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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

The HP 30w monitor color sucks!

Can you check and adjust the color settings?
 
Are you sure the white point isn't just set to the wrong number? Just a possibility.
 
Good thought. I thoroughly explored all the Nvidia control options (no color controls on the monitor itself) and thee is no where to adjust white point or selected calibration files that I can see. Just adjustments of the R G B ALL Brightness-Contrast and Gamma. Using these I can correct to improve, but this a sad commentary on the basic monitors color accuracy.
 
If you haven't accurately profiled your displays then how can you be certain either is an accurate representation of the Rec 709 spec? Usually Apple monitors are too bright and most monitors don't come out of the box calibrated to spec. If color representation is critical to you then I'd suggest hiring someone to come in and calibrate your monitors for you. Or at least get a cheap eye1 probe and be using a spec. Right now you are just guessing the Apple monitor is perfect out of the box without any type of calibration and using that to compare to the other.
 
I have the previous model to this HP 30" monitor and it's great, it hold calibration very well.

I use it as the main monitor for my system along-side a 24" HP Dreamcolor for output monitoring.


The 30" HP holds up really well and I could never go back to using 2 smaller monitors.

+1 on Mike Burton's comment. Always calibrate!


Best
Mark
 
Mike,

To confirm if there is a color cast, you really don't need calibration software and a probe. One simply has to hold a piece of white paper next to the monitor when it is displaying something known to be white.

Tom,

You spent over a grand on a monitor. If you don't like it, I would consider returning it, or at the very least contacting HP. BTW, I have an HP LP2475w, and it does have white level color temp adjustments.
 
Mike, Mark and Peter, thank you for your helpful insights. I did throw up some calibration charts and color corrected the monitor into a better state. After this purchase i cant afford any probes, but I will try the icm files and see how they do. It nice to hear that my first impression can be modified into somethings that looks good for production use.
 
Peter Moretti said:
To confirm if there is a color cast, you really don't need calibration software and a probe. One simply has to hold a piece of white paper next to the monitor when it is displaying something known to be white.
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I believe the color temperature of the light source itself will affect your perception of white from the paper, as well as the overall color temperature. And if the monitor itself illuminates the paper, all bets are off.

Tom Daigon said:
I did throw up some calibration charts and color corrected the monitor into a better state. After this purchase i cant afford any probes, but I will try the icm files and see how they do. It nice to hear that my first impression can be modified into somethings that looks good for production use.
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If you aren't actually calibrating the monitor with measurable devices and known signal sources, it's guesswork. That doesn't necessarily mean you can't get close, but it's never going to be 100% accurate this way.
 
I installed the .icm file for the monitor. It definitely improved the color balance. I then toggled the option to display my color corrected setting. They were pretty much identical looks. Its nice to have my color correction skills validated in the monitor setup process!
 
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