Datacolor User to User Support Group.

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.

--- 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).

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:

> The easiest solution is a Mac Powerbook; good, bright calibratable
screen, 
> with full dual display calibration and profiling support. On the
Windows side 
> things vary considerably, and user will have to report their results
with 
> assorted models. Some are simply not fit for serious color imaging,
others are fine. 
> ColorVision uses Dell PC laptops, which offer quite reasonable screens.
> 

What would be considered good stats for a LCD screen?  I realize this
is a loaded question .. sorry.  Actually the part that annoys me most
about the laptop I have now is *NOT* being able to adjust the gain on
the three channels.  Can you do that externaly or internaly on the Mac
laptops?

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:

> 
> I've never seen a laptop that allowed this...
>

Yes ... but are they hardware calibrated at all in the factory when
they are manufactured?  Its sure to vary from vendor to vendor but
they probably don't take the time to adjust each one individualy.

Thats one of the drawbacks to laptop design it seems.