Well, theoretical discussions aside I figured out the solution that works for me for the time being. The problem was the white point in my case. For LCD native wp is recommended and the monitors had different ones. I actually think it has something to do with Nvidia DVI screwup, not the monitors themselves, but anyway... I decided to leave the "better" monitor at native, then measured it's white point (6375K - you need to start calibration at a white point other than Native to get to the measurments part) and then set it as a target for the second monitor. So now they are much closer. The software warned me that it's not a good idea to use RGB sliders on an LCD monitor - but hey, it's not a good idea to work on monitors with different white points either.
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Matching dual monitors with Spyder2 Pro - homegrown solution
2006-03-14 by lowlife_inc