CRT (Conventional) Monitor Trick

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I've been experimenting with different monitors with my trick, but found out it only works with conventionals.

Okay here's the trick:
If you want accurate brightness and contrast try this:
Go into you screens Brightness and Contrast controls ( it may be an OSD or little lights will appear on the screen) and set the contrast as high as it will go. Then, put the brightness as low as it will go.

Now you should have an accurate brightness. Take a step back and look!
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I end up with an incredibly dark monitor.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ummm... the only thing accurate about it is the amount of ugly it creates.
It's only accurate if you are a bat!!

Mine is always at 100% contrast and 50% brightness. Works on any monitor I have.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm... I turn the contrast up on mine, adjust the brightness so black is black and white is white - then Bob's your uncle...
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Contrast on 90....brightness on 16.

Too much light intensity causes eye-strain....

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration.htm
I use the Adobe Gamma settings at home. At work we have special Barco monitors (about $10,000 US) for color correcting scans for publication. They have their own in-monitor video cards and use a photocell that attaches to the screen with a suction cup to calibrate. That would be overkill for the average home user, but still, there's a little more to it than just cranking your brightness or contrast settings all the way up or down.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Contrast on 90....brightness on 16.


Add 10 Contrast and 84 brightness and you've got my eye-bleeding setup.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Maybe the newer ones dont work with this, but compare digital photos that have been printed out compared to how they look on the screen. The screen seems sharper too w/ less bright.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Contrast should always be maximal. To correctly set brightness you need a test pattern, flick up the the brightness to max and lower until the lowest level wehere you can still distinguish the individual colours.

And to avoid eye-burn lower the colour temperature (but that will toast any accurateness you might have configured).
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
'accuracy'.... Spell checker
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I calibrate my monitors to my dye sub printer that I use for proofing (which prints the same as the lab I use).  My contrast is never at 100% (It's at about 75%) because I loose the slight gradations that get wiped out being that contrasty. And I have it set at about 60% brightness or else things get muddy looking and I loose the true whites.  I calibrate mine with a test pattern system, and it works quite well and has kept a very predictable output for my photography.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I tried Jafo's and KarmaGirl's configs and Karma's was too blurry... Jafo's is okay, but it seems too dark.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Meowy ..... don't expect to obtain the same visual outcome from every CRT set to the same settings.

A 19" Diamond View [Mitsubishi] Flat screen .25mm vert .21mm horiz 1024x768 at 85hz at an average viewing distance of about 18" gives good results.

Others very possibly might not....