![]() You can run the nVidia with a profile designed for your CRT, but the same profile or overlay won't work for both machines they are too dissimilar for things to work that way. The two types of monitors are alike in many ways, but dissimilar in many others. Its ultimate goal in Photoshop was to match color and gamma curves for CRT-to-printer, not to other displays (You'll note that the file ending on your Adobe profiles is ICM, not ICC). Many people still use Adobe Gamma (I used it for years, and it drove me nuts). ![]() You're trying to make a CRT look like an LCD, and vice versa. NTSC can mean analog SD, analog HD (yes, there is such a thing), digital SD, or digital HD - all of those technologies are defined by NTSC in Northern America. BTW, you describe your TV as an "analog NTSC" monitor. But, then, I can't say: I've never been a fan of nVidia, but my experience with them is ancient. If you have a 4:3 TV and a wide-screen PC, that can trip up many cards. Your graphic card likely works best when both connections have the same aspect ratio. No problems, but never repeated the test. It works with 4:3 and 16:9 monitors and tv's. I haven't bought a new graphics card since 2004 (ATI 9600XT AIW), but it does have 2 monitor outputs and s-video/composite (forget the latter outputs. I last used an nVidia graphics card in 1998 (!). This Magnavox, how old is it? It's a standard definition CRT, right? However, with a probe you could use HCFR to actually measure what the Maggie's doing. In any case, that won't help your Maggie. However, because you have no direct control over the slope or gain of your RGB curve - you can only choose "more" or "less" of a color across the line, not in specific ranges - then, of course, you can't replicate what XRite or Spyder software does). You can use it on a PC monitor to see what your RGB controls are doing. You can't use HCFR to calibrate a PC monitor - mm.wait a minute. HCFR is run from a PC most people install it in a laptop, plug the colorimetr into the laptop and take readings off a TV acreen. The "free" program I mention is HCFR, but no calibration software can work without a color probe (colorimeter). The software gets those numbers according to (a) the answers/selections you choose running by-the-eye programs like Adobe Gamma, or (b) test patches analyzed with a color probe. Even if you knew what numbers to enter, you're just guessing. I tried opening a calibration file in Notepad but it is not ASCII readable so I can't easily modify it by hand to get the Magnavox calibrated the rest of the way. Someone (you?) mention a free calibration application somewhere above. By the time a customer identifies an issue, the production run is over and no one at Magnavox cares. ![]() design it, buid it, ship it, and sell out before anyone is the wiser. It is a shining example of the new product cycle philosophy. The Magnavox has a couple software quirks and this is only one of them. But if I reboot, it almost always gets it wrong. If I force an auto adjust by selecting TV and the PC again, it always gets it right. It is the Magnavox that gets it wrong most of the time. It isn't perfect but it is real close.Īgain, the Dell is fine re: offcenter picture. ![]() Interestingly, the gamma target in the Adobe Gamma window did not agree with the subjective results just looking at a photo on the monitor so I went with my eyes and saved the profile and all was fine. But this evening I suddenly got it to work and the profile it created is loading just fine with the Nvidia controls disabled. Yesterday I could not get Adobe Gamma (the only thing I have that can modify a profile) to work to save my life. And like you said, they just seem to be getting in the way. I have been using the control in the Nvidoa panel to make it look right (and they work) but they do not always load after a boot or a resume. And the contrast control on the Magnavox does not have anywhere near enough range to correct it. I'm talking about losing the first 20-50 steps (guestimated). It is a really good analog NTSC monitor but connected to the RGB output of my Nvidia card it has always been WAY too contrasty. Came out of the box fine It is the Magnavox that is whacked.
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