Dell 2309W 23" LCD - Calibration Settings

A widely requested video; this is the calibration of the Dell 2309W 23" LCD Monitor that I unboxed in a previous video.

I used an auto-calibrator first but it gave me a very blueish tint which I did not enjoy so I decide to play around the settings manually and tweek them to my liking.

Follow my settings for warm, rich colors. The display matched my iMac as close as it possibly could given that the Dell is a TN display and the iMac isn't.

Enjoy!

P.S. that yellow button...yep that one..you know what to do :-D

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• Dell
• 2309w
• lcd
• 23
• monitor
• calibration
• settings
• 1080p hd
• gadget
• addicted

[xRnB]

Hm, I really don't like your settings. It's too yellow, especially if I compare it to the standard cool setting. I think that's a good setting, it looks more natural and whites are more white.

[GadgetAddicted]

I had to match it as much as I could with my iMac's screen. I loved the way my iMac's screen looked so that was the closest I could get to it.

[xRnB]

Yeah, I get it and that's maybe why it's so yellowish. Macs use a different color profile than Windows computers. I compared it with my Thinkpad, but even when I didn't compare it, I saw the difference in white level with the cool setting and your setting.

But hey, everybody got their preferences.

[GadgetAddicted]

Well, it's not that Windows uses a different colour profile than Macs, it's that the technology of the iMac screen is completely different then that of the Dell screen.

The Dell screen is a TN Panel which tends to be generally cooler in colours and slightly softer on the edges. The iMac's screen is NOT a TN panel and it uses a completely different technology in which the native colour is generally rich and warm. Matching a TN and non-TN panel's colour scheme was a challenge :-).

[zarrow50]

are there noise issues with this display?

[GadgetAddicted]

none that I can see n im very paranoid about noise, dead pixels etc..

[SpringSamurai]

This entire video lost all its credibility with the contrast setting of 86.

Highlights start getting blown starting at 73, let alone 86. Fail.

[ColBuzby]

Apple Cinema is a piece of junk.

[swirnoff]

I have a 5-year-old 20" Apple Cinema and it completely beats this new POS of an LCD monitor that goes by the name of Dell 2309W 23". Cant game or do Photoshop cause the colors/temp/bri/contrast are so off compared to the old Apple one.

[Fareed1525]

would this give make a game like crysis or any other pc game like WoW look good or possibly great?

[pwnsher]

Thanks for the information mate. I'm about to buy one of these so this is useful stuff :)

[StirlingJM]

Man at that brightness and contrast you're gonna burn your eyes out!.

Rich colour is nice but easy on the brightness