Precision M6400 Owner's Lounge

I'll have to take another look at the red on our Samsung. I profiled it using the i1 Match software, that is basically a wizard that does the whole process. There is no ability to edit the resulting profile.

I do have Profilemaker Pro software, that came with the calibration "system", but have not needed its capabilities in the past. I guess I will install it and try a calibration with that. It does allow edits of profiles, working with lightness, contrast, saturation, white point or gradation curves.

I would never buy Profilemaker as a solo user. It is ridiculously expensive, the whole system costs as much as the M6400. Happily, I won the thing a couple of years ago.

If I can come up with a good ICC profile for the Samsung, maybe there is a way I could post it, if somone would want to try it on their system.

 

That'll be great!

I actually use a profil without adjusting the color temp (in the spyder tool it's called native, before I used 6500k) and the red is gone. The color of the M6400 now looks very similar to my Dell 2709w (the M6400 looks even a bit better, because the matte coating is a bit glossy and higher DPI).

 

It probably would be interesting to see the profile, how it looks on another M6400.
Aren't profiles very specific to LCD's and the environment they are used in? I.E. the batch of LCD's maybe different and exhibit a different color offset, the LCD age, the environment lighting (outside daylight or daylight balanced bulbs, incandescent bulbs etc) - I wish I knew more about this... but I think the profile on another machine may not be as useful as we hope.
I looked at the Macbeth system and almost fell over with the $ and confusing amount of options... maybe when I am rich

 

You are absolutely correct that a profile is matched to a specific screen at a specific time. The lighting that it will be seen under really is not a direct factor during calibration, but it can be for viewing. I keep the lighting low for calibration to avoid anything not coming from the screen from impacting the reading. Lighting really comes into play when profiling the printer. A photo printed for a relatively dark gallery will be set up differently than a glossy magazine type print.

Yup, the Gretag Macbeth (Xrite) Profilemaker Pro systems run between about $3000 to $5000! What makes it expensive is the flexibility and the ability to profile digital cameras, scanners, printers, screens and even televisions. It handles transmitted and reflected light equally well.

You can understand why I was jumping up and down when I won this as the top giveaway at a conference.

 

Yes I can understand your excitement!
Thanks for the info This is really good stuff, I wish this thread was titled "Calibration..." or something so I could keep going down this road...
Do you have any recommendations for more moderately costing solutions that would do a decent job of calibrating the M6400? I think I saw one of the Macbeth Pro solutions for $1000, still a bit expensive... hmmmm

 

From the pictures, the thickness was cut in half. Can't find it in US site though. Does it run any hotter than the original fat one?

 

I actually like the fat one. It makes a perfect foot warmer

 

The part no. on the invoice was "EU W442M" don't know if it's only available in Europe for now.

It runs even cooler than the brick, the new electrical design seems to have less losses.

That's the way my cat uses it too

 

Before defrag used space was 198GB and after the 8 hr defrag process the used space increased to 234GB.
Why would defrag result in 36GB more used space?
An increase of 18.2% used space.

 

Anyone use windows 7 on their unit??