Different color calibration across Intel graphics?

[chinesecooler]

Hi all,

I have got a Samsung LED tv at home and I have hooked up different computers to it through out the years. One thing I noticed is that for every machine I have connected to the TV I always get a different color calibration (color tone or whatever you want to call it). All the machines are connected via either an HDIM or a DisplayPort cable and they are all using some sort of Intel graphic. I only Windows 7 across all the machines.

In theory, they are all using the Intel Graphic driver and I always use the default calibration setting; through a digital signal output I should expect a 100% identical color output right? After all, the digital color signal being transferred should be the same. Yet the fact is every machine has it's own characters of colour:

1. A Dell latitude E4300 with Intel 4500mhd over display port to hdmi cable - This gives the best color. Bright, vibrant and accurate. Easy on the eyes as well
2. An HP Pavilion DV5 with the same 4500mhd over hdmi to hdmi cable - Colors are bright but a bit washed out compare to the Dell
3. An Acer E3 notebook with GT520M/HD4000 graphic over hdmi - I disabled the GT520m and only use the iGPU yet the color was quite off. The blue has a strong purple tint and looks horrible.
4. An Asrock Q1900b-itx board with Bay Trail J1900 - The hole screen looks slightly darker and all the colors are a bit over-saturated.

Until this day I still have no idea what made this happen. Ideally, I would love to make everything look like the first Dell laptop. Could it be different version of the drivers?

It would be great if you can shed some lights.

Thanks.

 

[VincentP]

Displayport outputs will have a different settings to HDMI outputs.
The Dell laptop seems to be the only place you are using a Displayport output.
My guess would be the HDMI output is defaulting to YCbCr colour.
Try changing this to sRGB.

Edit:
This setting is in the advanced color settings of the Intel graphics display properties. It is included as enable or disable YCbCr. Try both settings and see which works better for your TV.

 

[chinesecooler]

Edit:
This setting is in the advanced color settings of the Intel graphics display properties. It is included as enable or disable YCbCr. Try both settings and see which works better for your TV.

Thanks for the reply VincentP, I tried to look for it under the Intel HD graphic display control panel but couldn't find it. I am doing this on the Q1900b-itx

 

[VincentP]

Intel graphics control panel should be the same for any model.
Right hand click on the "Intel HD Graphics" icon near the clock.
Select "Graphics Properties".
Click "Display"
Click "Color"
Click "Advanced"
Under "YCbCr" click "Enable or "Disable"
Click "Apply"

If you can't get this "Intel HD Graphics Control Panel" open, you may have to download and install it.

 

[carmona87]

That is the reason why photographers and designers calibrate their monitors with a hardware calibration tool (Spyder4, etc.) 🙂

 

[chinesecooler]

Intel graphics control panel should be the same for any model.
Right hand click on the "Intel HD Graphics" icon near the clock.
Select "Graphics Properties".
Click "Display"
Click "Color"
Click "Advanced"
Under "YCbCr" click "Enable or "Disable"
Click "Apply"

If you can't get this "Intel HD Graphics Control Panel" open, you may have to download and install it.

I can get to the panel but under display setting -> advanced there is only 'IT content' option. I tried advanced color setting as well and I only get hue and saturation. This is the new 'metro style' control panel. The Ycbcr checkbox is just not there 🙁

 

[VincentP]

Intel graphics control panel should be the same for any model.
Right hand click on the "Intel HD Graphics" icon near the clock.
Select "Graphics Properties".
Click "Display"
Click "Color"
Click "Advanced"
Under "YCbCr" click "Enable or "Disable"
Click "Apply"

If you can't get this "Intel HD Graphics Control Panel" open, you may have to download and install it.

I can get to the panel but under display setting -> advanced there is only 'IT content' option. I tried advanced color setting as well and I only get hue and saturation. This is the new 'metro style' control panel. The Ycbcr checkbox is just not there 🙁

I'm using Windows 7 so it may look a little different.
I don't mean the Windows control panel though, the "Intel HD Graphics Control Panel" is Intel software.
Is this the application you are opening?

 

[chinesecooler]

Yes, I'm using win 7 as well. I wish I could post a screenshot here. It's something like this http://trshelpdesk.com/AvatarHandler.ashx?radfile=%5CCommon%5Cintel-1.jpg

Some says the srgb/ycbcr switch is omitted in the new revamped panel. Meh, I'm a bit frustrated now.

 

[VincentP]

Yes, I'm using win 7 as well. I wish I could post a screenshot here. It's something like this http://trshelpdesk.com/AvatarHandler.ashx?radfile=%5CCommon%5Cintel-1.jpg

Some says the srgb/ycbcr switch is omitted in the new revamped panel. Meh, I'm a bit frustrated now.

This is the right software.
Click "Display"
Click "Color"
Click "Advanced"
Under "YCbCr" click "Enable or "Disable"
Click "Apply"

The options available may change depending on what is connected. Are you currently using Displayport or HDMI from this machine?
If the option isn't there, get a screen shot of the advanced color options page.

 

[chinesecooler]

Yes, I'm using win 7 as well. I wish I could post a screenshot here. It's something like this http://trshelpdesk.com/AvatarHandler.ashx?radfile=%5CCommon%5Cintel-1.jpg

Some says the srgb/ycbcr switch is omitted in the new revamped panel. Meh, I'm a bit frustrated now.

This is the right software.
Click "Display"
Click "Color"
Click "Advanced"
Under "YCbCr" click "Enable or "Disable"
Click "Apply"

The options available may change depending on what is connected. Are you currently using Displayport or HDMI from this machine?
If the option isn't there, get a screen shot of the advanced color options page.

Im connected via HDMI and i can post a screenshot when i get home. Basically the advanced color option only has hue and saturation slider.

 

[chinesecooler]

Please see screenshot here

 

[VincentP]

On the same tab I get YCbCr but not Hue and Saturation.
I am running version 1.2.1.1007 of the control panel and version 10.18.10.3621 of the driver. These values are taken from the installed programs list.
I have integrated HD 2500 graphics in a Core i3 3220.
I don't know how to change this with what you are seeing.

 

[chinesecooler]

On the same tab I get YCbCr but not Hue and Saturation.
I am running version 1.2.1.1007 of the control panel and version 10.18.10.3621 of the driver. These values are taken from the installed programs list.
I have integrated HD 2500 graphics in a Core i3 3220.
I don't know how to change this with what you are seeing.

Yeah, I am using a Intel Celeron J1900 with Intel HD Graphic Gen 7. Well, no idea what I can do now.

 

[chinesecooler]

Intel has given their official answer here - https://communities.intel.com/thread/55496

 

[VincentP]

This seems like a rubbish answer on their part. The driver is for the integrated graphics on an Intel CPU. I don't know how an OEM could possibly provide this driver.
On my PC, the driver provider is Intel Corporatrion, version 10.18.10.3621, date 17/05/2014.

 

[chinesecooler]

Yeah ikr. But nothing much you can do about it. It's a shame too coz I really like the J1900 board. It's a little beast in it's league.