Monitor Calibration

smsmasters · 13 Jan 2006 at 10:42

Can someone please help me calibrate my Belinea 102035W widescreen 20" so that I can get the best colour possible? Should I should the built in nvidia calibration tool or adobe gamma tool? Or is there a better way?

Thanks

glitch · 13 Jan 2006 at 14:18

Best way? Use a colour calibration tool like the Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Display 2. Only downside is that it costs around £200.

A cheaper option would be the Spyder 2, but it's poor in comparison.

Cheapest way? Set your colour temperature to 6500 and use Adobe Gamma.

smsmasters · 13 Jan 2006 at 14:39

There is an ICM profile for this LCD on the Belinea website. Reckon I should just import it? Its info says it was made with ColourVision.

glitch · 14 Jan 2006 at 15:49

Doesn't quite work like that I'm afraid. The profile contains information that tells your system what colours your screen can and cannot show. Just because you import a profile doesn't mean that your screen is set up to accurately reproduce the colour spectrum.

Use Adobe Gamma to create your own custom profile and set that as the default in Advanced Display Properties.

SDK^ · 15 Jan 2006 at 22:36

I have a Sypder2 and it's good enough for home use.