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Is there any proof that Samsung panels > LG panels?
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HiRez, thanks for sharing your calibration profile. What brightness level are you using for your screen?
Have tried that, it looks very blue on my LG. I didn't even realize it did until I compared it to the Samsung one a few posts up (even though it wasn't made on an LG).
I have been tinkering with my monitor here to get at least the colors more neutral and the grayscale more even. Perhaps I can make others happy with my profile.
Here is my profile for a Samsung (LTH133BT01A03) on a 13" MBA 2011.
It's way more color neutral compared to the default one setup by Apple.
Perhaps it's very personal or even different for every panel, but I am happy with it.
http://cl.ly/2V3r0R1P3j1e123H2V1m
(Store in ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles create folders if they are not there).
Perhaps we could merge this thread in a MBA display calibration thread? I think it's important and it really gets more out of MBA when users calibrate.
Here is my profile for a Samsung (LTH133BT01A03) on a 13" MBA 2011.
It's way more color neutral compared to the default one setup by Apple.
Perhaps it's very personal or even different for every panel, but I am happy with it.
http://cl.ly/2V3r0R1P3j1e123H2V1m
(Store in ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles create folders if they are not there).
Perhaps we could merge this thread in a MBA display calibration thread? I think it's important and it really gets more out of MBA when users calibrate.
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+1. Would be great if we could get a sticky post with different favorite user calibrated profiles. Almost ALL macbook air users could benifit from this.
You guys are so silly
. These things have a fair amount of sample variation, and they shift in color as they age. Sharing profiles is not necessarily a good idea. On the Samsung vs. LG thing, you'd want to compare more than just a few to make up for sample variation among each brand.
. These things have a fair amount of sample variation, and they shift in color as they age. Sharing profiles is not necessarily a good idea. On the Samsung vs. LG thing, you'd want to compare more than just a few to make up for sample variation among each brand.
That's NOT an LG, the LTHxxxxx is the Samsung panel. The LG ones start with LP.
Oops, you are right. Also agree on the usefulness of sharing profiles.
All other profiles shared here just look crap here; very panel and age specific it seems.
Well i have the Samsung panel and the last 4 bars on the red and green blend, it is a simple colour calibration issue.
I have the LG panel and have the exact same findings as you. Mine has been calibrated with an old i1 Display, not the highest tech but better than factory. I have better gray scales now. I think this just proves that Apple specifies the panels to be pretty close in performance and that sample variations lead some to believe that one brand is better than the other. Anandtech nailed it when he said he feels you be hard pressed to tell the difference between the 2 and that any measurable variation is just insignificant.
BTW, I do all my photo editing on my 17" MBP or on my 27" Apple Cinema Display with the IPS panel. The MBA is my couch/bed web device.
Download the test image to your desktop and open it in Photoshop or an image viewer like Xee and it will not blend anymore, i think Firefox and Safari have colour profiles inbuilt.
You'd think that but the older i1 display never worked well with LED backlighting. It's not filtered for it. They can make some software adjustment, but it's not quite the same. The laptop panels in general can't really compete with a quality desktop display. That may be changing, but they're not all the way there yet.
just did that, didn't change a thing. Saved a screenshot to my desktop. Opened it with Xee. Still looked exactly the same, very strange?
Wait, did you take a screengrab of the image in the browser? You need to right click and actually save the image.
ok thanks, it worked. I saved it. Pulled it back up. bam. No blending. I'm good now lol.
Good point! That's why I qualified it as being "older"
. I am looking into getting a Spyder 4Pro which is supposed to be designed for our LED backlights.Did you pull it back up in Safari or a photo editor? And are you using the default LCD Color profile from Apple by chance? Thanks for your info.
I am not using the default color profile. I calibrated it looks amazing now I love it. I didn't pull it back up in safari or photo editor I pulled it up using Xee the image viewer though. I saved the image of the color test on my desktop and then opened it up with Xee.
Thanks for you answer. It makes total sense. BTW, which color calibrator/profiler did you use. I am looking into the Spyder 4.
I was using ColorSync and I did a couple of different profiles with that but honestly I like the stock calibrator in the system preferences. Go to Calibrate then check expert mode. Every time I used colorsync and then compared it with a profile I made with the Calibration with expert mode I noticed my colors popped much more and seem to have more contrast with a tad bit more saturation which looks really good and the whites are more of a true white rather than a blueish tone. Try it out under expert mode.
Cool. Thanks. It' worth a try since it comes with the computer anyway. You are right. The stock LCD Display profile isn't that bad. It's actually pretty linear and you do see pretty much the many gradations of the RGB patterns as well as the gray scales. It's just a tad low on contrast a little cool, color wise.
try calibrating whichever one you like most, remember to check the expert mode box you'll have more options and what not.