Monitor has a washed out look...

[BoB3rt]

Hi,

I've owned a SyncMaster 223bw for several years.
I needed a second monitor for work at home and decided to source the same monitor but with the 2ms Response which is the 226bw.

Ive hooked both up and my original monitor just cant produce the same crisp white colour the 'new' one can. Ive checked the leads firstly and then spent a few hours messing with the monitor settings and then even fine tuning with the Nvidia pannel.

Im not an expert by any means on colour and settings but if I had to describe it - my original monitor has a subtle washed out filter over it, like the contrast/gamma is too high and the colours cant be set as vibrant (unless using the nvidia pannel).

Most noticeably is the white is off and not as white as the 'new' monitor.
I have it about as close as i feel i can get it now but wondering if this is just age/use of the monitor or am I missing a trick?

Thanks

 

[BoB3rt]

Both connected by DVI.
Tried swapping cables just incase.

 

[BoB3rt]

Have you checked that both monitors are receiving full range (0-255) RGB?

There should be an option in the NV control panel (under Adjust video colour settings > Hwo do you make colour adjustments > With the NVIDIA settings > Advanced tab) which allows you to toggle full/limited range for each monitor, but it doesn't always work reliably - to be sure of getting the right setting, you could try a third party tool such as madLevelsTweaker, bundled with the madVR renderer: http://madshi.net/madVR.zip

Or you might just have a clapped out monitor...

Thanks for the replies.
I'll have a look at this later once home.

Cheers!