Calibration - Screen & Print

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Hi guys, having just folked out for a new camera the plans for my photo editing machine are now slightly delayed. I'm currently using a 9" netbook with the most awful screen you've ever set eyes on but I do have a 26" LCD Samsung TV which hooks up.

Is it worth calibrating this for photo editing whilst I put further funds together? I'm not sure what kind of accuracy I'd get from that.

My other question is when I do finally get my new machine sorted out and calibrated what can I do to ensure accurate print repoduction (I don't print myself)?
 
No easy solution without spending some cash. I've always found laptops difficult. I'd suggest turning the brightness down a notch. This might help
http://www.metalvortex.com/chart/
Not sure about calibrating a TV screen, since you will probably be using it to watch TV mostly and that is usually brighter than you'd want for photos.
Probably the histogram is your best friend, at least as far as blocked/burned are concerned.

There's not much point in calibrating for print if you are not printing yourself. The simple solution is save as an SRGB jpg and get some 'test' prints done. See what comes back. I don't use places like Boots. I send mine to Digilabpro. I think DSCL is also good.
 
At the moment my screen is a 10.1" WSVGA LED (HP). To clarify my earlier statement the quality isn't bad, it's the size that makes it the most awful screen I've ever used.

I am going to buy a calibrator today (Spyder Pro3) but I wasn't sure whether or not it would be worth calibrating this screen or just waiting until I have an IPS one?
 
the problem I personally have with laptop screens is (1) you use them in all sorts of different places (2) you can change the angle quite dramatically. Both of those can mess up any calibration you have done (... but I may be wrong ...)
 
Usually for printing I have a few prints and then match my screen up to them as then hopefully your future prints will look how you wish them to be. This only works if you use the same printer all the time.

If you don't then I usually brighten my image as they tend to print darker than what's on a calibrated screen. Well it does for mine.
 
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