration built in just right click on the desktop.  Start with the monitor in default or standard settings.

Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 14, 2014, 10:28:19 AM
Your text may also become blurry if you forced anisotropic filtering in your graphics settings. AH doesn't like that.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: DREDIOCK on April 14, 2014, 07:48:36 PM
Lay off the scotch
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 14, 2014, 10:53:29 PM
As a rule of thumb anyway, if you bought a new device and its picture doesn't look right, chances are you got a lemon. Get active, find out if the monitor looks bad also on other computers and on other cables and if it does you need to RMA it.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: zack1234 on April 15, 2014, 01:26:22 AM
Make  cup  of tea and sit down fiddling with your settngs for a day :old:

It took ages for me to get images correct :old:

HDMI is the best...blue touch paper :)

Blurry icons as stated is defo a graphics card setting sort :old:
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 15, 2014, 01:45:05 AM
Make  cup  of tea and sit down fiddling with your settngs for a day :old:

It took ages for me to get images correct :old:

HDMI is the best...blue touch paper :)

Blurry icons as stated is defo a graphics card setting sort :old:

All of the digital connected monitors I have had have had picture perfect images right from the box. No blurryness, no color defects that would jump out on you. Calibration is a whole other issue but that's mostly required only if you do serious photo work. If the picture is so much off that the colors argue with your eye there's usually something wrong with the hardware or cables.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: zack1234 on April 15, 2014, 01:47:15 AM
DVI "is" different to HDMI :old:

Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Getback on April 15, 2014, 05:44:53 AM
As a rule of thumb anyway, if you bought a new device and its picture doesn't look right, chances are you got a lemon. Get active, find out if the monitor looks bad also on other computers and on other cables and if it does you need to RMA it.

That's the conclusion I came to. I put my old monitor back on. It's too late to RMA it. I bought it last year for another computer and never got around to checking it out until Sunday.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Drane on April 15, 2014, 07:48:55 AM
That's the conclusion I came to. I put my old monitor back on. It's too late to RMA it. I bought it last year for another computer and never got around to checking it out until Sunday.

Long shot here but you could try calling the manufacturer and explain the situation. They might make things right or be willing to compromise a solution. Worst that can happen is they say no.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Rich46yo on April 15, 2014, 08:02:31 AM
DVI "is" different to HDMI :old:



One has audio, one doesnt. Shouldnt be a factor.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Drane on April 15, 2014, 08:15:10 AM
One has audio, one doesnt. Shouldnt be a factor.

You are probably right about shouldn't be a factor, however, there are analog (DVI-A), digital (DVI-D), and both analog & digital (DVI-I) DVI cables. Something to watch out for.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Randy1 on April 15, 2014, 08:41:20 AM
I really do think this is calibration problem with the monitor.  Did you try W7 calibration program?  It is really very good.

I had blurry text and it fixed that.  Just go back to all default setting before you start or you will have the video card fighting the monitor settings.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: SirNuke on April 15, 2014, 12:22:12 PM
Did you try different color temperatures? Note that LED monitors have good contrast but that's about it.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 15, 2014, 12:28:05 PM
I really do think this is calibration problem with the monitor.  Did you try W7 calibration program?  It is really very good.

I had blurry text and it fixed that.  Just go back to all default setting before you start or you will have the video card fighting the monitor settings.

A digital signal can't be calibrated for anything but color correction. If the monitor uses a VGA connector then all sorts of analog problems may need calibrating.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: zack1234 on April 16, 2014, 10:40:09 AM
One has audio, one doesnt. Shouldnt be a factor.

There was :old:
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: Skuzzy on April 16, 2014, 11:15:38 AM
One has audio, one doesnt. Shouldnt be a factor.

In the television world, that is correct.  However, the DVI timing signals for computers are different than the DVI portion of a televisions HDMI connector.

Yes, there are two different DVI standards.  One for computers and one for television.
Title: Re: New LG LED Monitor, colors are wrong
Post by: ozrocker on April 21, 2014, 07:43:11 AM
Here's how Tech help is.

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