X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

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X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#1 Post by ricerocket » Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:16 pm

Has anyone done color calibration on this thing, and want to share their settings?

I came from an IPS on a X41T, so in short, it's awful. Biggest gripe right now is the poor contrast ratio and the blue-tinted whites, but a full calibration would be excellent.
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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#2 Post by martin255 » Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:30 am

I got this profile from a member of the notebookreview forums who claimed to have done a full calibration:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/602349/X200s.icm
It is a bit too red-ish for my taste, but it is still better than nothing. Anyway, don't expect too much: even calibrated, the screen will remain pretty poor.

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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#3 Post by ricerocket » Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:00 pm

That actually helped a lot, thanks!
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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#4 Post by elthinkpado » Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:00 am

would this work for the 1280x800 screen? I tried it in mine on windows 7 and it did nothing

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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#5 Post by ricerocket » Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:32 pm

Windows 7 has profiles for each user, and system. If you see no change in color, you didn't get it right.

Anyways, this profile wouldn't apply to the 1200x800. They're specific to each panel.
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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#6 Post by Subliming » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:23 am

Isn't calibrating a TN panel like polishing a... well, a waste of time?

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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#7 Post by ansible212 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:27 am

Subliming wrote:Isn't calibrating a TN panel like polishing a... well, a waste of time?
I calibrated my X200s' WXGA LED backlit screen with my Spyder 3 Elite and was definitely worth doing. (Interestingly, calibrating it to sRGB meant reducing the brightness... not a complaint one hears that often about ThinkPad screens!)
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X200s : WXGA (LED) : C2D SL9600 : 4GB : 256GB Samsung 830 : WWAN : Intel AC7260 : Broadcom Crystal HD : UltraBase : Win 10 64bit

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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#8 Post by ThinkRob » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:53 am

ansible212 wrote:
I calibrated my X200s' WXGA LED backlit screen with my Spyder 3 Elite and was definitely worth doing. (Interestingly, calibrating it to sRGB meant reducing the brightness... not a complaint one hears that often about ThinkPad screens!)
Any chance you can post the resulting profile here?
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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#9 Post by ansible212 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:03 pm

ThinkRob wrote:Any chance you can post the resulting profile here?
I can, but bear in mind my LED backlit display is WXGA, not WXGA+. ;)
X220 : Premium HD : Core i7-2640M : 8GB : 256GB Samsung 850 Pro : WWAN : Intel AC7260 : Mini Dock Series 3 with USB 3.0 : ThinkPad USB keyboard : 2 x HP LP2475w : Win 10 64bit

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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#10 Post by ThinkRob » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:39 pm

ansible212 wrote:
I can, but bear in mind my LED backlit display is WXGA, not WXGA+. ;)
Fair enough. I'm really just curious to see how it fares w/ my panel.

Thanks!
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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#11 Post by arsenic004 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:39 pm

Does anyone have a color calibration profile for the 1280x800 X200 screen? Would greatly appreciate it if someone could post it :D

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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#12 Post by ansible212 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:21 pm

ThinkRob wrote:Fair enough. I'm really just curious to see how it fares w/ my panel.

Thanks!
Just need to find somewhere to host it, as it doesn't appear I can upload attachments here...
X220 : Premium HD : Core i7-2640M : 8GB : 256GB Samsung 850 Pro : WWAN : Intel AC7260 : Mini Dock Series 3 with USB 3.0 : ThinkPad USB keyboard : 2 x HP LP2475w : Win 10 64bit

X200s : WXGA (LED) : C2D SL9600 : 4GB : 256GB Samsung 830 : WWAN : Intel AC7260 : Broadcom Crystal HD : UltraBase : Win 10 64bit

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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#13 Post by ThinkRob » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:01 pm

ansible212 wrote: Just need to find somewhere to host it, as it doesn't appear I can upload attachments here...
I tend to use files.ww.com
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Re: X200s WXGA+ LCD color calibration

#14 Post by ansible212 » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:18 pm

ThinkRob wrote:I tend to use files.ww.com
Here it is:

ThinkPad X200 1280x800 LED colour calibration

Sorry for the delay in posting this. ;)
X220 : Premium HD : Core i7-2640M : 8GB : 256GB Samsung 850 Pro : WWAN : Intel AC7260 : Mini Dock Series 3 with USB 3.0 : ThinkPad USB keyboard : 2 x HP LP2475w : Win 10 64bit

X200s : WXGA (LED) : C2D SL9600 : 4GB : 256GB Samsung 830 : WWAN : Intel AC7260 : Broadcom Crystal HD : UltraBase : Win 10 64bit

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