Does calibrating an ips monitor really make a difference?

[Speedstack79]

I know there is a difference, but is there a big difference in colors or are most ips monitors already calibrated well out of the box (I have a h236hl)?

 

So is calibrating a monitor:
strongly strongly suggested

or

meh, most are good enough out the box

[Guest]

Buying a calibration tool for 100% perfect colours? No. But you can calibrate by eye with some test pictures and see if it makes a difference. I couldn't find info on your monitor and if it is already factory calibrated, but my guess would be no.

[dragoon20005]

you only need to calibrate the IPS monitor if the color depth supports 10 bits and you need to do pro work like Photo editing or video editing

 

think the ProArt Series from Asus and Dell PremierColor version

 

general use 

 

you don't need to do any color calibration

[Rorgash]

if its bad you want to do it, if its well calibrated then no, find some test and see 

[Foxxer]

Mine was kinda blueish, I did some calibration and it looks gorgeous now. 

[ZacDaMan72]

If there's a red, green or blue tint to your panel, go into your settings and changing your colour/temperature/contrast settings while having a test image on your screen eg. http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Monitor-Calibration02.png?7bd39e

[PillowSmoke]

I'd say for general use it wouldn't make the difference in the world. But if you're doing work in terms of video or picture editing getting the correct colors might be a bit more important.

[Speedstack79]

If there's a red, green or blue tint to your panel, go into your settings and changing your colour/temperature/contrast settings while having a test image on your screen eg. http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Monitor-Calibration02.png?7bd39e

i see break in the last test, I changed it to 25% brightness and 100% contrast and I see no break in the first one but I do on the rest(but now the forum looks all white)

[ZacDaMan72]

i see break in the last test, I changed it to 25% brightness and 100% contrast and I see no break in the first one but I do on the res(but now the forum looks all white)

If you wanna be in depth use this: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

 

Windows also has a built-in colour calibration tool.

[Lord Pantaloons]

It makes as much difference as looking at something with your eyes closed and then looking at it again with them open*

 

 

(*if the monitor was poorly calibrated in the first place)

[TheDigitalRealm]

If it needed it, you'd be able to tell straight away. If the monitor looks good to you then it's probably fine for general usage.

[Speedstack79]

meh my monitor looks good at the standard setting, might try experimenting some more tomorrow

[Glenwing]

The purpose of color calibration is to match the monitor's color output to printers so that the colors look the same on your screen as they do when printed out.  If that's important to you, then it can matter, if not, I wouldn't worry about it.  It's not about making the picture "look nice" (although some people happen to think things look best that way; it's totally subjective.  Personally I don't use my calibrated settings normally).

[JR1911]

I decided to get a Spyder 4 Pro calibrating tool as I do some minor photo editing. I didn't think there was anything particularly wrong with the colors uncalibrated but after using the monitor calibrated for a few days there's no way I'd switch back to the uncalibrated profile, it just looks so much better calibrated. The monitor I use is the HP ZR30w.

[AllstaRawR]

Ultrasharps are freaking gorgeous (I mention this since they are factory calibrated). I can only imagine the difference if I actually used a ColorMunki.