Not a lot of info on this screen. Wanted the upgrade for image editing and design work. When I asked my local dealer about the screen they told me they didn't really know if it was factory calibrated or if it was needed.
After a while I find I am in need of some answers to some questions about this one:
- Is the monitor factory - calibrated ? ( Colors are a bit exaggerated)
- Has anyone tried color - calibrating this ?
- What are the exact specifications of the screen? ( Adobe RGB, sRGB, NTSC) etc...
- What is my best bet for color calibrating it ?
Sorry if this comes across as dumb, but I know little to nothing about the subject, so any response would help me I guess.
By the way I tried to eyeball it and use windows 8 diplay calibration. That is not an easy thing to do. Setting approximate gamma is not easy, and "out of the box" the colors of the 95% screen on the clevo are REALLY oversaturated.
I have been looking through some forums for info, and I happened to see a mention of calibration settings in the Intel HD Graphics panel. After that I got a little demotivated, as I am guessing the changes I make in Windows calibration profiles will anyway just rely on settings applied with Intel HD. Varibles on top of variables.....
Seems a shame to let a great diplay go to waste, so using smth like the Spyder4 Pro is tempting, knowing that I can calibrate monitors on my workstation and my wife's laptop also.
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Prostar Computer Company Representative
Hello! glad to hear, first of all, that the screen did work once you put it into the computer. You should be able use the Windows settings to bring down that over-saturation, I just thought I'd mention that the main issue with calibration is that, when done professionally and correctly, a person will usually come to your location and use hardware (like the Spyder you mentioned) to calibrate the monitor to your environment. Screens will usually come "calibrated" from the factory to the manufacturer's standard (So they don't sell two laptops that, when looked at side-by-side, show very different colors) but it's not that kind of crucial calibration that pros do with Spyder. The try to match your 95% screen's colors to your environment's lighting to provide the most true-to-life representation on-screen. Sometimes people go pay for calibration from a retailer or at a store, without realizing that when something's calibrated in a store and then taken to a different lighting environment it probably won't have the full benefit they're looking for. Do you know the exact brand you bought? I'll try to find some info on what Lenovo uses in their units.
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Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative
I would recommend calibrating the 95% screen you have. I've seen many post on here from people who have done so after getting a computer without it calibrated and have really noticed the difference. I can attest to it to. Once you calibrate it you can toggle that on/off and compare to what it was before.
Before buying the Spyder4 Pro you should try some color profiles Sager posted for the 95% screens under the NP8150 drivers Software Upgrade.
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I will definitily try the color profiles from Sager. Just wanted to share my experience from calibrating in Windows on the p157sm - Windows 8: I adjusted the gamma in the calibration tool, left the color values alone, and instead adjusted the color saturation in Intel HD graphics settings to -15. for me that made the screen noticably better, but I am excited to try the color profiles from Sager and of course the Spyder4 pro
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Do you do professional image editing and design, i.e. are you paid for it? If so, then get a color calibrator. Be sure to check your options as there are several manufactures and models. I would get a low end model. If you don't make a living with this, and you just want good looking images, then just try the link provided, and/or calibrate by hand. Don't forget matching the printer...
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There's a thread on NBR where people posted their ICC profile, so that's a lot of info for you to read over. You can also check tftcentral for their calibrated ICC profile. Windows update also has one. If you want to make sure that the color is accurate, just get a colormunki or spyder (basic one will do). I have the screen and depending on the ICC profile the color can be very oversatuated or somewhat close. I used an sRGB icc profile that matches pretty close to the color chart I have, good enough for me. This is a very nice screen, B+RG LED backlighting compared to the usual W-LED.
Edit: found it http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/616785-95-color-gamut-screen-calibration-3.html
The Lenovo B156HW01 v4 95% ntsc laptop screen for NP8250/55 - p157sm
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