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I received my HP 2065 monitor and have calibrated it using my Spyder 
2. The initial results aren't too encouraging. 

Images, previously edited in PS CS3 looked "perfect" on my old 
profiled CRT monitor. On LCD, profiled with Spyder, those same 
images look too bright by about 5-10%, and are too blue by about 
15%. That is, if I could get a monitor profile which allowed edited 
images to appear a little less blue and a little less bright (less 
luminance) then I think I'd be getting very close to what I need.

First question - Does anyone have advice on how this might be 
achieved, using the Spyder 2?

Second question - how do those of you who profile LCDs using the 
Spyder 2, hold the calibrating instrument in place during 
calibration? I just sat there and held it manually, but I wonder if 
there isn't an easier way.

Someone is going to ask what type of LCD panel this monitor has. 
Unfortunately I can't be certain. The web site flatpanels.dk states 
that it has either an S-IPS panel or an S-MVA (not S-PVA) panel. HP, 
who makes the monitor, doesn't state in their specs what type of 
panel their monitors have. Before ordering, I phoned several places 
in HP, asking for assurance that I get an S-IPS panel. Nobody would 
assure me of anything - all the people I talked to claimed they 
didn't know the panel types, and could not refer me to anyone who 
could tell me which panels are used.

Any help at all on the two questions above would be much 
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Bill Hansen

Spyder2 has a removable base; for LCDs you need to have the base on,  
and suspend the Spyder by the cable, using the counterweight and  
tilting the LCD back a bit.

Your issue with brightness and blueness is caused by the display being  
too bright. Try the ambient light feature, or simply create a target  
with a white luminance of about 100 to 125 candelas. That assumes you  
own Spyder2Pro; if not, then dim the LCD before calibrating. Be sure  
to tell the software your LCD has a backlight control NOT a brightness  
control!

C. D. Tobie
WW Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
DataColor.com
CDTobie@...

On Aug 23, 2008, at 7:24 PM, "bill_hansen20012001" <b2hansen@... 

 > wrote:

> I received my HP 2065 monitor and have calibrated it using my Spyder
> 2. The initial results aren't too encouraging.
>
> Images, previously edited in PS CS3 looked "perfect" on my old
> profiled CRT monitor. On LCD, profiled with Spyder, those same
> images look too bright by about 5-10%, and are too blue by about
> 15%. That is, if I could get a monitor profile which allowed edited
> images to appear a little less blue and a little less bright (less
> luminance) then I think I'd be getting very close to what I need.
>
> First question - Does anyone have advice on how this might be
> achieved, using the Spyder 2?
>
> Second question - how do those of you who profile LCDs using the
> Spyder 2, hold the calibrating instrument in place during
> calibration? I just sat there and held it manually, but I wonder if
> there isn't an easier way.
>
> Someone is going to ask what type of LCD panel this monitor has.
> Unfortunately I can't be certain. The web site flatpanels.dk states
> that it has either an S-IPS panel or an S-MVA (not S-PVA) panel. HP,
> who makes the monitor, doesn't state in their specs what type of
> panel their monitors have. Before ordering, I phoned several places
> in HP, asking for assurance that I get an S-IPS panel. Nobody would
> assure me of anything - all the people I talked to claimed they
> didn't know the panel types, and could not refer me to anyone who
> could tell me which panels are used.
>
> Any help at all on the two questions above would be much
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill Hansen
>
>
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