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    Display profile to try out for new Alu MB 13" owners

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Phil, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. Phil

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    A dutch user on the GoT forums used a spyder to calibrate his MB 13" LED display.
    This profile came out: http://home.hetnet.nl/~speedpete/Spyder2macbook.zip

    One user has confirmed that the colors got much better. For another user it did not improve.

    I know individual panels can be different but it can't hurt to try it.
     
    Phil, Oct 21, 2008
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    I'm not much of an expert as far as accurate colors go, but I can tell you on my new MB it did seem to make the screen "contrastyer". Lol.
     
    tauruskazoo, Oct 21, 2008
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    That'd be pretty nice if they released these profiles for older MBP's.

    Would save us the trouble of having to get a spyder : >
     
    sulkorp, Oct 21, 2008
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    I tried this one on my 17" 1920 matte LED display and it didn't look to bad actually. Still using it now.
    At least it got rid of that RED tint I had on everything.

    Actually it wouldn't hurt to get more Display profiles posted to compare and use. I know for me I was upset when I first got my MBP the color was pure crap. Everything was red. Searched online and found a color profile that helped. Tried calibrating it myself and was even more disappointed, be darned if I will spend money to get this screen looking reasonable. Especially for the 3600 I spent for it. That was my first upset with my MBP.

    Some come folks post your Color profiles and help out fellow users.
     
    newfiejudd, Oct 21, 2008
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    It's a little warm, but I'll try it for a while. Colors have a bit more pop to them. I have a 9C89 display.

    Thanks for the link Phil!
     
    duffyanneal, Oct 21, 2008
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    hmm, it seems to be on the cool side for me. i'll try it for a bit too, see if i like it.
     
    fastrandstrongr, Oct 22, 2008
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    Phil, Oct 23, 2008
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    My display looks better than ever now. It's in XP after setting digital vibrance in the nvidia panel to 25%.
     
    Phil, Oct 25, 2008
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    Someone needs to figure out a way to enable DV in OS X. It can't definitely improve contrast and color saturation.
     
    duffyanneal, Oct 25, 2008
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