Colors

[GSTARR]

If I want a monitor that has the same color output as another, what specs do I need to pay attention to?

 

Like my monitor has "1.07 billion colors" and a "80,000:1 maximum dynamic contrast ratio"

Are these what I pay attention to when looking for a monitor that looks the same?

 

[pwn_intended]

No specs will guarantee that 2 different monitors will have the exact same colour reproduction. You will likely have to calibrate them manually. Unless they are professionally pre-calibrated and cost you more than a 5960x

[Lord_Karango17]

The contrast ratio should generally be ignored because manufacturers like to talk about dynamic contrast ratio which is them pretty much turning off the screen to get better black levels.

 

The amount of colors the monitor can display should be taken with a grain of salt, because it does not necessarily mean that they will be accurate. A tn panel may display the same amount of colors than an ips panel can, but the ips panel will be far more accurate.

 

Some manufacturers will give a percentage denoting how accurate the colors of the panel are, and its usually xx% srgb or something along those lines. that would be a good way of knowing how good the panel is.

[GSTARR]

No specs will guarantee that 2 different monitors will have the exact same colour reproduction. You will likely have to calibrate them manually. Unless they are professionally pre-calibrated and cost you more than a 5960x

the monitor i have is about 70 more than a 5960x new, and it's absolutely beautiful. And dying.

[Glenwing]

The amount of colors the monitor can display should be taken with a grain of salt, because it does not necessarily mean that they will be accurate. A tn panel may display the same amount of colors than an ips panel can, but the ips panel will be far more accurate.

Some manufacturers will give a percentage denoting how accurate the colors of the panel are, and its usually xx% srgb or something along those lines. that would be a good way of knowing how good the panel is.

Not exactly. The "99% sRGB" stuff is not a measure of color accuracy. Color accuracy is measured with ∆E figures. What you're talking about is color space coverage, which is different from accuracy. You could have a monitor display the inverse of every color it's fed which would be completely inaccurate, but it would still cover the same color space in its ability to produce colors. Color accuracy isn't about how wide of a gamut it is capable of displaying, it's about correctly displaying the specific color it's being instructed to display.