NEC SpectraView Profiler 5 User Manual page 38

Profiler
User Manual
4.3.3 Software calibration
The monitor hardware needs to be set manually by the user, using
monitor controls or the on-screen-display (OSD). SpectraView Profiler
5 assists you in setting these parameters with measurements from your
monitor instrument.
Like in CRTs, the gradation settings are not accurate and need to be
corrected via video-LUTs. These are stored in the ICC-profile and
downloaded to the video card on system start-up.
LCD flat panels
Some LCD monitors offer near to none of these control options (e.g.
notebook monitors). Some of them have a brightness control only, which
dims the backlight (not to be confused with CRT's brightness control
which sets the luminance of the black point).
Due to the necessary correction, these monitors are not suited for color
critical work or for soft proofing.
LCD monitors with an analog connector only will yield inferior calibration
quality altogether.
Higher quality LCD monitors (like the NEC MultiSync family of monitors)
offer 10 or more bit data processing. Only this type of monitors satisfies
higher quality demands.
These monitors offer settings for black and white luminance and white
point.
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