New LCD Monitor Help?

So I got a beautiful new LG monitor, but I have two problems with it:

1.) So whenever any screen (TV, Laptop etc) is wet it has that pixely look on it.. well my screen has that all the time... its an LG w2361VG 23 inches.. how do I fix that?

2.) Is there a foolproof way of calibrating a monitor? Is there a good software that can do this for free?

 

If it's 'inherent' in your model, I guess you can't fix it? Is it running at its native resolution? And at 32bit depth? That is about all you can do on your end, the rest is just 'how it is'.

To calibrate a monitor properly you need a hardware and software combo like the Spyder Elite Pro, for example. Although I hear (have not used) the Eye One is slightly better depending which LCD you are trying to calibrate.

If the calibration software isn't 'free' don't bother trying it. More than likely it won't do good and actually make the display worse overall.

If you're running Windows 7, there is a built in calibration tool for the monitor - but again, it is hit and miss - our eyes are just not meant to determine absolute values of colours and hues - although we can certainly see and appreciate a system that is properly hardware calibrated.

If you have your own images that you've printed at home without editing them try this:

Place the print beside the monitor showing the same picture/image.

Lower the Brightness of the monitor to match the Brightness of printed image.

Use the Win 7 controls or your video cards controls to adjust the hue and saturation of the on screen image to match the print.

Although crude and certainly not recommended for critical results, this method may give you much better colours than the monitors shipped defaults will.


Note: Its important to use an unedited image printed at home without any printer enhancements: using a 1 hr lab or even a 'pro' print lab will usually result in the image being 'optimized' for printing and will not match what the unedited image you're viewing on the screen will show (and, you won't know if the next image you print using their service will have those exact same adjustments/optimizations either).

 

It seems as though are no good free solutions for this.

 

This step is nearly impossible... The human eye/mind can't really handle comparing the brightness of a light-emitting source to a light-reflecting one.

There's 3 problems here:

1) Most cheap inkjet printers print horribly low quality pictures, doubly so when using third-party (refill) ink.
2) The paper you print on has a huge impact on color accuracy.
3) Most people don't know how to print a color-accurate image in the first place, which means you're relying on software algorithms to convert from RGB to CMYK. Combined with the above 2 things, you'd be better off going to a photo lab.

Nope, but since you just bought it and aren't satisfied with it, why not simply return it and get another one?

 

Well I'm thinking i won't be satisfied with any monitor if I can't really properly configure it

 

1. That model looks to have a native resolution of 1920 x 1080. Are you set to that? Have you chosen the highest refresh rate available? Have you used your monitors "auto-adjust" tool to align the image?

2. Depending on your video card, there is usually a preliminary "calibration" or optimization tool included in the driver utility, which is usually free. Using those tools doesn't really count as a calibration, but it does setup your display to be as dynamic as possible.

 

I heard from different people who have that screen that you need to adjust the color and settings when you first get the screen.

 

yes, that's what calibrating it is

 

Not really, that's just eyeballing. Clabrition needs external hardware.