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I am about to calibrate a new Dell 2707WFP LCD moniter with SpyderPro 
2.2.  If I use the DVI connection, I do not have access to the front 
controls on the moniter such as brightness and contrast.  I only have 
access to these when I use the analog connection.  Since I want to 
calibrate the moniter with my SpyderPro 2.2, am I better using the 
analog or DVI connection?  Thanks.

Matthew Kraus

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "tech4x5" <mkraus1044@...> wrote:
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> I am about to calibrate a new Dell 2707WFP LCD moniter with SpyderPro 
> 2.2.  If I use the DVI connection, I do not have access to the front 
> controls on the moniter such as brightness and contrast.  I only have 
> access to these when I use the analog connection.  Since I want to 
> calibrate the moniter with my SpyderPro 2.2, am I better using the 
> analog or DVI connection?  Thanks.

Always use the DVI connection as image quality will be incredibly better than analog.  Not 
sure what you mean by not having access to the front controls with DVI?

--- Thanks for the reply.  BTW...I just love the PrintFix and 
SpyderPro software.  Could you please clarify a few details for me.  
The following is my understanding of the profiling process.  Please 
correct me if I am wrong in any of these steps.

1.The first thing I do is make my print profiles with PrintFix Pro.

2.Then I hook up my moniter with the DVI connection

3.Using Spyder2Pro,I calibrate my moniter using the moniter's default 
settings. I use the settings of gamma of 2.2 and a white point of 
6500K in the Spyder2Pro software calibration.

4.Is there any reason to meaure the visual luminace using the 
colorimeter or meausure the ambient light using the software?

5.  What do I do if I need to tweak the moniter profile to get it to 
better match the print I've made with my custom profiles?  Do I 
adjust gamma and white point settings in the Spyder software and 
recalibrate?

6.Could you please be more specific as how to adjust the white 
luminance?

Thanks again,
Matthew Kraus


In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 11/18/07 9:23:20 AM, mkraus1044@... writes:
> 
> 
> > I am about to calibrate a new Dell 2707WFP LCD moniter with 
SpyderPro
> > 2.2.  If I use the DVI connection, I do not have access to the 
front
> > controls on the moniter such as brightness and contrast.  I only 
have
> > access to these when I use the analog connection.  Since I want to
> > calibrate the moniter with my SpyderPro 2.2, am I better using the
> > analog or DVI connection?
> > 
> 
> I usually explain this in terms of someone who has always had a 
standard 
> transmission being dissapointed with a new car with an automatic 
transmission, 
> since it no longer has a shifter, clutch, etc...
> 
> Using analog to gain controls not available digitally does not 
necessarily 
> improve your results, and lacks all the virtues of digital video. 
There aren't 
> actually hardware adjustments for brightness or contrast in your 
LCD anyways, 
> so most of the value of adjusting them is lost, since its applying 
the 
> adjustments at the videocard, not to the display. The one that is 
actually a hardware 
> control is backlight. So I'd suggest hooking up digitally, and 
adjusting your 
> white luminance via the backlight control, and leaving it at that. 
You aren't 
> loosing much in the way of real hardware controls, and you get 
direct digital 

> color.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/spyder3
> 
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