Yeah, that's probably a caveat of the WUXi2 that I can't use my old version of SVii version 1.0.42. Maybe I should try it?
I did notice the backlight gets raised to 339 cdm/2 with a .40 cdm/2 black value before the monitor is adjusted as well. That comes out to 850:1 contrast. But the minimal black value I can see is .18 cdm/2 with brightness at 0% so theoretically I would be there if I had 153 cdm/2 whites and .18 cdm/2 blacks, BUT even though I've calibrated to 155 cdm/2 as well, the best I got was .19 cdm/2 blacks after calibrating.
At this point my black level is about .19 cdm/2 and my white level is around 133 cdm/2 so I'm ok with that. I usually display a white background and compare it to the OSD white on the extended menu to see the adjustment made to white in terms of luminance and temperature. Right now if there is any panel blocking happening it's minimal.
Either way this has now become my main screen and I have ZERO doubts about making it so. I love my 3008WFP but I'm kinda sick of being in wide gamut HELL without a good sRGB mode.
I did notice the backlight gets raised to 339 cdm/2 with a .40 cdm/2 black value before the monitor is adjusted as well. That comes out to 850:1 contrast. But the minimal black value I can see is .18 cdm/2 with brightness at 0% so theoretically I would be there if I had 153 cdm/2 whites and .18 cdm/2 blacks, BUT even though I've calibrated to 155 cdm/2 as well, the best I got was .19 cdm/2 blacks after calibrating.
At this point my black level is about .19 cdm/2 and my white level is around 133 cdm/2 so I'm ok with that. I usually display a white background and compare it to the OSD white on the extended menu to see the adjustment made to white in terms of luminance and temperature. Right now if there is any panel blocking happening it's minimal.
Either way this has now become my main screen and I have ZERO doubts about making it so. I love my 3008WFP but I'm kinda sick of being in wide gamut HELL without a good sRGB mode.
I stayed with the older version of SV that shipped with my monitor because I prefer to calibrate brightness manually (you adjust the brightness with the control to a level you like, not to a numeric value) as it maximizes contrast.
Using the newer SV didn't allow me to do this. Also when I do this, I choose my brightness level at the manual stage, I choose the level, then let the monitor stabilize for 20 minutes before finishing the calibration. Because if you calibrate for a low brightness level, it will first turning the panel up to max which seems to heat the CCFL and make them brighter, so you need time to stabilize at a lower level, or levels will be changing throughout the rest of the calibration.