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2408WFP colors on a mac (calibration)
Hi,
Last week arrived my lovely Dell 2408WFP :-)
I bought it refurbished, so its already REV A01 (i saw it written on the back).
So I've connected it to my Macbook pro laptop (128MB GeForce 8600M GT).
Some colors on the Dell are 'screaming' at me.
Some hues of Orange, Red and Green look neon like (i've read a description here about: overbright neon type red/green colors).
I've already tried to calibrate it both ways:
- from the mac (using the Color Utility) and
- from the Dell Monitor (preset modes / contrast / brightness).
Is it normal that the color difference between my mac lcd screen and the Dell monitor so big?
The laptop's LCD looks like washed out colors and the Dell color are too 'saturated'.
Any tutorial on how i should calibrate it correctly?
Before asking for a replacement, is this normal for the 2408WFP rev A01 ??
iuri
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November 11th, 2008 19:00
I think i got it right now:
- i've set (on the Dell monitor) the Preset Mode for sRGB and afterwards i've calibrated it more from inside OSX, via the color utility (preferences > display > color > Calibrate.
I think its 'resolved' but i would like some specialist's comments on HOW TO CONFIGURE MY MONITOR WHEN ATTACHING INTO A MACBOOK PRO Laptop.
simplestation
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May 7th, 2009 09:00
I had the same problems you mentioned and wrote a short article with information on how to calibrate your Dell 2408WFP lcd monitor. There's a good bunch of comments and hopefully you'll be able to find the article useful. It isn't perfect but it's pretty gosh darn close.
gponz
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November 25th, 2011 00:00
Hi IURI,
It's an old thread and not sure if you're still monitoring this, but I have the same monitor and had the same problem you describe, so I thought I'd answer it for those that get here searching with the same issue.
> Is it normal that the color difference between my mac lcd screen and the Dell monitor so big?
Unfortunately, yes. The way each display is calibrated at the factory is very different. Mac displays are usually closer to reality while Dell is notorious for having over saturated colours and bumping up the brightness way too much.
> Any tutorial on how i should calibrate it correctly?
I wrote a couple of articles about how to calibrate a Dell monitor, specifically the 2408WFP, on my site. I did use a hardware calibration tool, but even with it, it wasn't easy. I had to start by lowering the brightness to about 50, and then lowering the RGB channels individually to 50 as well. That reduced both the saturation and the brightness to an acceptable level. Then it's a matter of tweaking the RGB to get the right colour hues.
I hope that helps.
Gabriel