Hi, I'm in Australia (so some spelling is a bit different...!)
I received a new Samsung C27R500HFE Curved LED 27" monitor a few days ago, from Ebay (Australia). It is sold as a gaming monitor (VA panel) but I am using it as a general purpose display and it should work well for that according to all the information I read.
But the colour rendering is noticeably bad. My previous display was a 7 year old ASUS V248H (24 inch LCD) which was just great in every way. I just wanted a bigger screen and was interested in the curved screen - no problems there, it's just the colours that are the problem. It has trouble with reds, browns and pinks.
Especially on pictures with people, it doesn't like white or tanned skin colours. It exaggerates the reds and pinks and they often look like blotches and high temperature areas and rashes on the skin. It also often puts a pink hue in the skin which should be normal skin colour. The ASUS never did this. It just looks either faulty or cheap.
Does this sound like a faulty display? I have an NVIDIA 450GTS Graphics card, using the HDMI port, as this display will not accept VGA or DVI inputs (the receptacle for VGA is there but it will not allow it to be selected on the screen! Only HDMI)
I have just reset the display to factory settings - it looks worse . I have also just updated the drivers on the NVIDIA card and re-installed the software. No change in the colours.
Does anyone have experience in this issue, or any suggestions? Or will I return it to the seller and buy another monitor, as I don't want to waste time getting an identical one in case this is normal behaviour for this model. Thanks for reading!
I received a new Samsung C27R500HFE Curved LED 27" monitor a few days ago, from Ebay (Australia). It is sold as a gaming monitor (VA panel) but I am using it as a general purpose display and it should work well for that according to all the information I read.
But the colour rendering is noticeably bad. My previous display was a 7 year old ASUS V248H (24 inch LCD) which was just great in every way. I just wanted a bigger screen and was interested in the curved screen - no problems there, it's just the colours that are the problem. It has trouble with reds, browns and pinks.
Especially on pictures with people, it doesn't like white or tanned skin colours. It exaggerates the reds and pinks and they often look like blotches and high temperature areas and rashes on the skin. It also often puts a pink hue in the skin which should be normal skin colour. The ASUS never did this. It just looks either faulty or cheap.
Does this sound like a faulty display? I have an NVIDIA 450GTS Graphics card, using the HDMI port, as this display will not accept VGA or DVI inputs (the receptacle for VGA is there but it will not allow it to be selected on the screen! Only HDMI)
I have just reset the display to factory settings - it looks worse . I have also just updated the drivers on the NVIDIA card and re-installed the software. No change in the colours.
Does anyone have experience in this issue, or any suggestions? Or will I return it to the seller and buy another monitor, as I don't want to waste time getting an identical one in case this is normal behaviour for this model. Thanks for reading!
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