11-10-2013, 01:49 PM
(11-09-2013, 05:54 PM)rundll.exe link Wrote:My screen seems to be hardware-calibrated (I can select the profiles for Adobe RGB etc in the OSD) so I guess I'm good.
On a sidenote (especially if you have a larger screen), the f.lux program ([size=78%]http://justgetflux.com/[/size]) is a really simple must-have program that makes the color temperature for you screen lower depending on the time of the day and your location. This way it will not be that bright and straining for your eyes at night, and still be bright when the sun is up. Ofc you can set it to disable for any fullscreen game or movie
Yeah, if it's calibrated at the hardware level that's ideal, although the profiles in monitors are not neccessarily properly calibrated but try to set things in the right ballpark. I believe some of the higher-end monitors are accurately calibrated in the factory, although even then they tend to need re-calibrating over time as the panel ages. It's worth checking with the test patterns anyway, to see if it's looks about right. It's pretty much impossible to calibrate properly without the right tools but it can still make a big difference, if the monitor's never been calibrated before, to do what you can by eye.
A lot of monitors (like my Dell U2412M, which I guess is a mid-range monitor) only have basic controls, such as brightness, contrast and Red, Green, Blue levels, so we have to use the video card settings to tweak the other settings like gamma, hue and saturation. My TV actually has more comprehensive hardware calibration settings but I guess that makes sense as it can't rely on a PC/videocard being tweaked instead.
Thanks for the tip about flux, that looks pretty handy. My Dad bought a calibration meter/light sensor for his PC but it was rather annoying as the light sensor would constantly keep changing the screen brightness whenever it became slightly cloudly outside/a bird flew past the window/you moved and blocked the sensor at all, so we disabled that software but flux looks like a good alternative for him.