Colors on External LCD vs. Notebook LCD

Hi,

I have a HP dv6500t with a Nvidia 8400 GS card. I have a HP W2207 (22inch lcd) hooked up to it via the VGA port. I run the 22inch as my main display and the laptop as my second display.

I am noticting significant differences in colors on the notebook lcd vs. the 22 inch external lcd. Most noticeble is blue (#0000FF). It looks pale / earthtone on the notebook display (more attractive) - and a lot cheaper (but more exact) on the external lcd. I like the notebooks version of the color a lot better. Can someone tell me whats going on here..and show me how i can duplicate that on my 22inch monitor?

Thanks!

 

External monitors tend to be higher quality than notebook monitors. You can change color settings with a color correction program like Adobe Gamma.

 

Thanks for the fast reply. I will check that program out. So the issue here is the notebook lcd is not as good as the external display?

 

That or one's just not calibrated correctly.

 

Do you mine me asking what yours looks like? Maybe you can take a screenshot of HPs website, after clicking on Notebooks..the section should turn blue. Thats what Im using as my bench mark. Even the blue links here look different on each monitor.

 

When you use a program like I mentioned, it'll guide you through what the colors should look like. They're actually very accurate.

 

Okay thanks. I will check it out. I'm installing Photoshop soon.

 

is your external screen glossy or matte? often, external lcd screens don't have the glare coating that most notebook screens have. glossy makes colors more vibrant.

 

It is glossy - it has the bright view technology built in.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...uct_code=RK282AA#ABA&aoid=20715&cs=GoogleBase

 

They aren't going to be calibrated the same so you can't really compare until they are.

My 1520 has an SEC3157 screen, and saw an enormous difference after calibration with my Colorvision Spyder2Express. Most screens I calibrate show a pretty noticeable difference, but this time it was huge. I wouldn't be able to use it without calibration.

Anyway just making a point...you could try something similar. For a free solution do a search for QuickGammaV2.

 

Wouldn't connecting to a DVI be a better option (in terms of your picture quality)?

I don't personally own an LCD monitor but I thought that connecting to DVI or HDMI would provide a better picture than VGA.

 

Right but most laptops have VGA only.

 

I'm getting very irritated witht his whole thing. No gamma settings can seem to change how the color #0000FF is rendered on my 22inch vs. my notebook display - they're compltely different. I am thinking about returning this LCD.

 

Keep in mind that brightness / contrast affect gamma.

 

I thought that was just good monitors vs rubbish ones? My DT monitor is matte and better than any glossy laptop.

 

Glossy screens make things more vibrant, and by vibrant, it's really just making light bounce off the screen, so you get an extra glossy sheen on colors.

 

I just found out today that my Laptop has a HDMI port. I got an adapter and it helped a few issues, one being the interference showing up on the screen (flickering) - thats now gone. The image quality does look nicer - but the color problem still remains.