Hal, my LCD is a E2403WS and it has 1000:1 contrast too. What setting am I missing to get the best ratio ? Should I lower the brightness/contrast from the OSD menu ? 2008/7/26 Olivier Marchetta <olivier.marchetta@xxxxxxxxx> > Voici le résultat de dispcal -r -yl : > > Current calibration response: > Black level = 0.46 cd/m^2 > White level = 134.22 cd/m^2 > Aprox. gamma = 2.19 > Contrast ratio = 293:1 > White chromaticity coordinates 0.3168, 0.3263 > White Correlated Color Temperature = 6300K, DE to locus = 0.4 > White Correlated Daylight Temperature = 6303K, DE to locus = 5.0 > White Visual Color Temperature = 6313K, DE to locus = 0.4 > White Visual Daylight Temperature = 6489K, DE to locus = 4.8 > > So yes it is 0.46 and not 46 :) > > But I think my spyder is not very accurate, data will vary from 0.46 to > 0.48 and other settings too from one to another test. > > Olivier, > 2008/7/26 Hal V. Engel <hvengel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > So 47 cd/m^2 is actually a light gray on my system. Are you sure this >> is not 0.47 cd/m^2? That would still be a liitle on the light side but not >> too out of line. >That would give a contrast ratio of about 298 to 1. Where >> as my LCD has a constrast ratio of about 917 to 1. The advertised static >> contrast ratio of my >LCD is 1000 to 1. >> >