I think one of my LCD is messed up...pix

[pood]

I have a Dell 2007 WFP and FP.

In the last couple weeks, I've noticed that WFP seem to giving out a really bad bluish tent. I've tried it on a different socket, vga, and also a different computer.

Which one has the best whites? Or which one has the best coloring?

Left: WP
Right: WFP

Monitor Screen Shot

 

[Vageetasjn]

Left is a better white. Have you tried adjusting the monitor settings?

 

[pood]

Yah, that's what I thought. Doesn't the right one look like it has a bluish tint? I've tried adjusting and still can't get the right to match the left. Might have to send it back.

 

[Quiksilver]

Too be honest, I can't say which one has the better "white" cause to me both of them seem to be an "off-white" color; with the left one having an redish(orange?) tint and right being well having a bluish tint to it, of course it could just be the way the image was taken.

From the looks of it though I would have t say you just need to manually calibrate both of your monitors.

 

[SergeC]

Sounds like the color "temperature" settings aren't the same.

 

[pood]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Too be honest, I can't say which one has the better "white" cause to me both of them seem to be an "off-white" color; with the left one having an redish(orange?) tint and right being well having a bluish tint to it, of course it could just be the way the image was taken.

From the looks of it though I would have t say you just need to manually calibrate both of your monitors.

Have any suggestion on what software to use for calibrating?

neither monitor can set white balance, all I have is RGB adjusters.

 

[taltamir]

how are we supposed to tell? you took a PICTURE of it using a camera and then set it so that we are looking at the picture on our OWN monitor...

Anyways, keep in mind that identical monitors will not display identically, thats what the configuration is for, you need to adjust colors and temps until they match.

 

[xtknight]

It would be easier to tell if you took a picture of a stepped grayscale on both monitors (same pic, exposure please just like this one).
( last, gray contrast test here: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/#contrast )

Unless you have a monitor with six-axis color controls (you'd have CMY or hue/saturation sliders also), when you adjust RGB you are adjusting the white balance. White is made up of RGB and you are adjusting each component. You are also adjusting other colors though since white is the max and the "basis" of the other colors.

You should be able to get white on the monitors to match thru R/G/B adjustments especially if they are the same panel type (do you know if one is VA and one is IPS?) You won't necessarily get the whole grayscale to match without a special calibration tool such as the Pantone Huey Pro ($80). Maybe that'd be worth it to you but there's no guarantee they will match anyway.

For matching a VA panel to an IPS panel, you may want to lower the contrast of the VA panel. The Dell monitors (both 2007FP and 2007WFP) were known for their lotteries, including either VA or IPS in each unit.