Precision M6400 screen color as blue push/tint

I am kinda lost in the directions, but I got the your profile set as default under "Devices" and "Advance --> Device Profile". What is the difference between the two? Also is there something else I need to do, because I can't seem to see a difference. After closing the color manager.

 

You need "ProfileChooser.exe" to load profile.
You can get it here.

http://support.colorvision.ch/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=98&nav=0

The profile has to be associated with your display and preferably made default profile.


R u on XP or Vista?

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But once again it will not fix "oversaturation" issue , it will fix color temperature and color balance (so your blue tint should disappear)

 

Just wanted to note that my E2E Covet screen also had this blueish / greenish tint you're speaking of. I think it's partly related to the change in backlight. An LED backlight will emit a different spectral pattern than a CCFL, and the majority of LCD panels are probably tuned for CCFL.

From what I've heard that's just something where you're supposed to buy a color calibrator and run it on your screen... I wonder if there are shops you can visit for a one-time screen calibration though? Seems like a reasonable service for a business.

HP solves the problem by adding a built-in calibrator, but I hear its software isn't as good as it could be, so some people doing really serious work probably buy their own calibrator anyway.

Or you can eyeball it with the curves like you did

Other color issues I noticed in my screen were a brighter patch that was obviously a defect, and a VERY subtle radial red / green tint that appeared like a target shape, covering the whole screen, maybe four or five stripes, centered on whatever spot of the screen directly faced my eyes. (i.e. it would move as I moved my head.)

Again we're talking very subtle, but definitely there.

I did not have any patches of color in the corners, but I did experience a reddening of the image as I moved to the sides, and a blue tint and color inversion when I moved vertically, which is normal but I had expected much better viewing angles. (BTW I never checked the manufacturer code on the screen and I don't have that thing anymore... So maybe it was a bad brand but I can't check.)

 

I added the profile and it changed the color drastically, but it is still not accurate. AND... the color uniformity is pitiful.

These have got to be the worst screens I have ever seen. I have 2 laptops and 5 desktops that match almost to the pixel in color... and every single one looks VERY noticeably better than this LG screen in the M6400.

There is nothing good about this screen at all... NOTHING!

 

here you go...........http://www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Opticians/S-AL/T-/

 

My RGBLED E2E (Covet) screen also had poor vertical viewing angle. (So did the HP 8710...)

 

Wow.. I just loaded the profile hoping for the best, and the color is still off. After using Adobe Gamma, numerous web sites and other accessories to manually calibrate, and now even profession grade calibration hardware fails.. I am having doubts about Dell quality check.

I will be exchanging my LED for a CCFL and if that still doesn't look right, I am getting a refund.

 

I feel the same about my WUXGA CCFL on my M6400, its the worst I've seen on a laptop. When I hook up the M6400 using Dualview to a cheap-o 19-inch LCD monitor, everything is so much better on the monitor its hard to believe. My old HP DV9000 has a much better screen too; in fact I'm still using it and havent switch over to the M6400 because of the poor color.

Its really a shame because I love the M6400 except for this one issue. Maybe later this year Dell will come up with a replacement panel that doesn't have the flaw and I will be able to change mine.

This weekend I might buy the Spyder3 Pro, even though I know it wont be of much help for most of the applications I typically use.

 

Is it possible these different ways to calibrate are conflicting with each other? I recall that Adobe Gamma option is especially bad...

Sorry I don't have anything more but sometimes keep it simple is best

---Bruce

 

The Spyder 3 Tool recommends not to use any additional calibration software like Adobe Gamme!