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edh wrote:As I've stated before, I own a pair of HP LP2475w monitors and love them dearly. However, I needed another monitor this week and decided to experiment with the new Dell U2410f H-IPS monitor. I'm glad I did. It's excellent. Some people have noted several problems with the new Dell (uneven color across the panel, a slight pink/red tint on the right side, a mottled appearance using the HDMI input). Mine seems to exhibit none of these problems and, believe me, I examined the monitor closely. After calibration (i1 display 2 & GretagMacbeth software, took three cycles to get it right), it is the most perfectly calibrated monitor I have ever used -- marginally but visibly better than my two HP's. I'm very impressed.
Airmantharp wrote:edh wrote:As I've stated before, I own a pair of HP LP2475w monitors and love them dearly. However, I needed another monitor this week and decided to experiment with the new Dell U2410f H-IPS monitor. I'm glad I did. It's excellent. Some people have noted several problems with the new Dell (uneven color across the panel, a slight pink/red tint on the right side, a mottled appearance using the HDMI input). Mine seems to exhibit none of these problems and, believe me, I examined the monitor closely. After calibration (i1 display 2 & GretagMacbeth software, took three cycles to get it right), it is the most perfectly calibrated monitor I have ever used -- marginally but visibly better than my two HP's. I'm very impressed.
Very, very nice to hear from someone who has used both, professionally even. Can you tell us what differences you notice between the two while gaming, if it's possible?
edh wrote:@ Flying Fox -- The wide-gamut mode is extremely useful when doing photo/video editing for "real life" (meaning print or projection) as opposed to publishing on the web where sRGB mode is the standard. I'm usually editing in Bibble, PhotoShop or Nikon's software. Wide gamut is the way to go. If I then want to convert an image for use on the web, I switch to sRGB mode, perform the conversion and tweak if necessary (it usually isn't). Easy enough?
Flying Fox wrote:Thanks. So how about loading ICC profiles vs those colour-aware applications like Photoshop and Firefox? I remember reading a review that had a picture of the Windows 7 desktop with the same wallpaper in the new colour aware Paint and they show drastically different colours. So is it that I need to load the ICC in say Photoshop to get the colour correction? I guess I'm a bit lazy at the moment and am looking for something like a 3-step+profit! thing.
edh wrote:Much better than those overly used car analogies there. I have read about the factory calibration being useless as well.I do know this: Dell includes a sheet with the U2410f that supposedly indicates that the monitor is calibrated at the factory. My assumption is that all Dell monitor calibration employees are required to be color blind and that the calibration is done in the middle of the Sahara desert at noon; as mine was about as poorly calibrated as most TN monitors I've seen with brightness set to illuminate a football stadium at midnight. And, based on reports I've read on line, mine was not an exception.
edh wrote:A guy at work bought a monitor and he has the calibrator with the ambient sensor thingy which he leaves on all the time so it adjust automagically for him in almost any lighting situation. Cool stuff but I am not sure I am that much into colour to dole out that cash for the gadget.Accurate color calibration is a requirement for proper operation. And it's very easy to do -- it just requires that you spend a few more bucks to get the proper sensor & software to get the job done. Unless your applications are mission critical (e.g., images for paying clients), it's a set-it-and-forget-it operation. I re-do calibration quarterly -- covers the burn-in and aging of the back-lighting system. I used to to it monthly on aging CRTs. I haven't had an LCD monitor long enough to determine a need for doing it that often.
Flying Fox wrote:A guy at work bought a monitor and he has the calibrator with the ambient sensor thingy which he leaves on all the time so it adjust automagically for him in almost any lighting situation. Cool stuff but I am not sure I am that much into colour to dole out that cash for the gadget.
edh wrote:The Dell U2410 H-IPS LCD monitor has just been posted at $100 off (20%) making its price just US$499 (+ applicable sales tax for your location). A quick Dell coupons search should net you free shipping. It's a great deal on a great monitor !!!