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My new HZ24Wi has just been received, fantastic image, no banding, no backlight issues, LOOOOVE !!!
Hazro - Any Update?
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I can't seem to see any difference at all with the sharpness control. I've got it at 0.
I would leave brightness at default and then adjust contrast so that the whites are at a point where you feel comfortable watching the screen (I set mine to 30 in the end)
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I don't have an HDMI output, but I have just tried a DVI to HDMI cable into the HDMI input on the hazro. I haven't seen any of the bright green snow since changing, but I am still getting lots of nasty artifacts all over the place on gradients - streaks of shimmering pixels.
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BTW - my monaco optix XR (DTP94 probe) reported a black level of 0.38 cd/m2 after calibration.
Not too shabby. Although I don't know how it could measure this as the full screen didn't go black at the time. So in effect it as measuring intra-scene contrast.
I'll see if I can find some better software to use with the probe.
Not too shabby. Although I don't know how it could measure this as the full screen didn't go black at the time. So in effect it as measuring intra-scene contrast.
I'll see if I can find some better software to use with the probe.
I've just come back from the Essen security fair in Germany....and surprise surprise: Hazro were there and so were LG....seemed like the Hazro stand was unmanned so I moved on...the LG chap didn't know much about IPS panels but apparently, uniformity and these 'glow' issues fade away over time once the panel 'kicks' in...anybody noticed it fade away since purchasing?
Coloreyes display now do a package for the PC and should work ok with the dtp94.
Go to their website and download it free and run it as a demo, you get 10 days or 10 program starts.
Also tried HCFR Colormeter software. its just for taking readings. The black level had no different readings whether its full screen in the above or in a 4x4 box like in coloreyes
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Hi guys. Posting on behalf of mrk (Robbie Khan due to him being temp suspended)
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just a quick update on the thread saying mrk is suspended for 2 days but he wnated to say:
Off work sick today but the ANC man came to deliver the screen today and so I set about putting it back into action.
I can confirm the out of the box black point has been improved somewhat. It's now reporting 0.4cd/m2 before and after calibration. An excellent improvement in the 2.1 firmware!
I can confirm that the lack of RGB adjustment is not a major issue. The preset 6500k colour mode is actually 6800k which is not too bad but after calibration I've gotten it almost bang on 6500k with 1% deviation.
The luminance of the backlight has also been reduced somewhat from 400 odd cd/m2 to around 210-250 depending on how you like your brightness and contrast settings. Mine are at 50 and 25.
My before and after calibration results are below:
BEFORE
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AFTER
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Version 2.1 firmware means the HZ24Wi is now made of awesome and win, probably more awesome than win, YOU DECIDE!
Johnny
just a quick update on the thread saying mrk is suspended for 2 days but he wnated to say:
Off work sick today but the ANC man came to deliver the screen today and so I set about putting it back into action.
I can confirm the out of the box black point has been improved somewhat. It's now reporting 0.4cd/m2 before and after calibration. An excellent improvement in the 2.1 firmware!
I can confirm that the lack of RGB adjustment is not a major issue. The preset 6500k colour mode is actually 6800k which is not too bad but after calibration I've gotten it almost bang on 6500k with 1% deviation.
The luminance of the backlight has also been reduced somewhat from 400 odd cd/m2 to around 210-250 depending on how you like your brightness and contrast settings. Mine are at 50 and 25.
My before and after calibration results are below:
BEFORE
Report
AFTER
Report
Version 2.1 firmware means the HZ24Wi is now made of awesome and win, probably more awesome than win, YOU DECIDE!
The IPS panel in my HP LP2475 has settled in since purchasing to the point where at 200 baclight hours I can notice no uniformity issues.
I presume there is no way on the Hazro to tell back light hours?
Seems I'll be trying the holding buttons when turning it on
All you can do by holding buttons is factory reset and "cycling colour test images" probably burn in util.
Cant find anything else though.
Shame, would have been interesting to know what it was on.
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I've been playing with the HCFR software (used it before for calibrating my projector), but it seems to just read the monitor settings, and not load the ICC profile (created by Monaco) to test how accurate the new settings are.
Am I doing something wrong?
I know it can't create profiles, but I was expecting to be able to measure the 'after' settings.
(BTW - you are right - 504:1 on/off and 504:1 ANSI contrast! I'm most familiar with projectors, and they don't work like this at all. You can have on/off of 30,000:1 but an ansi of only 300:1)
If it's that bad then you should. But then you run the lottery of whether the next screen will have perfect luminance but, dare I say, dead/stuck pixels.
Buy another screen, and return this one if it's worse, otherwise return the new one. That's what I did and luckily the next screen had minimal backlight bleed and no dead/stuck pixels, which I kept (but then again my first monitor was within the 7 day distant seller thingy).