Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

[Frank Steinmetzger]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 06:45:09PM +0100, wabenbau@×××××.com wrote:
> Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> wrote:
>
> > Hey gurus
> >
> > I may soon get me a shiny (not in the sense of glossy, mind you) new
> > monitor. Along with it, I’m planning on purchasing a colorimeter to
> > properly calibrate it. Can anyone give me a recommendation for a
> > device that runs well with Linux?

> If your monitor has a wide color gamut then you probably need a more
> sophisticated device however. In that case a ColorHug AFAIK probably
> would also not work for you.

I thought about getting a wide-gamut display, namely a Dell with rgb-LEDs,
but in the end decided against it because its quality seems to fluctuate a
lot. And while I do some photography, I don’t do it professionally or deal
with printing.

> If your monitor don't have a wide gamut but have a LED backlight then
> some of the cheaper colorimeters are also not suitable because LEDs
> doesn't emit a continuous spectrum and thus can "confuse" older
> colorimeters like the Spyder2 AFAIK.

That’s good to know. I decided for an Eizo with a standard IPS panel and
probably white LEDs. It is reported to have a good colorspace coverage,
though. But as I mentioned, ideally I also want to use it on my laptop which
has a very bad TN panel with LEDs. Perhaps I could even use it on my very
old CCFL monitor which is still in very good shape.

> That's the reason why I bought a new monitor (Samsung U32D970Q) some
> weeks ago that is able to do a hardware calibration (different
> colorimeters an spectrometers are supported).

Monitors with hardware calibration are kind-a out of my range still. :)

Thanks for your input so far.
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