On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 11:18 -0500, Leonard Evens wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 17:58 +0200, Pascal de Bruijn wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Stephen T <stwebvanuatu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > I have a fairly new laptop with LED backlit LCD. > > > > > > I think my problem in calibration and profiling is a high black level, > > > about > > > 3 cd/m2. Contrast-ratio is poor even though brightness is pretty good, 112 > > > cd/m2 at less than max backlight. > > > Before calibration my LCD has a distinct blueish cast. > > > > > > After calibration with -gs option only the native WP is a bit warm and > > > contrast a bit flat. > > > Trying to force WP to 6500 results in a sick greenish-yellowish colour > > > cast. > > > Using -f1.0 gives a contrasty look but kills the shadow detail, -f0.5 is > > > better. > > > Red in a test image looks orangeish, with or without calibration. > > > Profiling > > > corrects colors but everything comes out oversaturated. > > > > > > Any tips on calibrating crap LCDs would be appreciated. I have tried > > > this before on an old Dell and gave up. I thought a new laptop would > > > behave > > > better. I have also calibrated an old CRT and that was easy enough. > > > > Hi, > > > > Although I need to revise part of the text of my following post, the > > procedure has > > worked wonders for my crappy HP 6730s laptop screen: > > > > http://blog.pcode.nl/2009/01/color-profiling-your-screen > > > > As you might notice, I'm sticking with the screens native whitepoint. > > > > Regards, > > Pascal de Bruijn > > > > One thing I don't understand about the original question. I'm > surprised to hear of a laptop with an LED backlit display. It would > seem surprising for a manufacturer to produce a `crappy' such display. > Let me add that were it really LED backlit, then you probably can't use a colorimeter to calibrate/profile it. You would need a Spectometer of specialized colorimeter designed for such illumination.