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boink · 11-02-2008, 05:42 PM

hey...
so I have a big LCD TV as my secondary monitor (mostly I use it as a regular tv fed by the cable box or DVD player) and primary monitor is a Hitachi CRT.

I've tried using nvidia control panel to get these screens to match up in terms of color and contrast...but it just doesn't seem to work. I have googled this and it seems it either can't be done or at least can't be done very well.

I've opened a .jpg and spread it across both monitors at once and tried to get them to match and I can't seem to get it. one or the other looks bad.

I can get the CRT to look great, but I guess the main thing is I can't get the LCD to match the CRT.
from what I understand LCD's can't display colors as well as CRT's

I can get the LCD to look good, show a movie nicely, but for photoshop, I wanted the LCD to match up...maybe I just can't expect to run photoshop in the LCD ?

anyway I wondered if any one here has played around with this...maybe there's a utility I can use other than nvidia's tool ?

thanks

11-02-2008, 05:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
boink Addict Location: Seattle	dual monitors LCD and CRT...adjusting pictures ? hey... so I have a big LCD TV as my secondary monitor (mostly I use it as a regular tv fed by the cable box or DVD player) and primary monitor is a Hitachi CRT. I've tried using nvidia control panel to get these screens to match up in terms of color and contrast...but it just doesn't seem to work. I have googled this and it seems it either can't be done or at least can't be done very well. I've opened a .jpg and spread it across both monitors at once and tried to get them to match and I can't seem to get it. one or the other looks bad. I can get the CRT to look great, but I guess the main thing is I can't get the LCD to match the CRT. from what I understand LCD's can't display colors as well as CRT's I can get the LCD to look good, show a movie nicely, but for photoshop, I wanted the LCD to match up...maybe I just can't expect to run photoshop in the LCD ? anyway I wondered if any one here has played around with this...maybe there's a utility I can use other than nvidia's tool ? thanks __________________ when you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer. Superstition ain't the way.