Monitor Calibration - Try before you buy!

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Sorry guys, I know it must be frustrating waiting!

I had considered offering a secondary list where the cost was £15.40 to borrow it where I would then stump up the cash for a new one and would limit that list to 10 people. I would then buy a spyder 3 pro and send that out on the rounds to people on the more expensive list. Once it's been round all 10 (to cover the costs) I'd then drop it back to £5.40 and to just cover the postage?

a) any issues from ocuk if we did that?
b) anybody be interested in that option?
 
OK have sent everyone on the list, apart from the next person to receive it, a message propossing a new fast track second calibrator which I'll buy once I get confirmation of demand.

As soon as I get the first 5 top tier people to OK I will buy and have delivered straight to the first person on the secondary top tier list.

I will update the opening posts with details if there is sufficient demand for the new calibrator.
 
tsinc80697 said:
I'll stick on the current list, only 6 more people to go!
I think the number of days needs to be cut down really, can't see why people can't get it done within 5 days!
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No worries chap, have made a note of your preference.

If people are done sooner they do send it on. Days quoted are maximums. Often people want to have a play around, configure their mothers / brothers /friends while they have it too :o)
 
Got the following now but still not enough to justify me buying the second calibrator.

As soon as I have 5 people who confirm they'll take the top tier I will order. To explain £5.40 is the cost of the postage so £15 goes towards the cost of the unit. After everyone on the top tier has had it the next 5 people pay £10.40 (less as they've waited longer) and £5 goes towards the cost of the calibrator.

After it's been round these 10 people the cost of the calibrator has then been covered and it can then just drop to fulfil the original normal list.

Top tier - £20.40 - Spyder 3 Pro - 5 days turnaround - Limited to 5 people
dazz25
Wedge

Second tier - £10.40 -Spyder 3 Pro - 7 days turnaround - Limited to 5 people
Jesta
Da[]San

Stay on Original List - £5.40 - Spyder 2 express - 10 day turnaround
tsinc80697
Scary Squirrel
Clairvoyant
Barno
mart981
DiG
dannyjo22
DarkShadow
DoubleCheese
 
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Adrianr said:
Razor-BladE, and for referance to others, settings in Color Eyes should be as follows,

White point target: D65 / 6500k
Luminance: 120 cd/m2
Gamma: 2.2
Black point target: minimum luminance

Color Eyes Display Pro is a much better piece of software than the bundled Spyder, but comes at increased cost. Everyone should try the trial if they get a chance.
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Adrianr said:
How cold the screen looks is determined by the temperature, not the gamma or luminosity (well the tint might be slightly more pronouced if your screen is super bright). If the white point is set to 6500k white should look just that, 6500k. You should then only need to calibrate the device on a black surface, and the program will alter everything else automatically via the LUT.

Also be warned, if you're comparing the profile with the default settings of your graphics card/monitor, it will almost certainly look quite drastically different, because nearly all factory settings are so drastically wrong. You should notice quite a large drop in brightness if the screen is hitting the desired 120cd/m. The colour temp may look to have changed quite a lot, but bear with it for a few minutes. If you adjust as quick as I do it will look normal very quickly. I always double check by opening a photograph I know is colour correct and having a quick scan.
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PaulyD said:
Did my monitor last night.

Initially used the sypder2 software availiable from the link in the first post, this created a noticable difference between before and after, generally it appears my screen was too bright and washing out colours.

I then used the two links in mrk's post and i could see all but one of the white boxes and couldn't see the first 3 black ones.

I tried the colour pro software demo and used the settings stated by AdrianR, ran through that test and now I can see all but one of the white boxes (same as before) but can now see all but the first black boxes, definately made a slight difference using that software.

I recommend running the colour pro software for the final calibration but do run the spyder2 software first to see the differences. Will probably re-run tonight just to see one more time.

One question i have is I'm guessing this will need to be re-run the calibration when changing graphics cards? i'm hopefully getting a 4870x2 back from RMA shortly and am running on a 8800GTX for the moment..

Wonder-Lander - Haven't been able to check for payment received yet but sure it will be OK, been decorating and the little pin machine i need for online banking has been packed away, should be able to check tonight once sorted through boxes :)

Thanks again for the chance to do this though, appreciated by all i'm sure :)
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