HP Dreamcolor & multi monitor setup

[Michele Gavazzeni]

When working with a multi monitor setup only one of the monitors can be calibrated, creating the ICC profile used by the graphic board for driving all the monitors.

This means that colors are reliable only on the profiled monitor.
That's not a problem since usually the second monitor is used for non color critical task.

I've alwais preferred working with a single 30" display instead of a duble 24" setup, using an SDI board (AJA or BM) to feed the reference monitor.

I've never liked the "eyeballing" procedure of calibrating the reference monitors but with practice... and not beeing aware of other solutions, I've accepted it.

Now with the release of the HP Dreamcolor and the new Graphic cards with 10bit Display Ports is tempting me for a dual monitor setup.

I'd use the 30" monitor as main working area and the HP Dreamcolor as a reference monitor connected to the DiplayPort of the graphic board.

This would cause some problems because in this setup the second monitor is used for a color critical task.


I don't know if ther's a solution for this but if someone has suggestions....

 

[Benjamin Rowland]

I'm thinking about a similar setup. Looking for feedback too...

 

[david farland]

What OS are you using.
If Windows, it's a bit of a work around but you can load different profiles using a windows patch. Also important is the order you load the 2 profiles.
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[Michele Gavazzeni]

I'm a Mac user
OSX 10.5.5

 

[Trevor Meier]

On the mac each display has its own profile

 

[Michele Gavazzeni]

Thanks Trevor good to know!
Problem solved monitor ordered.

 

[Edgar Pitts]

I assume that you can run dual Dreamcolor's off of a single card???

 

[Curran Giddens]

I'm going with the same setup and plan on getting the nVidia Quadro CX when the Mac drivers are available. It has 1 dual-link DVI for the 30" ACD, and 2 DisplayPorts for the HP DreamColor.

I prefer to skip the HD-SDI option.

 

[Michele Gavazzeni]

The specs report Dual DisplayPort Digital Display Connectors

and from the CX images it seems like it has 2 DP ports