HDMI Looks Different than DVI on monitor

[TsukiNick]

I have an ASUS VE248H Monitor with DVI and HDMI inputs. My source is my GTX 760. The HDMI is noticibly brighter at the same settings as the DVI-D input. HDMI gets slightly darker if it set it to the ycbcr colorspace. This confuses me due to the fact that HDMI and DVI are supposed to be the same except for audio and networking capabilities.

 

[mauller07]

Could be the calibration settings are different for each output in windows, just use either and run display calibration in windows and adjust your monitors contrast, brightness and gamma.

Just use rgb output set brightness and contrast to Max before calibrating.

 

[TsukiNick]

I think I may of fixed it, Nvidia control panel has two seperate 1920x1080 settings, I'm guessing one is for TV 16-235 and the other is the PC 0-255 setting.

 

[mauller07]

That's cool, calibrate your screen and windows gamma still, it makes a massive difference.

 

[TsukiNick]

That's cool, calibrate your screen and windows gamma still, it makes a massive difference.

What do you suggest I use to calibrate it? It seems I can get it calibrated for brightness then I change contrast, then I have to re do brightness then redo contrast.

 

[mauller07]

are you using the windows calibration in the colour options settings? you should first be asked to setup the gamma on the display then the brightness then the contrast.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/calibrate-your-display this should help

just ignore colour calibration, do gamma, contrast and brightness, you really need a calibration tool for colour to get the best results.

 

[klipschman]

I think I may of fixed it, Nvidia control panel has two seperate 1920x1080 settings, I'm guessing one is for TV 16-235 and the other is the PC 0-255 setting.

TsukiNick I am glad you fixed it. Here is a possible improvement to the computer image on your tv.

If your using w7 you can fine tune your color/contrast/brightness. I find they always improve purity/balance. Of course it will only work when using your computer.

There are also dvd's and blue rays you can purchase that do the same thing, but again they will only help for that input. At least the disks go into much more depth$.

Start out by setting your tv to something like "Movie, cinema, theater, natural, failing anything else avail use normal" Avoid "Brilliant, vibrant, sports etc" and leave it on for whatever the warm up time is for your tv, old bulb backlit hd can take as long as an hour.

Here is the windows tip: Make sure you log in as admin before starting as the final step requires that.

Right click on desktop and chose personalize from the dropdown>display>calibrate color.

Follow the instructions and after you are done you can compare the before and after. Repeat if you think you can get it better (hint:after some practice you will get better although the first time will make an improvement)

Then for a bonus you can run a text clairifier? Some lcd's really benefit from it. My moniters don't change for squat but it helps my tv a bit.

Here is to your picture looking even better!

Edit: Crap, I could not see the other post about windows color calibration until I joined while making this post.

I will suggest to go through the color part of the calibration. I think it is the most important for most tvs, they always have blue push, usu some green as well.

Contrast and brightness are usu set too high as well but changing them to "Cinema etc" usu gets those within the range of w7 ability to adjust.

Once your in the color calibration part start by sliding the blue all the way off . Your screen will be very yellow. Which is prominent red or green? Turn the prominent color down until it looks neither red or green.

Then slide the blue back up to about 75~85% favoring the lower number the older your tv. This will be the hard part. Punch the blue up until you see any blue in the white bar and back it off until the blue is gone.

Once you get that as good as you can, look very close at the white bar. Do you see a tad of red? Green is usu too heavy once you kill the blue and you can over adjust. Take time here and add a bit more green until all red is out of the white bar.

A rare tv/monitor can favor red after blue. Once you kill the blue you will see too much red, fade the red until it is neither red or green. After you get the blue correct you may have to add a touch of red back into it.

I have never seen any monitor or television that did not look a fair amount darker after getting the greyscale/brightness/contrast/gama corrected. Give it a day or two trying to see dvds, games, and streaming that you can duplicate on another input to see the difference.

My d’aois súil are as hard as crap, I have astigmatism and some diabetic retinopathy and I can see the difference after adjusting it. If you are like me you will find anything with uncorrected color to look slightly cartoonish.

Edit two =] : You cannot duplicate professional calibration if for nothing else they will adjust every input correctly. Did it after a while on the last hdtv and will do it on my aquos q+ after the newness wears off. Cost me about 250$ us last time.

In case you give a crap.