Bought Colorometer, now what?

[briancl]

I bought the Spyder2express colorometer, and I've installed the latest version and run it. The different is the image is a tad bit darker and I think I might have lost some of my black. For example, on this test image page, I can't see any of the boxes labeled 1-4.

Is the calibration not spot on? Are my settings off? I have an LG 246 LCD, and I set the "CSM" to sRGB and the brightness to 20 and then ran the spyder software. At the end, when I did the switch to show the before and after, the only difference I noticed was the slightly darker picture.

I also downloaded colorimetre hcfr software, but I don't really know what to do with it. I copied the dll over and was able to take a reading using 10 levels of grey, but beyond that, I have no idea what anything means. Can I use this software to tweak/enhance my profile? Or can I use it to verify what has been set?

Also, is there any for me to use this sensor and software to calibrate my LCD TV? I know there are differences between a computer monitor and TV monitor, but is this sensor better than my eye for setting the basic settings on my TV?

 

[joemama]

Honestly...the software that comes with the Express package is kinda crappy. I now use Coloreyes Display pro with my Spyder 2 and get great results. There is a way to calibrate tv's with the Spyder colorimeter but it involves using 3rd party software and making your own test pattern dvd. I haven't tried it..

 

[vafan13]

So you "aquired" the Spyder 2 pro software and then used that with the spyder2 express hardware. Good idea.

 

[joemama]

So you "aquired" the Spyder 2 pro software and then used that with the spyder2 express hardware. Good idea.

Are you talking to me or the OP? CHS and CDP aren't the Spyder 2 pro software or even made by Colorvision. Incidentally I did "acquire" the Spyder 2 pro software at one time but the CDP software still gave me better results so I decided to purchase that..

edit- to the OP....I tried Colormetre HCFR also and couldn't figure out what the hell was going on...French mixed with poorly translated english didn't work for me.