Calibrating dual monitors with standard Huey (not pro)

[Mart61]

Hi there

Having just bought myself a second monitor, I now have two very similar screens - a Samsung 940BW and a Samsung 923NW.

Having only got the standard Huey, It's not possible to calibrate both monitors as far as I can see. So I did the following:

• Set my main screen, the 940BW, as the main monitor in the Windows display settings
• Calibrated that monitor with the Huey
• I then set the 923NW as the main monitor in Windows display settings
• Then calibrated that monitor
• I then downloaded a little application called DisplayProfile from: http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=757&Action=Support&SoftwareID=539
• I put the DisplayProfile app in my Startup folder
• When windows starts I just drag the application window into my second monitor and select the profile saved for it from the Huey and...
• ...Bob's your uncle!

It's a bit messy but I don't wanna spend the £35 on downloading the Huey Pro upgrade at this time.

Hope this helps.

 

[pxl8]

I think there might be a snag with this method. The Huey Pro software supports seperate gamma ramps for each display which is sent to the gfx card as part of the correction. The standard software only uses a single ramp correction so both monitors are using that and it's likely that one isn't showing the correct calibration as a result.

 

[Mart61]

Thanks for the reply. That may well be the case. My displays look ok ***.

I may bite the bullet and download the upgrade at some point. I did try to do it yesterday but the website kept crashing on me.

Also I'm not sure my graphics card, a lolwy Nvidia 7300GS is really that good. Id assume it supports dual LUTs but I can't find out if it does.

 

[pxl8]

The upgrade is cheaper if you get it from the US (.com) site rather than the UK one - same price in $ as £