Help with Dual Monitors (way different colour temps)

glenimp617

glenimp617

glenimp617

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Hi All,

Really annoyed today.

Six months ago work bought me a really nice 27" AOC 4K UHD Professional monitor which has been fantastic. So much so, I decided to spend my own money on a second one, and go dual.

Unfortunately I could only find one retailer with any stock, which turns out they ship from Poland. I wasn't too bothered, until today when it arrived and I switched it on.

The colours are way off. The whites are really yellow. I've been through the menu on the monitors and made sure they both match. I've even swapped cables around which made no difference.

Do you think it's faulty?

In real life it's much worse.

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The colour of leds changes over time. Particularly the white leds go blue, so yes, it's probably just an age thing and the real problem is the old one not the new one. The only way round this is to colour balance the monitors, you can ( with difficulty ) do that manually or buy a tool/software to do it for you. Although I have to say that the difference seems extreme and way too much for just six months.
 
Thanks for the replies

Yeah the old one is on the left. It's not had that much use really. Although saying that I am working from home now and use it everyday. I guess it does add up.

I've not got a calibration tool, although I did spend a good hour today messing with the RGB settings on the monitor, and got it closer but still not perfect.
 
The only way I can keep my three screens matching is with regular use of a calibrator.

This has the additional benefit that they’re correct as well as matching.
 
I’m still using an x-rite i1Display 2. They haven’t made them for years. Luckily the W7 drivers still work with W10.

I got it slightly secondhand, so it’s done well for me. The monitors I bought it for were my old 24” not the 27” I’m using now.

I do remember that when I was buying it not all calibrators would handle multiple displays (deliberate software restrictions). That may not still be the case, but worth checking.
 
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Just a heads up for anyone in a similar situation. There's a free program called screen bright which can set the monitors red/green/blue - brightness/contrast and other settings via your PC.

I ended up selecting sRGB on the new monitor, then using screen bright on my older one to get an almost exact match. It was much easier than using the monitors menu.
 
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