Easy Calibration for washed out display?

[Bokes]

New 13 MacAir.
The display appears slightly washed out vs my Gen1 MacAir.
Black is not as rich or deep.

I tried to calibrate in the prefs- but my eyes are going buggy staring at that apple. IMO-
I would much rather set the appearance via simple controls while looking at an actual real word app vs a test pattern.

Any simple instruction that will get me a deeper black?

Thanks!

 

[jackyyeow]

I think contrasts are inherit thing, no way to fix it. Calibration will only work on getting more accurate color tone and gamma.

If calibration can do magic, it'll render more expensive display panels waste of money.

What's your display manufacturer? (here we go again!)

 

[MRU]

Calibrate it anyway.

Download SuperCal - the best software calibrator, if you don't want to use a spyder.

 

[OSMac]

Any simple instruction that will get me a deeper black?

Thanks!

Use a MB Pro instead.

Actually the blacks are very deep on the Air but the contrast is weak
it looks somewhat better if you have the brightness turned up
and back lights behind you.

But in a darker room with the brightness down it looks washed out.

MB Pros look much better in most cases except outside.

 

[TheRealDamager]

Try Supercal - I did and was impressed with the results.

 

[clyde2801]

By any chance, did you use migration assistant to move over programs, documents, etc., from another mac?

I helped start this whole furor over the Samsung vs LG thing (Lesser Graphics), but the samsung started to look like crap after I did MA. I think the assistant copied the other machine's display settings into the Air. Bunch of tweaking later, the issue is resolved.

Oh, sorry about the cheap shots at the LG screen. My bad.