I have a 30in HP monitor set up next to my 30in dell monitor and I'm having a bit of a problem here. The color profiles on the two monitors aren't even close. The HP looks downright yellow compared to the dell, which has excellent whites.

Does anyone know how I can change the two to match more closely? Getting proper whites on the HP panel would be great.

Thanks!
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My computer has an Nvidia card with included software. I use the Nvidia control panel to adjust the monitor. When I get a colorimeter, I will create a profile for best color.
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Have you tried adjusting color temperature on either monitor?
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Have you tried adjusting color temperature on either monitor?

Neither display has on screen menus.
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Neither display has on screen menus.

Interesting. I thought the lack of OSD is reserved only for those cheap 17 inch LCDs.
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You are joking, what are these buttons on HP for? :)
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You are joking, what are these buttons on HP for? :)


There are only two buttopns and they are for brightness. Google it, the 30 in displays dont have osd's.
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There are only two buttopns and they are for brightness. Google it, the 30 in displays dont have osd's.

Well, I believe you. But it should come with a controll software...

Maybe something from these?
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3297272&prodTypeId=382087&prodSeriesId=3297215&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093
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Most 30" panels are basically like a straight path from the panel to the graphics card. The monitor has no connection or control of the LCD screen. There is just primitive control of the backlighting. I say primitive because the two I have played with (Dell 3007-HC I bought/returned and the LG 3000?) have poor non tactile buttons and NO OSD even from the one thing they control brightness.

You install that lame little application and your computer overlays a cheezy OSD to display your backlight level and that is all. So at least you get some feedback for those crap buttons controlling your brightness.

IMO these panels are a rip-off. I was seduced by the resolution, but poor color out of the box and no ability to correct in panel (and big uniformity issues) had me ditching 30" panels altogether and checking out LCD TVs instead since this seems to be where the development money is going and where the value is. For the same price as the bare 30", I can get a 1080P 37"-40" TV with a load of inputs/HD tuner/SD Tuner/remote with full menus to control image quality (color temp, saturations, tint etc..).

In the end I figured I didn't need that resolution. I just wanted it, but the 30" panels are so stripped/poor value, that I won't look at them again.
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what kind if dell is it?

the 3007-hc version and the HP have a white color temperature of under 6000K (yellowish) the newer and older models will probably be closer to 6500K. (neutral white)
As the only real difference of 07-HC and HP are the extra inputs, you could try to use one of the calibration profiles made for a 3007-HC (http://www.digitalversus.com/article-424.html). It should adjust the white point to something closer to 6500K.
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Most 30" panels are basically like a straight path from the panel to the graphics card. The monitor has no connection or control of the LCD screen. There is just primitive control of the backlighting. I say primitive because the two I have played with (Dell 3007-HC I bought/returned and the LG 3000?) have poor non tactile buttons and NO OSD even from the one thing they control brightness.

You install that lame little application and your computer overlays a cheezy OSD to display your backlight level and that is all. So at least you get some feedback for those crap buttons controlling your brightness.

IMO these panels are a rip-off. I was seduced by the resolution, but poor color out of the box and no ability to correct in panel (and big uniformity issues) had me ditching 30" panels altogether and checking out LCD TVs instead since this seems to be where the development money is going and where the value is. For the same price as the bare 30", I can get a 1080P 37"-40" TV with a load of inputs/HD tuner/SD Tuner/remote with full menus to control image quality (color temp, saturations, tint etc..).

In the end I figured I didn't need that resolution. I just wanted it, but the 30" panels are so stripped/poor value, that I won't look at them again.

That's sounds scary sonsidering how many controls does my NEC has.
Maybe if you are really fed up with the monitor, you should return it/RMA it, becuase it can't be properly set up.
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I did return the 3007-hc soon after I received it.
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I did return the 3007-hc soon after I received it.

Good! I bet 30 NEC is not such a rip-off :) Although it is pricey :-/
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How is the lp3065c? I am about to pull the trigger on a refurb (with 1yr HP warranty) and can't find any subjective opinions. To which other 30" monitor does it resemble in image quality the most? I'm familiar with the Samsung 305t and the Gateway XHD3000...

Also, any clue why HP discontinued this model?
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The HP LP3065c is not discontinued. It is available at the HP store, bestbuybusiness.com, and usually Newegg. Check pricegrabber.com or any other computer shopping site for a list of online retailers.

You can get the specs at the HP web site: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-444767-3297215.html

There are professional reviews at prad.de, pcworld.com, and several other sites on the web.

