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    Colour quality of the screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by siang_rd, Jun 15, 2012.

  1. siang_rd

    siang_rd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it just me or the screen of my m17x is a little blue-ish? Like whenever i am playing a youtube video in 1080, compare it to my macbook air, the colour of my screen is quite blue-ish i guess? Is this a problem of all alienware m17x?

    Thanks for the advice.
     

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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I would considering getting a professional color calibrator, like a Spyder or Huey Pro and calibrate your colors.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 15, 2012
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  3. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Yep it is. I always calibrate my display and do it every time I re-install windows etc.
     
    widezu69, Jun 15, 2012
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    Soundedtrack Notebook Guru

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    What do you use to calibrate?
     
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  5. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    My own eyes. In the start menu, search "calibrate" and you'll get a calibrate wizard. There you will go through the steps for monitor calibration, first is gamma, I drop it down a few notches, then I skip brightness and contrast seeing as you can't tweak brightness and contrast, I just skip that one. Then it is the colours via the RGB sliders. If you want to match the MacBook Air one. I suggest you have the calibration wizard open but as a small window, and then open the same image on both laptops and tweak.

    Have fun.
     
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  6. Arai

    Arai Notebook Evangelist

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    Wouldn't installing the calibrated ICC profile solve the problem?
    Notebookcheck should have it, I assume it's a download and install / set as default would do the trick.

    Or am I missing the point?
     
    Arai, Jun 15, 2012
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