Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Monitor Calibration question

  • 23-11-2012 4:34pm
    #1
    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,151 ✭✭✭


    Am I right in thinking that monitor calibration actually affects the graphics card of the attached PC?

    In which case, if I plug an external monitor into my laptop & try to calibrate it with one of those Spyder gizmos, the result is dependent on the crappiness of the on-board graphics on my cheap laptop?

    So probably not worth it?


Comments

  • #2
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    An external monitor is worth calibrating. The laptop screen is not worth calibrating.

    With the external monitor, you may notice a large improvement, or it may be a small improvement. But, it should be worth doing.


  • #3
    ValueInIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭ValueInIreland


    In my view, it's always worth calibrating any monitor- laptop or external. For colour correcting images (especially for printing), a calibrated external monitor is always best as it is very hard to judge brightness on a laptop. Your graphics card, no matter how crap, will output a more accurate image if calibrated. The colour will be improved on laptops by calibrating - so do it!


  • #4
    gloobag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭gloobag


    Graphics card doesn't really make a difference. The calibrating tool will tailor it's adjustments to whatever type of display you tell it is attached to your computer.

    Laptops aren't ideal for accurate colour because most modern calibrators will adjust based on the ambient light hitting the screen at the time of calibration. Once you move the laptop to a different place, you are essentially no longer correctly calibrated.


  • #5
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    Also the brightness of laptop screens depends on the viewing angle or the angle of the "lid".


  • #6
    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,151 ✭✭✭Ben D Bus


    One other thought....would calibration work on an LED TV connected via HDMI to my laptop? Or does it have to be a VGA connection?


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    ditpaintball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 993 ✭✭✭ditpaintball


    If you are going to start calibrating your gear, make sure that you keep doing it. There is no point in doing it once and never doing it again as screens change over time ( apparently). Another reason to keep doing it is to stop the annoying reminder boxes, telling you to re-calibrate every few weeks :)

    Also, if you are doing your own printing, you need to calibrate your printer as well as there is no point it only calibrating some parts of your work flow.


Advertisement