Do you trust your screen?

[digitalfailure]

I have a 24" iMac and an older dell laptop that runs xp, both are calibrated using an eye one and although both were calibrated in the same room one after the other they both differ when viewing the same image.

Having recently introduced another iMac into the the room, the image on the new machine looks crisper and more accurate before it's even been profiled.

It's making me question the accuracy of the eye one now...... Anyone else have hit and miss results with calibration devices?

 

[arad85]

Nope on the iOne. My two 2410s were very different before I profiled them. Can't tell them apart now. You did do the detailed calibration didn't you?

 

[boliston]

I have a 24" iMac and an older dell laptop that runs xp, both are calibrated using an eye one and although both were calibrated in the same room one after the other they both differ when viewing the same image.

Having recently introduced another iMac into the the room, the image on the new machine looks crisper and more accurate before it's even been profiled.

It's making me question the accuracy of the eye one now...... Anyone else have hit and miss results with calibration devices?

I'm pretty sure the older 24" imacs were not IPS display whereas the newer 21.5" and 27" models are IPS.

"Chalk and Cheese" comes to mind.

 

[neil_g]

calibrated both my dell screens with a spyder and theyre both identical. prints from those look good too.

the laptop however doesnt calibrate well at all..

 

[Chappers]

My Imac calibrates well, Very small delta deviations . However the Macbook Pro has a slightly warmer look to it think You can see the slight drop off in the blue and green channels on the cal curve . But then I never rely on the MPB for absolute colour accuracy.

 

[Craikeybaby]

When I first got my Spyder I was most disappointed that my laptop and external monitor still looked different, but after contacting Datacolor and sending them the calibration files they were able to generate graphs to show me why the monitors weren't the same. (External monitor supported a wider gamut than laptop)

Having said that new iMac hardly changed when I calibrated it, so maybe they are more accurate out of the box?

 

[Brightstone]

IPS screen is the only answer

 

[RicherSea]

IPS screen is the only answer

I've got one IPS panel next to a (top end) TN panel, and they match up well.