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edgley
Joined: 18 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:29 am Post subject: Mac, Samsung and Spyder; they wont all play together |
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Hi,
Where to start?
I wanted to ditch my HTPC for my Macbook Pro running Plex. If it all worked I would then get a Mini for my HTPC.
However, when I went to watch something on it the image was nowhere near as good as the PC.
Hours of googing / forum posting has led me here; thank gawd!
I have downloaded the Mac version of colourHCFR, and using the dummies guide here have started to work through it.
I have got as far as the end of part 5, setting my brightness.
In order to get the numbers, or my version of them I have had to reduce contrast and brightness down to 20 for both.
This has produced a luminance curve that is almost perfect.
Downside is that the screen is dark; very dark. Too dark to really watch with. I know people are used to screens that are too bright, but I have both of my desktop screen calibrated and am used to dark screens.
Any ideas please?
Thanks,
Simon.
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edgley
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I guess I will start calibration my Windows HTPC and see what sort of numbers that gives.
Least then I can see if its source or display.
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ecrabb
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Joined: 13 Mar 2006
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Location: Utah
TV/Projector: JVC RS40, Epson 5010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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Checking another source is a good idea to verify that isn't what's causing the problem. But, I will say there's nothing about OS X or the Apple hardware that should prevent you from calibrating the video signal.
What display are you using?
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edgley
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Its a 2 year old Samsung LCD, 46" series 5 I think. Before LED was the vogue.
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ecrabb
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, OK... I've never calibrated an LCD with HCFR, but with many other displays, you can't get have both lots of brightness and near-parfect linearity/luminance at the same time, and usually a compromise is necessary... But, it sounds like you're having to turn both contrast and brightness down to settings far below what would be acceptable.
That's probably a pretty popular series of set... Have you checked AVS or other forums for others' settings for your particular set to get you in the ballpark and/or see how it compares?
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edgley
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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I did do a post over there in the calibration forum, maybe I need to do one in the display, sub $3500 but more than $2000 and bought on a Thursday forum.
Thanks for the idea.
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ecrabb
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Heh heh...
I wasn't thinking of posting as much as I figured there was probably an owners' thread where the subject of calibration comes up. Often a pro calibrates (or even another amateur) that model of set and lists all the settings they came up with for the best calibration. Now, obviously every set isn't going to be identical, but perhaps you see where things are going wrong by comparing your settings.
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edgley
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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How strange it never crossed my mind to do that; do'h.
Was all about to start pulling out the TV to get the number, and there is was on a little sticker on the side.
Unfortunately no info at AVS, nor on the web in general.
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