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martineas

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Hi all,

I have a Dell U2311H monitor which I am trying to calibrate with a Spyder 3 Pro, using either the Spyder software or the dispcalGUI/ArgyllCMS freeware.  I am then checking the calibration using the HCFR Colorimeter software with the Spyder 3 puck.

I have found, like others, that dispcalGUI generates a generally better calibration in the midtones and highlights of the greyscale than the Spyder software, as judged from the output of the HCFR software – specifically the gamma and RGB charts, the latter with dE values.

However, the black end of the greyscale is not very good according to HCFR, and here the Spyder software seems to give less bad results than the dispcalGUI.  Specifically in HCFR, the DE values at 0, 10 and 20% grey are relatively poor.  When I look at the monitor calibration images at http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/, it appears that the dispcalGUI calibration clips the blacks more than the Spyder calibration, although the RGB settings and luminescence settings for both are very similar.

My problem (and question) is twofold: I don’t know what is “normal” for HCFR at the black end of the greyscale, so can’t tell if my results are abnormally out of whack. And if they are, I have no idea what I can do to improve the situation.

Please could anyone advice? I would appreciate any input. I can post HCFR graphs and/or the HCFR data as a table if that will help. Thanks in advance.
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