Monitor-fi - Page 6

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Originally Posted by pigmode 

Thanks for the rec on the Ultrasharp, as they seem to be well reviewed.

Just make sure to get one of the Premium Panel models as those are the ones that really shine. They are the high-end IPS that everyone reviews and loves. They do something like 100% of sRGB and 98.5% of Adobe RGB. I know that doesn't mean a lot to most people but to those of us in the design world it means this: Very high color representation where everything is going to look perfect once calibrated, both vivid and deep.

Though, one thing I've often seen is people say Dell displays benefit from calibration when you first get them. Unfortunately I can't recommend a good screen calibrator as I've never really used any.

Spyder 3 or iDisplay 1 are what you'd start looking at, ideally their better models if you have more money.

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Originally Posted by Somnambulist 

Spyder 3 or iDisplay 1 are what you'd start looking at, ideally their better models if you have more money.

I've come across recs for the Spyder 3 in conjunction with Dell monitors, although I was hoping Apple's built-in color calibrator might be sufficient. I guess that might be open to question. 

The nifty thing is you can (IIRC) use the Spyder 3 with your TV(s) and projectors as well (one person on another forum I go on has a loaner program going where the Spyder is passed from person to person). To be honest I think getting hardcore with calibration is only really useful if you're doing photog work etc where you REALLY need colours to be 100% accurate. You can probably get close enough with a decent software calibrator, but a hardware one is always good because monitors will dim and change slightly over time, meaning recalibration.

I know with my HP ZR24W monitor, to get the optimum contrast you need to set the backlight from 0-10 and contrast at 100, but this then screws with the colours enough that calibration is required.... so I gotta save for one of these things. Thing is, I have F.Lux on my Mac so in the evening the colour temp of the screen changes over an hour at sunset from 6500k to something like 2700k which is much easier on the eyes at night.

Software calibration works alright, it just takes a lot of fiddling and relies on your ability to calibrate correctly. Using a device takes out the guess-work.

That being said, I've never calibrated any monitor of mine beyond basic software because even as a web designer.

By any chance, does anyone know where to find a Samsung 27in Vesa Adapter? 

I been looking for a long time and still none, I don't know why Samsung decided not to put Vesa holes in the back.