wakeforce Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Hello! Lately my old CRT died on me (became fuzzy for no reason) and I decidedto replace it with an LCD monitor. I am using a dual monitor set-up, and stillhave my old (7-8+ yo) CRT besides me. I am very disapointed in the color gamut of this monitor (LG 19inches, priced at300$ or so) when opening the color picker, there are patches of blue where nogradient is present, and if I switch the color picker to my old crt thegradients are very good. It can be seen in dark yellow to black gradients too. Iam wondering if LG monitors are simply cheap or if I got a bad one. Do we reallyneed to buy these overpriced LaCies to get good color gamut? Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeforce Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 It is a LG L1952TX BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeforce Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Could it be because I am using it with a card that is VGA only? Here is the monitor http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2206384&CatId=170 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amadou_diallo Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Have you calibrated the monitor? If so, with what hardware and software? Does the LG have a DVI port? If so, using a DVI to DVI cable will certainly make a quality difference in the video signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene_scherba Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Did you calibrate you monitor? Gradients are not useful for determining color gamut; only colorimer measurements are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 There are 6-bit, 8-bit and 10-bit LCD monitors - the more bits the better. What is universally true is that you must physically calibrate and profile an LCD monitor to use it photographically. LCDs are inherently brighter by design, and come out of the box set for punchy, business-type graphics. Visual tools for "calibration" simply don't work with LCDs - CRTs are perhaps more forgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_eaton Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I'm assuming the problem Jean-Philippe is referring to is simply that the LCD is out of calibration, and either has it's contrast or brightness jerked up too high at the factory. Remember that display monitors, LCD and CRT, are sold and marketed by virtue of how bright and vivid they are -vs- reproduce their actual brightness range correctly. I use a 19" Polyview, which is about as generic as they get, and it sucked out of the box. Once I adjusted the attached 24-step wedge to distinguish all steps via brightness and contrast settings, it all came together and it was a breeze to profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeforce Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 I made a wedge myself to "calibrate" brightness and contrast settings, but I see I can't get away with adobe gamma anymore. Oh well, it's just 250$ more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_eaton Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Turn off all color management tools, get the wddge working right, and then run through adobe gamma or your workflow calibration. The Polyview I work on is dead nuts, and it uses the same panel as your LG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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