# Dual LCD Calibration

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-lcd-calibration/189837>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 6, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-lcd-calibration/189837 "2006-06-06T15:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![calvintage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@calvintage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/calvintage)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-lcd-calibration/189837/1 "2006-06-06T15:42:15Z")

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Hi Kirupians,

I have an annoying problem with my monitor and hoping to find some answers…

I have been using a 17" NEC 1735NXM and a 19" Dell 1905FP while doing most of graphics related work on my 19" - cuz it’s bigger! :cowbell: Anyhow, it seems the color’s starting to look really weird on my 17" and no matter how I fiddle around with the color settings on the monitor, nothing really changes. I can’t get the white to look “white”!!

Do you guys have any suggestions :\*(?

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-lcd-calibration/189837/2 "2006-06-06T17:50:55Z")

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This is why most people get the same monitors… that an it looks better. You may have to be stuch with the fact that they won’t look the same.

Suggestion: get a new monitor or just pretend there isnt a difference.

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**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-lcd-calibration/189837/3 "2006-06-06T20:45:55Z")

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There’s image calibraters that you can get for a price that’ll callibrate both to near same properties.

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**Author:** ![calvintage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@calvintage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/calvintage)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-lcd-calibration/189837/4 "2006-06-06T23:22:08Z")

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oooh I see… thank you.

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**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-lcd-calibration/189837/5 "2006-06-07T00:34:31Z")

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> [@Templarian](#):
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> This is why most people get the same monitors… that an it looks better. You may have to be stuch with the fact that they won’t look the same.

Agreed. I have an old brandless 15" LCD next to my new 19" LCD, and I can never get the 15" to be the same as the other - it’s just never as “white”, even after playing with the colour settings.

Your NEC has a 450:1 contrast ratio, and the Dell has 800:1. That’ll make a difference with the richness of the colours, since you’ll get deeper blacks on the Dell. Both have 250cdm brightness, though… So I really think it’s just a matter of playing with the RGB sliders to make them match. Don’t bother with calibration hardware…