I have acquired a 15" CRT some time ago. Given the sticker it had, it was made back when Windows 95 was hot shit. It displays colors with a very, very strong blue shade, as if the warm/cold balance was set up three times the maximum coldness - not really usable.
I fiddled with the OSD menus, but did not manage to fix it using that.
Do software solutions exist? Are they decent enough to save this display from trash? I don't know screen technology well enough to know if this issue can be corrected or not.
(I'm more interested in a "You['ll be/won't be] able to fix that with software" answer than specific software, but feel free to recommend software for Windows/Lunix/Mac).
Thanks!
Other OSes don't have ColorSync equivalents, so I'm not sure if they can do something like this. Look up Adobe Gamma, maybe?
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Anonymous2005-12-21 18:42
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Is it supposed to work on displays where the colors are VERY fucked up? Looks like it's only for slight alterations.
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Anonymous2005-12-21 18:49
If the red and green guns are malfunctioning there's not much that can be done, but even then it should be able to restore it to something at least like normal. You'll have to pay really close attention during the response curve part, though.
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Anonymous2005-12-21 19:06
Even if you do get the display looking acceptable you'll still have a severely reduced colour gamut. Sure, experiment for the fun and learning of it, but don't expect miracles - a ten year old 15" CRT with severe colour problems isn't worth a lot of effort (other than the effort of slinging it into the nearest dump).
Some graphic cards, like nVidias, have high quality drivers that will let you adjust brightness, contrast and gamma for each component, saturation, sharpness, and color curves. You can try that too. But get a new CRT please.
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Anonymous2005-12-21 20:12
Did you try using the monitor for a while? It won't really fix anything, but you might not be bothered by it after a while.