Accuracy is all that matters, not how 'good' the image looks on the
screen. If the image looks good on screen, but the screen is not accurate,
your prints will not look anything like the screen's 'good' image. If the
screen is accurate, where prints are closely matched to it, and the image
looks bad, it means the image needs edited to make it look good.
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On 6/13/12 6:26 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I didn't realize it at first but it is an LED monitor. The real reason
>I bought it was that it's an IPS panel and has very high review ratings.
>
>At this point I'm not sure if its properly calibrated or not. What I
>couldn't do was force it to change brightness levels to near black using
>the manual controls. But it's clear that it can do a very pure black
>when operating normally.
>
>Skipping the white balance portion of the setup and choosing a pre-set
>value from the monitor's menu allowed me to run through the calibration
>portion without any further trouble. The picture looks great and I
>don't want to send it back. I'm just unsure about how accurate it
>really is.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>On 6/13/2012 4:26 PM, David Young wrote:
>>
>>
>>> After this recent talk about different views on different monitors
>>> I decided it was time to actually profile this new Dell U2312HM
>>> which I bought because it was very highly rated for the price
>>
>> Hi Chuck!
>>
>> I'm not familiar with the Dell, but is it an LED monitor? I ask only
>>because
>> I purchased a new monitor, not too long ago, and it was a Samsung LED
>>machine.
>>
>> I tried to calibrate it with my Monaco and had similar problems. I
>>took it
>> back to the store, asking to swap it for an "old fashioned", LCD
>>(fluorescent)
>> unit, which I have, and which calibrates perfectly.
>>
>> What was interesting is that the store manager told me that the LED
>>illuminated
>> units simply won't calibrate. They look great for the casual user, but
>>for
>> those of us who want accurate colour, they just won't work. He has
>>exchanged a
>> number of them, or so he said.
>>
>> Just my 2 cents worth.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> David.
>>
>>
>>
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