On the Datacolor website, the ""How it works" video says that it "Automatically" adjusts the color of your monitor. How is is accomplished?
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Ron, You adhere the spyder to your screen and it detects what the color looks like, compares it to what the color should look like and makes adjustments to the monitor calibration tools. I have been the computer support for a commercial illustrator for the past 20 years and this tool was a fantastic help when I bought my first one. If you care about color, get one.
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The software supplied on the cd does the adjustment. You only have to put the Spyder against the monitor and sit back and watch as the changes to your display take place.
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The spider device reads the output from the screen as the software runs thru tests. As to how it actually functions I think it just puts the output into the range it should be if its not within the parameters of the RGB ranges. Beyond that I don't know. It gives you an option button to switch between before and after views ( tp see the difference ) when the process completes. On my screen the colors usually run a little cold and the calibration software has to warm them up a bit.
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The software calibrates the colors based in the ambient lighting where you edit and use a color profile specific to same condition. If you move room to room or change lighting conditions the colors will be different because you are adjusting colors based on how you see colors, thereby you need to recalibrate.
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My monitor was ready to go out of the box. Dell provided a sheet listing the color calibration the monitor went through prior to shipment. This monitor is for personal use, so it wasn't necessary for me to second-guess the calibration. If this is for professional use, you may wish to double-check it to ensure it meets your needs. This monitor does give off a very noticeable shimmer when working in white background. Some users may find this distracting, but I'm very happy with the monitor and color regardless.
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DJ, no, this monitor does not show the sparkling effect. I browse many text articles and scroll through schematic pages with this monitor and I have never had a visual problem with mine. I got it in Nov, 2013 and had two live streaming windows open through the Winter Games in Feb of this year. Watching the biathlon, alpine, and snowslope ski events were fantastic.This monitor replaced a great Samsung that unfortunately succumbed to the capacitor bulge problem, and when I powered this up the first evening I noticed the upper edge does not get as hot like my old monitor did. I like this one and plan on getting a second one when I build my next computer so both my monitors match.Dave DJ, no, this monitor does not show the sparkling effect. I browse many text articles and scroll through schematic pages with this monitor and I have never had a visual problem with mine. I got it in Nov, 2013 and had two live streaming windows open through the Winter Games in Feb of this year. Watching the biathlon, alpine, and snowslope ski events were fantastic.This monitor replaced a great Samsung that unfortunately succumbed to the capacitor bulge problem, and when I powered this up the first evening I noticed the upper edge does not get as hot like my old monitor did. I... » Read More DJ, no, this monitor does not show the sparkling effect. I browse many text articles and scroll through schematic pages with this monitor and I have never had a visual problem with mine. I got it in Nov, 2013 and had two live streaming windows open through the Winter Games in Feb of this year. Watching the biathlon, alpine, and snowslope ski events were fantastic.This monitor replaced a great Samsung that unfortunately succumbed to the capacitor bulge problem, and when I powered this up the first evening I noticed the upper edge does not get as hot like my old monitor did. I like this one and plan on getting a second one when I build my next computer so both my monitors match.Dave « Show Less
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Right click on your desktop, select Nvidia Control Panel. On the left there is a tree of options. You can adjust contrast, color, etc. for the desktop and well as for video. Hope this helps.
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Since this computer is designed to work with Windows 8 I seriously doubt that you'll see any abnormal colors when touching the screen. But, saying that, this computer was a gift and I did not use the Windows 8 touch screen while setting it up.
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Yup. You have to change it using the Synapse software. There's a menu for color up in the top roght of the interface which you can set there :-).
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NoIn fact, you can not set it up to cycle just the colors you want. It cycles all colors.
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yes, colors do look different to those on my previous laptop, and also on my extension desktop monitor. now i don't even know which version is "correct."
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It changes colors and modes just by hitting your light button . It works great
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Yes there is but it is does not allow for full control in my opinion. If you adjust some things others get adjusted automatically and i don't know why. I use my Nvidia graphics card's color scheme to adjust the color of the monitor which allows for full control.
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Yes, it changes colors as well, from red, blue and purple - hit and hold Fn and press the 5 on the numberpad -- to make it pulse the color you want press the Fn and the 8 on the number several times, press it once to turn the light down, press it again to turn the light off. Press the Fn + number pad 8 turn it back on again in pulse mode and again for full brightness. 4
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Yes, you can set it to any color you want or cycle through the spectrum (and yes you can literally choose any color you want). you can also make it change colors automatically by opening a program like a game (but you have to set it to change profiles when you open said program). all this is set by using Razer's "Razer Synapse" which is the driver for it.
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Yes. Basically, you set your monitor to the factory defaults. Then you follow the calibration instructions. When done you can view a report with all the info about the new settings.
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I have watch movies, played games and surfed the web and have not experienced any color banding. I have had the monitor for months not and have not found any problems.
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There are two settings, there's a "white" or (actually yellowish) light like in the picture, or you can flip a switch and get it to change colors (blue, green, red I think, something like that).
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Typically there is a Hotkey on the front of the monitor that will display the on-screen display for making adjustments to the monitor. The following instructions are from the user manual that can be found at; http://us.aoc.com/support/documents/pdf/documents/470
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Yep, it lights up and is colour-controlled via Kraken Control - temperature-dependent lighting can be achieved based on temp thresholds you set. For example, I can have a cyan lighting as my normal colour, then have it change to red when it's over 55 degrees Celsius.