I am surprised by how little attention this great monitor gets on Hard Forum. The image quality is excellent. Back light is very even. Colors are rich. Text and line art are second only to the best glossy TN screens. Photos look amazing. This thing really rocks with Photoshop.

On the down side: Only brightness control on monitor, some light leakage at sharp angles, excessive anti-glare texture.

Like all monitors, the LP3065c has shortcomings. The key to buying the right monitor is to choose the one with shortcomings that bother you the least. You know ... just like finding a wife or husband.
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Thanks for the info and those links. I'm convinced.

One more qt: what is the difference between the LP3065 and the LP3065'C'?
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Most 30" panels are basically like a straight path from the panel to the graphics card. The monitor has no connection or control of the LCD screen. There is just primitive control of the backlighting. I say primitive because the two I have played with (Dell 3007-HC I bought/returned and the LG 3000?) have poor non tactile buttons and NO OSD even from the one thing they control brightness.

You install that lame little application and your computer overlays a cheezy OSD to display your backlight level and that is all. So at least you get some feedback for those crap buttons controlling your brightness.

IMO these panels are a rip-off. I was seduced by the resolution, but poor color out of the box and no ability to correct in panel (and big uniformity issues) had me ditching 30" panels altogether and checking out LCD TVs instead since this seems to be where the development money is going and where the value is. For the same price as the bare 30", I can get a 1080P 37"-40" TV with a load of inputs/HD tuner/SD Tuner/remote with full menus to control image quality (color temp, saturations, tint etc..).

In the end I figured I didn't need that resolution. I just wanted it, but the 30" panels are so stripped/poor value, that I won't look at them again.You had at least 2 other options for a more comprehensive software OSD :
Display Tuner (http://www.nicomsoft.com/dtuner/) Also read their warning (http://www.nicomsoft.com/dtuner/warning.htm).
softMCCS (http://www.entechtaiwan.com/lib/softmccs.shtm)
Both are free for non-commercial use.

Robert
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You had at least 2 other options for a more comprehensive software OSD :
Display Tuner (http://www.nicomsoft.com/dtuner/) Also read their warning (http://www.nicomsoft.com/dtuner/warning.htm).
softMCCS (http://www.entechtaiwan.com/lib/softmccs.shtm)
Both are free for non-commercial use.

Robert


Interesting, has anyone with a 3007-hc reported this actually working? If some monitors don't work with this application, I would suspect those with no native controls to be among the problematic. I won't buy another to find out. :D
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Interesting, has anyone with a 3007-hc reported this actually working? If some monitors don't work with this application, I would suspect those with no native controls to be among the problematic. I won't buy another to find out. :DDell 3007WFP-HC Calibration Experience under XP and Vista (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1004&message=24973547&q=softmccs&qf=m) (softMCCS is used to set the whitepoint of the Dell 3007WFP-HC)
It's all done through DDC/CI (monitor and graphics card) with MCCS (the software OSD).
As long as your monitor and graphics card are DDC/CI compatible it should work.
The manufacturer of the monitor, must make most of the EDID data scructure (which holds the monitor's capabilities) readable and writable to the graphics card driver anyway so for example it knows which screen resolutions are supported and it can switch to, change brightness, colours, etc.

Also, certain settings are done through DDC/CI from the NVidia control panel.
This works for most monitors, so I can't see why the LP3065 should be an exception to this rule ?
Rotate Display is done/attempted through DDC/CI from the NVidia control panel.

I use softMCCS for my HP p1230 CRTs.

EDIT : A software OSD for Linux users : DDCcontrol (http://ddccontrol.sourceforge.net/)

Robert

P.S. For example Samsung (MagicTune (http://www.samsung.com/Products/Monitors/magictune/)) and NEC (NaviSet (http://www.necdisplay.com/SupportCenter/Monitors/NaviSet/)) also have their own software OSDs. But it is most likely dangerous to use these on other makes.
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That doesn't seem very clear to me. He said he set the white point with it, but he also calibrated with an i1 so I am not certain that did anything. In the end he also abandoned the HC version and went back to a normal gamut version.

There are a lot of people with Dell 3007 around here. Anyone brave enough to experiment and see what happens.
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Well you asked if it was working.
With softMCCS, he managed to change one very important parameter before calibrating. So it works.
He ditch the newer monitor because of the wide gamut problems he had with it, and went back to the one with the regular gamut. His decision has nothing to do with the fact whether softMCCS was working or not. In fact it should work with both versions of the 3007.

Robert
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