Hi all,
I have got a Samsung LED tv at home and I have hooked up different computers to it through out the years. One thing I noticed is that for every machine I have connected to the TV I always get a different color calibration (color tone or whatever you want to call it). All the machines are connected via either an HDIM or a DisplayPort cable and they are all using some sort of Intel graphic. I only Windows 7 across all the machines.
In theory, they are all using the Intel Graphic driver and I always use the default calibration setting; through a digital signal output I should expect a 100% identical color output right? After all, the digital color signal being transferred should be the same. Yet the fact is every machine has it's own characters of colour:
1. A Dell latitude E4300 with Intel 4500mhd over display port to hdmi cable - This gives the best color. Bright, vibrant and accurate. Easy on the eyes as well
2. An HP Pavilion DV5 with the same 4500mhd over hdmi to hdmi cable - Colors are bright and very close to Dell.
3. An Acer E3 notebook with GT520M/HD4000 graphic over hdmi - I disabled the GT520m and only use the iGPU yet the color was quite off. The blue has a strong purple tint and looks horrible. The white is also cover by grey tint
4. An Asrock Q1900b-itx board with Bay Trail J1900 - The hole screen has a tiny-slight gray tint to it and all the colors are a bit over-saturated. The red and green are also very bright.
Until this day I still have no idea what made this happen. Ideally, I would love to make everything look like the first Dell laptop. Could it be different version of the drivers? Or is it 'characteristic' of lower level firmware if there was such a thing (eg. BIOS or factory calibration etc)?
I am thinking of getting a Colorimeter to help with the cause but I am worried that might be just waste of money.
It would be great if you can shed some lights.
Thanks.
I have got a Samsung LED tv at home and I have hooked up different computers to it through out the years. One thing I noticed is that for every machine I have connected to the TV I always get a different color calibration (color tone or whatever you want to call it). All the machines are connected via either an HDIM or a DisplayPort cable and they are all using some sort of Intel graphic. I only Windows 7 across all the machines.
In theory, they are all using the Intel Graphic driver and I always use the default calibration setting; through a digital signal output I should expect a 100% identical color output right? After all, the digital color signal being transferred should be the same. Yet the fact is every machine has it's own characters of colour:
1. A Dell latitude E4300 with Intel 4500mhd over display port to hdmi cable - This gives the best color. Bright, vibrant and accurate. Easy on the eyes as well
2. An HP Pavilion DV5 with the same 4500mhd over hdmi to hdmi cable - Colors are bright and very close to Dell.
3. An Acer E3 notebook with GT520M/HD4000 graphic over hdmi - I disabled the GT520m and only use the iGPU yet the color was quite off. The blue has a strong purple tint and looks horrible. The white is also cover by grey tint
4. An Asrock Q1900b-itx board with Bay Trail J1900 - The hole screen has a tiny-slight gray tint to it and all the colors are a bit over-saturated. The red and green are also very bright.
Until this day I still have no idea what made this happen. Ideally, I would love to make everything look like the first Dell laptop. Could it be different version of the drivers? Or is it 'characteristic' of lower level firmware if there was such a thing (eg. BIOS or factory calibration etc)?
I am thinking of getting a Colorimeter to help with the cause but I am worried that might be just waste of money.
It would be great if you can shed some lights.
Thanks.