Jose Milan
February 3rd, 2009, 08:26 AM
Hello,
I have a Dell 2208wfp and Dell 1905FP lcd's (plus nvidia video card) and dont have a hardware to calibrate them. I don't know if is possible to calibrate just using software and a color bars, but the thing is these monitor dont have all the controls. I mainly did the CC in the 1905FP but now I added the 2208wfp which is bigger and though (wrongly) better and reinstalled the whole system and quality just seem much worse, so I'm trying to calibrate them with no luck. Most of the stuff I do go mainly for web (work with SD and HDV and then compress and scale down for the web), would it be a good idea to still use a reference monitor for color correction? I have an old Sony KX-14CP1 would it be any good?
So to sum up:
1. Are the lcd monitors good enough for video editing and CC?
2. Can they be calibrated without any hardware?
3. What is the best option (quality/price) hardware to calibrate them (I find it confusing since what I find is mainly for photograpy)?
4. Even if the output is for internet/web is it still good to use an external monitor?
5. Can the Sony be use as good reference for an external monitor?
Thanks in advance.
I have a Dell 2208wfp and Dell 1905FP lcd's (plus nvidia video card) and dont have a hardware to calibrate them. I don't know if is possible to calibrate just using software and a color bars, but the thing is these monitor dont have all the controls. I mainly did the CC in the 1905FP but now I added the 2208wfp which is bigger and though (wrongly) better and reinstalled the whole system and quality just seem much worse, so I'm trying to calibrate them with no luck. Most of the stuff I do go mainly for web (work with SD and HDV and then compress and scale down for the web), would it be a good idea to still use a reference monitor for color correction? I have an old Sony KX-14CP1 would it be any good?
So to sum up:
1. Are the lcd monitors good enough for video editing and CC?
2. Can they be calibrated without any hardware?
3. What is the best option (quality/price) hardware to calibrate them (I find it confusing since what I find is mainly for photograpy)?
4. Even if the output is for internet/web is it still good to use an external monitor?
5. Can the Sony be use as good reference for an external monitor?
Thanks in advance.