XPS M1530: How to change color temperature

i have this XPS M1530 and im using mostly on AC with max brightness... then it hurt my eyes for long run becoz of the normal color temperature, especially when displaying white color. I know that Desktop LCD screen can calibrate to 65k, 90k and etc which is cool,normal,warm and i've been using cool color temperature on my desktop LCD all the while.

The question is, Is there any way to Change the color temperature of this XPS m1530 to cooler color temperature/tone by any means?

 

I don't know if you have this option.. but you can adjust the display settings and this is what I do.. Go to nVidia control panel (right click on desktop and you should see nVidia control panel) and adjust display settings.. there you can set the brightness, contrast, gamma and also there is another one for which the name I keep forgetting.. I think its some 'radiance' or something like that.. dammit!! How can I forget! Anyways.. its in the same display settings panel.. play around with it and for sure you will find a setting thats comfortable and 'cool' for your eyes

Cheers

 

is that the only way to do it?? coz adjusting tat in nvidia CP kinda make the screen more grainy.... prefer smooth color and cooler color temperature

 

Grainy????

Nope.. for me I have a wonderful smooth colored, cooler colored, smooth font'd, clean and wonderful display... and this I adjust purely with nVidia control panel... and its good.

In any case, I didn't imply it was the only way to do it It was something I have been doing (not only in this laptop, but even with my other systems) and it works well for me..

 

abit grayish.. possible for u to post a Screenshot of ur nvidia CP for color tab?? maybe i can refer urs

 

Sure.. give me an hour, please? I am at work now, and lappy is at home! But I'll be going home now to watch the olympic opening ceremony Before that I'll try to get a screenshot

And as for 'grayish', no mate.. I seriously dont see anything.. infact with the radiance thing and the color settings, I really have a black desktop with the XPS wallpaper and I frankly see no difference... Anyway will get back ASAP Cheers.

 

Thank ya.... Im going to watch the Olympic Opening too... Hehe

 

Okie, first it was not any radiance or crap..... It was digital vibrance.. lol Sorry didnt come to my mind immediately..

Anyway here is the screenshot + some parts of my desktop.... see if this helps you.

My display brightness currently is at 90%

 

digital vibrance should help the get reduce the gray effect on yur screen. HIGH digital vibrance will help colors "pop," but too much could also over saturate the image.

 

i have it set at 30% and its really nice..

 

What about your sig? 2000%?

 

What do you mean??? I was mentioning the digital vibrance thing which I have set at 30%!! Anything wrong with that? I am sorry I don't quiet understand what you are asking.

 

Either im going color blind or ive taken a hallucinogenic drug



Is your sig pic supposed to be like that?

It looks like you used the mosaic/posterize tool in photoshop, set to overdrive.

 

Oopppss... sorry mate. I misunderstood and I guess I am the one who is under drugs.. lol

Well I was just fooling around with coreldraw and this sig, with whatever tool my mouse pointer clicked on.. and kept saving images on the way.. I had more (if you look in the "Team Dell" thread lol )... it was not intentional!!

So yeah, This is from Coreldraw

Sorry!

Edit: Btw, do you remember the mysterious restore point error I was having? I fixed it I will post about it in that thread now

 

where have u all been??

it seems that even with the same configuration, it still don't meet my preferences. All i want is to make the "White" color into a bit blue-ish which is "cool" color temperature in desktop LCD.

If i'm not wrong the brand of LCD panel also affected all those color,viewing angle, saturation, contrast and so on.. mine is Samsung according to the screenie below. Im out of luck and get this Zzzzzzz samsung LCD.. OMG!

 

I have the Samsung panel on WXGA and the white looks yellowish. Looks like the settings doesn't fit all.

 

I've never been able to fix the color temperature on a laptop monitor. If you have yellowish whites or parchment colored whites, there's really no way to fix them short of replacing the screen. You can adjust video card settings to make colors more intense with digital vibrance, and you can adjust the brightness and gamma of the separate colors to try to cancel out the yellowishness. But you can't change the overall color temperature of a laptop monitor the way you can with a desktop monitor. Whites will always look "off." If you can't get the colors the way you like by tweaking the video card settings, the only solution is to replace the screen (or use an external monitor).

Different people can be sensitive to different color ranges. Once I had a chemistry teacher who liked to use purplish-blue chalk because it looked like such a bright color to him. But most of the class could hardly see it, so he always asked before using it. He said that to him the yellow chalk was difficult to see (This was using an old fashioned blackboard, not the newer whiteboards that you write on with dry markers). Before this class, I'd always assumed people saw things in the same way. I am not particularly good with chemistry, and that people might actually perceive colors differently is the most interesting thing I learned from that class.

I'd much rather have a laptop with bluish screen because I'm sensitive to yellow. What is supposed to be "Normal" on a monitor or TV screen looks yellowish to me, and tends to be hard on my eyes. I suspect we see some of this difference in color sensitivity between different people in this forum. So not only can laptop screens have different color temperatures, but two different laptop users could look at the same screen and one could see whites displayed as being yellowish while to the other they look like pure whites.

It would be nice to be able to change color temperature on laptop monitors the way you can on desktop monitors (instead of trying to tweak the video card to make up for it). But I don't know if it would be possible for manufacturers to implement the option in a laptop screen using current technology.

 

yes to me i like bluish(cool color temperature) more than the yellowish(normal color temperature) and the redish(warm color temperature)... i was able to get the white to blueish as the cool color temperature BUT then the other color will be out and its not nice to see especially dull brightness + grayish shown even clearer. I've already called up and mention the issue and replacement will be done in 3-4days time.. before that i need to know how to directly check the LCD manufacturer by looking at certain model code on the physical LCD itself before the tech attempt to replace my monitor...

 

I think the model codes are the same on the screens as what shows up under HardwareID in Device Manager (with the possible exception of 13.3" LED screens that show as MONITOR\LCD2306 which someone reported as being Toshiba when he had his screen out).

I don't have an M1530, but when I had screens replaced in my M1330, there was a sticker that said AUO or SEC or LPL followed by some number on the screen.
AUO is AU Optronics
SEC is Samsung
LPL is LG Phillips and is usually the best.
Individual screens from the same manufacturer can vary. So if you get another Samsung, it may be better than your current one.
There might be another manufacturer for the 15" WXGA screen, but these are the ones I know of.

 

I managed to change the color settings and make it look white. But the problem where it is not bright enough is still there.

Well, there's another reason why I should buy an external monitor.

Cheers

 

yes i manage to change to cool color also but as mention the rest of the color wont be natural and not enuf brightness/contrast same as u...

If u need a get an external monitor just to correct the color problem then defeat the purpose of a laptop... u can do it at home only but not outside... i have an external monitor also(which belong to my desktop) but dont feel like using it... a replacement for the current LCD will be the best option i guess...