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JonDo[H] said:Brilliant first impressions! Can we have some more?
Could you go into more detail on the colour front. I'm really concerned about the washed out look of this screen. 20-25% of brightness does seem extremely low. Also, quite a few of us don't have Nvidia cards, so digital vibrance isn't really an option. Another user mentioned that reds didn't amplify very well on this screen. Is that your experience of it? I'm glad you tested Thief 3 as that's a game that relies heavily on blacks. I'm guessing you were able to set up the screen so that blacks were black, and not a washed out grey?
Cheers for your mini review!
paulspiteri said:I've got a feeling the people who say it's "washed out" are using analog!!
My taskbar looks sky-blue on my 2001. In fact, the taskbar, window borders, etc., look sky-blue on EVERY monitor I've ever used.Riptide_NVN said:I'm using the DVI input and what I'm saying is that the color of the taskbar in particular is a lighter, more sky blue with the 2405FPW. The 2005FPW produces a deeper color blue in the taskbar. This is one example of what we are saying when we mention that the 2405FPW looks "washed out" compared to the 2005FPW.
Riptide_NVN said:I'm using the DVI input and what I'm saying is that the color of the taskbar in particular is a lighter, more sky blue with the 2405FPW. The 2005FPW produces a deeper color blue in the taskbar. This is one example of what we are saying when we mention that the 2405FPW looks "washed out" compared to the 2005FPW.
Software adjustments SUCK. We need to find a solution that works w/the RGB/brightness settings on the display itself. I'm waiting to see what the guy with the LACIE returns with.
wombat778 said:My point is that on mine, with adjustment the blue is just as blue as it was on the 2001FP. I know this (even without having the 2001FP to hand), because I adjusted the 2001FP to match my calibrated CRT, and now the 2405FPW is calibrated to match the CRT. I _could_ also make the blue on the 2405FPW far more "blue" that it is now, but that would not be accurate.
I would also disagree that software adjustments suck. Indeed on most Samsung and Apple models, "hardware" calibration other than for brightness is not even available (at least when using the DVI port). Rather you use software calibration, or ideally, a proper calibrated ICC profile.
Riptide_NVN said:Software calibration sucks when you have an ATI driver that forgets your settings after exiting a game (intermittently) or worse yet doesn't apply the actual setting you choose in the driver for the 3D Profile. I can set a gamma of .8 in the 3D Profile but it doesn't apply it when I go into a game. It simply doesn't work.
Setting it in the monitor controls would go a long way towards avoiding those problems.
i am the guy with the lacie but youll have to wait about a week before i get mine in unfortunatly. In the meantime aren't there any other designers in here that got it in already?Riptide_NVN said:I'm using the DVI input and what I'm saying is that the color of the taskbar in particular is a lighter, more sky blue with the 2405FPW. The 2005FPW produces a deeper color blue in the taskbar. This is one example of what we are saying when we mention that the 2405FPW looks "washed out" compared to the 2005FPW.
Software adjustments SUCK. We need to find a solution that works w/the RGB/brightness settings on the display itself. I'm waiting to see what the guy with the LACIE returns with.
Riptide_NVN said:Software calibration sucks when you have an ATI driver that forgets your settings after exiting a game (intermittently) or worse yet doesn't apply the actual setting you choose in the driver for the 3D Profile. I can set a gamma of .8 in the 3D Profile but it doesn't apply it when I go into a game. It simply doesn't work.
dadj said:i am the guy with the lacie but youll have to wait about a week before i get mine in unfortunatly. In the meantime aren't there any other designers in here that got it in already?
Btw, I also ordered a calibration spider today which is also supposed to calibrate lcd monitors. But they had to order it so that will take about 2 weeks to become available.
What patch and widescreen tweaks would that be?Sneak said:Well Dadji,
I also loaded up Doom 3 with the new patch and Widescreen Tweaks. Wonderful! Shadows are black Black. And there are lots of places that look that way. No lag either.
More happiness for the 2405!!Toekiller said:Rough 1st draft of our review...
http://www.jaded-gamer.com/content.php?review.55
Still a few bits to add along with pictures.
So what settings did you use, for RGB and brightness, to fix the slightly washed out look this thing has out of the box? The review seems to indicate that you did something... but doesn't list the settings you used. ThxToekiller said:Rough 1st draft of our review...
http://www.jaded-gamer.com/content.php?review.55
Still a few bits to add along with pictures.
Let me know if I've made any major blunders![]()
Hi MicroUK,MicroUK said:I was starting to not like this monitor - i did find it very "washed out"... I have it sitting next to an old Dell 1800fp - and however much i tweak the 2405 - the old one still seems to have deeper more vibrant colours...