Re: Monitor Profiling

["Mark Tosiello" <mark@cyberlightstudios.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Bruce,

Thanks for the reply.  It's amazing how much help the good folks on this
list are.  Well, I have played around with the monitor, and it's pretty
obvious to me that the Red gun is failing. There is no noticable difference
when I turn the red up or down, and have blue off.....the monitor stays the
precise shade of green.  I swapped this monitor out for a 17" trinitron that
I also have, and the first luminance reading I got was 94.9!   I'm currently
profiling the monitor, and it looks like it's going to be
beautifu..........nice and bright.

So, I'll be analyzing the Iiyama, and utilizing some equipment to check the
state of the red gun.   I'm not holding my breath.....looks like I'll be
using the 17 incher for a while...my budget won't let me buy another 21
incher.

Again, thanks to all who've helped me...and thanks Bruce!

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Fraser" <bfraser@amer.net>
To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Monitor Profiling


> At 3:36 PM -0700 10/12/00, Tom Ferguson wrote:
> >I've used PhotoCal on my Mac monitors, they are no darker than "normal /
> >factor settings".  If your monitor can only reach 71 on the contrast
> >setting, something is wrong with either your monitor or video card or the
> >brightness setting (the 4 black boxes test).
>
> Just to be clear, it's not the "Brightness" setting on monitors that
> affects the maximum luminance, it's "Contrast" setting. Contrast
> should really be labelled Brightness, and Brightness should really be
> labelled Black Level, because that's what it does.
>
> As you say, if the monitor can only reach a luminance of 71cd/m2 when
> the contrast is turned all the way up, either something has been set
> incorrectly (a color temperature of 3000K), or the monitor is worn
> out.
>
> It's possible to burn out a midrange CRT like the Iliyama in three
> years if you run it many hours a day and you've had the luminance
> cranked way up. Most CRT's made in the past few years can reach a
> luminance around 120cd/m2 when they're brand new, but if you run them
> that hot they won't last long. It's quite possible that the monitor
> in question has simply reached the end of its useful life for
> color-critical work.
>
> Bruce
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