Which Color Setting for Dell LCD?

[airsniper]

I am working with Dell E248WFP. It was not until recently that I realized a very BIG problem. The color it shows is very different from my T60 notebook. Dell LCD tends to have a lot of saturation, expecially in green.

I soon found out that if I change the color setting of LCD from Normal to sRGB, it looks much closer to my T60.

I am confused about this and want to know which color setting I should use in my Dell LCD.

For reference, The Default monitor color space profile in T60 is called TPLCD, my dell desktop even don't have a default monitor color space profile. Now I changed both of them to sRGB, and it seems nothing happens. Does this matter?
Thank you very much!

[ghelary]

Your screen needs to be calibrated with a probe, it's likely that your T60 doesn't provide accurate colors either.

A quick and dirty fix is to load an ICC Profile from a reference site, I know the one that is here but it doesn't contain a profile for your particular screen.

Colors and luminosity tend to vary over time and over the surface of a screen, however colors tend to be consistent from one sample to another of a same model but are not consistent on a given brand.

The only way to get accurate colors is to use a calibration solution, this one is pretty popular, but there are other valid ones. Even such a solution, some screen can never be calibrated up to satisfaying level.

Some brands are specialized in pre-calibrated high quality screens, the most famous being Eizo, but those are by far to expensive for the amateur.

A good LCD (Dell, Sony, Samsung...) correctly calibrate should do the trick.

[airsniper]

Originally Posted by ghelary

Your screen needs to be calibrated with a probe, it's likely that your T60 doesn't provide accurate colors either.

A quick and dirty fix is to load an ICC Profile from a reference site, I know the one that is here but it doesn't contain a profile for your particular screen.

Colors and luminosity tend to vary over time and over the surface of a screen, however colors tend to be consistent from one sample to another of a same model but are not consistent on a given brand.

The only way to get accurate colors is to use a calibration solution, this one is pretty popular, but there are other valid ones. Even such a solution, some screen can never be calibrated up to satisfaying level.

Some brands are specialized in pre-calibrated high quality screens, the most famous being Eizo, but those are by far to expensive for the amateur.

A good LCD (Dell, Sony, Samsung...) correctly calibrate should do the trick.

Thanks! I am wondering which LCD I should trust more. Dell or Lenovo? Just want to keep in line with my friends so that they have no color problem watching my photos.

It seems that my Dell LCD has its own "Color Management", should I turn it on (default) or turn it off. Will this feature conflict with the monitor color profile I set in windows. I don't have problems working with sRGB and want to keep everything as sRGB, since this is most common color management share on Web.

I thought sRGB is the standard for every LCD, but the Normal preset and the sRGB preset are so different from each other that I don't know which one I should use? What does most of you use for LCD? Thanks!

[reeftool]

I have a few computers around and have noticed some major display differences on the way my photos look can also be graphic cards. On one of my computers all my photos look underexposed. I have swapped monitors, tried adjusting them, etc, all with the same result. Same results with CRT monitors also. LCD monitors work best at a certain resolution and while they will work at different settings they work best at the resolution they were designed for ( mine is 1024 X 768). Laptop monitors usually have higher resolution than desktop monitors and because they are smaller you are working much closer to the screen also. All my pictures seem to look much better on one of the laptops than either of my current desktops, even though the laptops are old and slow. When I see the occasional complaining in the forum about underexposure and dark pictures I wonder sometimes what computer/motherboard/graphics adapter/ monitor combination is being used. I have seen very noticeable differences. Trying to set your system up so your photos will look the same on your friends machines as they do on your own is probably close to impossible. All you can do is adjust your monitor and video settings for what looks best for your eyes.

[cpopham]

Originally Posted by airsniper

Thanks! I am wondering which LCD I should trust more. Dell or Lenovo?

I see from a quick glance at the Dell site that the E248WFP is advertised at 92% of the sRGB gamut, so you can trust it pretty well.

In a similar vein, laptop screens, even when calibrated tend to be pretty bad for colour reproduction.... so trust the monitor.

[airsniper]

Originally Posted by cpopham

I see from a quick glance at the Dell site that the E248WFP is advertised at 92% of the sRGB gamut, so you can trust it pretty well.

In a similar vein, laptop screens, even when calibrated tend to be pretty bad for colour reproduction.... so trust the monitor.

Thanks! Do you know why the Dell LCD has 2 very different presets: Normal and sRGB, it makes me feel that Dell use something other than sRGB, which is widely used. Should I keep on using the normal preset, or should I change to sRGB? Thanks