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--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "nittfagm821"
<nittfagm821@...> wrote:
>
> For some time I've been working only with a CRT that I've been
> profiling with a Gretag i1 display, and with the PFP Suite purchase
> I'll be switching to the Spyder2. I'm also considering replacing my
> desktop system with a notebook, that I'll also need to profile with
> the Spyder2.  Is there anything to look out for with regard to
> notebook displays? Many manufacturers list various extra-bright
> display versions -- are these harder/easier to profile/calibrate? Are
> some notebook graphics interfaces (intel/via/sis/ati/nvidia)
> harder/easier/impossible to calibrate with the Spyder2?
> 
> Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
>

I've calibrated the display on my HP zv6000 (thats one with a
super-bright screen).  There is no place on the laptop to adjust the
gains for the three channels and I wanted a 6500K whitepoint.  Because
the display is a bit non-linear I end up loosing the use of some
colors (something like 100 or so).
For ease of use ... its just the same.  Plunk the Spyder2 on the
screen and let it go.  If you want to keep as many colors as possible
you can ask it to use a "native" whitepoint.  
Appearance wise because the screen is super bright a lot of the
pictures take on that same gem-like quality you get with slides.  Its
very nice for viewing but makes it a little harder to judge how things
will look printed (since brighter displays *seem* more colorful even
though they literaly have the same level of saturation).