L246WP Calibration file - final edition

Somewhat, I think the main problem with the screen is that it appears they used 2 coatings instead of one or something. The gritty looking anti-glare stuff is visible while at the same time it appears there is a semi-gloss layer on top of that. Their panel coating implementation might be the reason the display looks a little more blurry or out of focus than my past panels. In my opinion either shiny coating or anti-glare should be used, going in between has no benefits. I would love a lcd with an actual glass surface instead of shiny plastic or this LG semi-gloss diffuse plastic.
 
the lg panel has an anti glare coating, it is a better coating than other monitors, wow 72 brightness that is awfully high,

I am running mine at 30 most others are running theirs at 55 but to each his own.
 
conghelach said:
the lg panel has an anti glare coating, it is a better coating than other monitors, wow 72 brightness that is awfully high,

I am running mine at 30 most others are running theirs at 55 but to each his own.
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No...it is not a better coating. Take it from someone who knows about shaders in a 3d environment and lighting. The coating creates a diffuse lighting effect mostly on darker colors just like you see on a piece of plastic in real life. The result is an unrealistic addition of shading to whatever picture you're viewing. Would have been happier if it was either a reflective coating or some other kind that doesn't create a diffuse effect. About the only way to fix it is to try and make sure theres 0 lighting shining directly on the screen so be prepared to rig the entire room up for indirect lighting. My brightness also isn't that bright because the calibration file lowers it some.
 
If it needs to be that perfect get a display that projects straight onto your retina.
 
R0achTheWarHero said:
http://www.mediafire.com/?1lx7u1r5xur

Done using spyder2pro, spent hours testing settings till I finally got it perfect. This file has the best white point I've ever seen on any lcd and the gamma is set perfect for a VA panel which is very hard to get right.

On my particular panel the default setting from factory is 100contrast, 64brightness but my contrast and brightness are labeled wrong and the contrast controls brightness and brightness controls contrast so figure out if yours is reversed too or not.

In the OSD Set the kelvin temp to custom then R97, G100, B100

Set your contrast (black point, however it's labeled on your panel) to 63

Set brightness (white point, however it's labeled on panel) to 72.

I don't think the color profile can be loaded with windows color management and you will probably need to get a hold of the spyder2 software or some other 3rd party color profile loader.
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Your ICM file will not make everyone else's panel look like yours unless they have the exact same panel:)
Plus there are others that dont even use the spyder. I'm not sure what the point of this was, but i give an A for effort

(y)
 
R0achTheWarHero said:
No...it is not a better coating. Take it from someone who knows about shaders in a 3d environment and lighting. The coating creates a diffuse lighting effect mostly on darker colors just like you see on a piece of plastic in real life. The result is an unrealistic addition of shading to whatever picture you're viewing. Would have been happier if it was either a reflective coating or some other kind that doesn't create a diffuse effect. About the only way to fix it is to try and make sure theres 0 lighting shining directly on the screen so be prepared to rig the entire room up for indirect lighting. My brightness also isn't that bright because the calibration file lowers it some.
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I dunno Roach, you are the ONLY one complaining about it, everyone else is very happy with their LG monitor so its kinda hard to validate any problems with the anti glare coating on the LG246.
 
conghelach said:
I dunno Roach, you are the ONLY one complaining about it, everyone else is very happy with their LG monitor so its kinda hard to validate any problems with the anti glare coating on the LG246.
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No.. I am not...

Before I bought the LG I had read a few people in the official L246WP thread talk about "blurry text" but took a chance on it thinking they were idiots that had hooked it up to a geforce2 via VGA.

I really don't know if it's due to the panel type or the coating or even both but the text isn't as crisp as my IPS panel or even a 226bw or w2207.
 
Ok, came out with a new ICM edition, this one has pretty much the best usable gamma for a MVA panel and optimized for lower light output. The first icm had a 0.30 difference in rgb level whitepoint, this one has a 0.00 difference so it's basically perfect. Even if there is a little difference in my panel and yours this profile will still be very good and worth using.

http://www.mediafire.com/upload_complete.php?id=xz3vylez1r9

In your OSD change RGB to R95 G97 B100.

Set your black level to be 1 notch darker from factory preset in your OSD and set your whitelevel/backlight to around anywhere from 3/5ths to 7/10ths. Download the spyder2pro or express software to load it with.
 
Two quick things.
1. I tried to download that and the file is gone.
2. I have no idea what the black level was from factory. How do I even set the black level? I would love to download the software (and will eventually) but can't really pay for it right this second.

Thanks
Ryan
 
black level = contrast, i used the word black level because the contrast and brightness settings are mislabeled backwards on my monitor and may or may not be on yours.

I'll upload it again later today.
 
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