Calibration: Video card or monitor?

[imported_B166ER]

I upgraded to a Radeon 6870 in my media center general purpose bedroom PC, but now in my HD tv shows, no matter what channel, blonde hair has a crazy pink/red tint, and in general there seems to be a reddish hue. I've tried basic changing of the monitors red settings, but just leaves shit with too much green or blue. I cant seem to wash that pink tint out and its getting annoying.
So I'm looking into calibrating the monitor using some software/hardware combo, but I started thinking, Should I calibrate the monitor only or is it the video card i need to tweak? I mean the issue wasn't there when I had my old card installed, (same monitor). And the issue only seems to be apparent on tv broadcasts, not photos or hd movies or dvds. Any ideas?

 

[kbp]

I use Spyder 3 Elite for calibration on both my monitor and tv's. I also calibrate my printers thou im into photography very much. Nice to see that what you see on monitor prints the same.

 

[Viper GTS]

Typically it's a two-step process:

First, use a colorimeter to get the hardware whitepoint as close as possible to accurate. Leave the video driver settings on default, and use the whitepoint calibration feature of your colorimeter software to adjust the color settings on the monitor as close as possible to your desired standard (If you're not sure just use D65).

Once you've got your hardware whitepoint as close as possible to accurate any connected source will be reasonably good (assuming that source isn't applying any profiles trying to match another display).

The next step is profiling. This is where the colorimeter software displays a number of test colors and measures how close the display comes to accurately displaying them. This could vary from a few test colors to dozens depending on the software. The result is an ICC profile that tells the OS how to adjust its output so that the end result matches what is desired.

I use ColorEyes Display Pro with their bundled sensor. I've loaned the sensor to lots of people who use the free trial of ColorEyes to do just the hardware calibration with good results. Most people don't need to do a full ICC profile.

http://integrated-color.com/

Viper GTS

 

[blastingcap]

I always do it for the monitor because I've seen colors change sometimes due to software. Also the software correction is supposed to kick in automatically but it screws up sometimes and I get left with erroneous colors. I use the X-Rite i1Display 2.

 

[DefRef]

I use an X-Rite i1Display 2 as well. During the basic brightness/contrast settings, I just use my Dell panel's controls to set the RGB values and contrast IIRC. (Since I'm on DVI, brightness has to be set through the driver's control panel.) After that, the software puts up a series of test colors and reads how the display renders them. It creates a profile which nudges what the video card puts out to compensate for how the display renders.

It's like if your car pulls slightly to the right, the profile automatically steers you to the left without your having to turn the wheel; or if your living room has carpeting and plush furniture, so your stereo boosts the high frequencies to compensate for the damping effect of the soft surfaces.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

If it's only happening with a certain type of content or a certain player, and you were happy with how it looked before you changed the video card, I don't think a colorimeter is the answer. It seems to me that there's something borked in your software setup.

 

[mcnubbins9]

hi,

I noticed you had a post about your ATI card giving off red tint with television sources (blonde hair looking pinkish, etc...). was wondering if you ever found a solution to this as mine is doing the exact same thing and it's driving me crazy. I'm using a Sapphire ATI 6850.

thanks,
mcnubbins