Just got an LCD, need help with adjusting

[diggƒreak]

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I just bought a VA912b (because it was $258 after shipping) and I'm having some trouble adjusting it.

I'm using the input option for standard RGB on the monitor so there is no brightness or contrast adjustment there (what should I use?)

In order to get my desktop looking good I wnet into the nVidia control panel and used the brightness and contrast adjustment with these settings

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My desktop them looked pretty good


After changing it back it seemed too washed out


With the default settings intact there and the default settings in FarCry dark areas looked way too dark


So I upped the brighness alot along with the contrast a bit and some gamma and indoor scenes looked much better


However, when I walked outside the colors looked too bright


I put the FarCry settings back to default and it looked amazing outside but dark inside yet again


So basically I suck at monitor adjustment and I want to know what I should be doing to have the most perminant and good looking compromise for both the desktop and light and dark areas of games

 

[BriSleep]

This site helped me out a lot, just got my first LCD http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/calibrating.htm
Also this one: http://www.techmind.org/lcd/phasing.html
There should be some buttons right next to the power button that adjust brightness and contrast. I had to go to the store to have someone show me how to navigate them but much better control than the NVidia adjustment window.

 

[diggƒreak]

I said I was in standard RGB color space which means that even unsing the OSD I cannot adjust the brightness/contrast. There is no 'Auto Adjust' when using a digital input either. Thanks for the brightness tester tho