Nec 20wmgx lamp replacement

[the_real_7]

Ive had my first Nec 20wmgx for 3 years now and she been really great , even tried replacing her but no go had to hook her back up .. so far she has 7914 hours on her so I decided to get another from nec which has 3593 hours but the image looks much better in a sense of contrast its has cool blue color to it , as my old one had a warm yellow color to ...
im using in dual monitor setup and the slight difference is bothering me ive tried matching colors but i cant , should i send my old one to nec to get refurbished and maybe request a new lamp light , or could it be the actual lcd itself producing the warm yellowish goldin tone ?

 

[evilsofa]

I assume they have the same color temperature setting? In the OSD menu, the third one from the left gives you a choice of 1, 2, 3, sRGB, 5, N, and states what the color temperature is at the top. What do you have set there on both monitors?

 

[the_real_7]

yes have have both set to native and when i put same contrast and brightness my old one looks like more 5000k than 6500k , does lighting get more yellowish as its gets older ?
thanx for try to help dude

 

[Armatoste]

I used to use the native setting, but also found it a bit yellowish. Now I use these "calibrated" settings.

Contrast: 50
Brightness: 50
USER setting.

R: 97.2
G: 95.2
B: 96.8

Looks much better than native in my eyes.

 

[wagsrules]

I would say you need to calibrate them. Even new monitors of the same model can very in color. Calibrating should even them out. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[evilsofa]

What happens when you set them both to sRGB?

The lagom.nl tests can help you do a rough calibration, though using a hardware calibrator will do a lot better job of it.

 

[FinalAura]

I have the same exact problem. Same two 20wmgx monitors, one with 7000 hours, one with 3000, and the same settings show different colors. I tried adjusting one to look like the other as best as I could, but can never get it exactly right. Would love to know if theres some fix. Might be inevitable to buy a calibrator though...