New monitor... and now ? PP again ?

The chances are that the low end monitors you are trying are displaying too bright.

The reason for calibrating is generally to get a better match to prints as with prints you can control what the end user gets to see.

If you are processing for web display only then calibration is significantly less important as you have precisely zero control of what the end user gets to see - most people will have un-calibrated displays that have never been adjusted since being un boxed.

My recommendation would be to get your sample images printed out at a decent size (say 12x8 or larger) from a reputable lab and see what they come back like.

Alarm wrote in post #16349462
I havent tried that. I aint got a printer.

As i said. I got a replacement (monitor), the blacks were the same.
Checked the blacks on a mid-range LG , they looked a bit better. more detail.
Checked the blacks on a low range dell and lg, there was more black information (which i dont know if it was correct.

On this page... http://www.lagom.nl …t/black.php#bla​cktest.png
i can see a tiny difference between 1 and 3 . 2 seems identical to 1.

I don't know. Maybe its just my mind and got used on crappy monitor that i could see things i should not.

I've just looked at that website on an iPad mini and 1-5 appear identical, I start to see a slight difference on number 6.

With my iPhone 5 I see a difference at 3.

On my calibrated DELL 2711 I can see a difference at 2.

This was such a good find. I appreciated reading this.

catclaw wrote in post #16843156
This was such a good find. I appreciated reading this.

Better late than never. I just had to post process most of my images again because of that.

Now i own a new laptop, but i am aware that it saturates colors more and has more contrast, so i just do the major processing on the laptop but never export them until i go home and open the images on a decent monitor.

Working on a non calibrated monitor is just useless. You spend hours or better said days and you finally see that all the images that you edit are totally wrong or not as expected.

try the Monitor brightness @ 22 and contrast at 75
http://www.tftcentral.​co.uk/articles/icc_pro​files.htm

Alarm wrote in post #16349462
I havent tried that. I aint got a printer.

Do yourself a huge favor and get yourself a couple of test prints - it can really put things into perspective. Heck, even Costco does pretty darn good prints - I was in a pickle a couple of months ago and rushed over there to get a 12x18 printed. Price? Less than two bucks. Yes, for a 12x18.

So what I say is: pick 3 or 4 of your images, edit them on your monitor, then find somewhere that can get you good prints for a few bucks. Hold the prints up side by side to the monitor and see where you're at.