looking for a new 24" monitor

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I have a HP LP2475 it cost a lot and I'm not sure it was sensible for me to buy it at the price but now I have it I think it looks great and am very happy with it.

If I had to find fault I think the reds are a little bright. At first the greys had a slight pink tone to them but by playing around with the ATI Catalyst settings and ticking "Use Extended Dispaly Identification Data (EDID)" that seems to set it up well, It might not be colour perfect but its still a very good monitor. You need to spend time setting the brightness etc out of the box its very high.

The stand is silver painted plastic in part but works good enough. (solid aluminium would have been nice.) It has lots of inputs and a USB Hub.

You will need to calibrate the monitor using a colour calibrator:

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/prod...d3c7dc0dcf3fae

Almost all LCD monitors do need calibation out of the box to get accurate colours.

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You will need to calibrate the monitor using a colour calibrator:


Almost all LCD monitors do need calibation out of the box to get accurate colours.

I don't think I need to be very accurate for my uses net browsing, basic photo editing just at home

I have it setup very nice now it was way out when unboxed. the pink tone in the grey colour dissapeared as far as I can tell when I selected the " EDID " in the catalyst control center settings and seems to have made the colours very good now. Skin tones look real and it has a nice non glossey screen.

Thanks though, I will bear in mind the calibration tool if I need to do anything more accurate.

[thejimbo]

Does the HP LP2475w come with colour configuration software?

Is the Colorvision stuff only suitable if you are a professional photo editor etc as spending that on something you only use once seems a bit much to me.

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Does the HP LP2475w come with colour configuration software?

Is the Colorvision stuff only suitable if you are a professional photo editor etc as spending that on something you only use once seems a bit much to me.

There is software that can attempt to do the job and even Windows 7 comes with a a built in calibration tool.

However hardware based colour calibration is still far superior.

TBH, I do not see the point of wasting money on a decent screen,a decent printer,an SLR and some lenses if you are not going to calibrate your screen. I disagree that it is only for pros also as the cost is really not that high for the time and effort it saves.

Also you can always sell the colour calibrator for a decent price after you have finished using it since they are still in demand.

The benefits are there when you start printing your pictures and they actually look the same as what you have on the screen as opposed to being darker or lighter or having a different overall tone.

Here are some useful links:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...rofiling.shtml

http://www.systeminsight.co.uk/Monitor_Calibration.htm

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/viewing.html