Hey Gang, I'm just wanting to make sure I've got all my settings squared away for gaming.  I'm in the game preset mode, dynamic contrast is on.  My questions are: 1. Do I need to install a .ICC profile for the display? Chris from Dell links one in the U2410 A01 eta thread... 2. Is there a recommendable software color calibration tool, or do I need to purchase a hardware one? 3. Is there any other setting I should be taking advantage of?  1:1 pull-down, etc? Thanks in advance!

1. No you don't.If you do make sure it's the current beta version as the profile Dell included on the U2410 CD is awful. The profile will make colour managed applications show more accurate colours. So you might want to install it if you use Photoshop, or if you want to set up Firefox to use colour managed settings. Otherwise it's not really a big deal.

2.You can always use your eyes to calibrate. What you're happy with is more important than what a $200 device thinks is best. Such devices are really for when printing or passing images to other people who expect colours to be within certain ranges etc. If you're not dealing with images professionally, or at least semi-pro, then it's not that important. Game mode bypasses most image processing to minimize any delays anyway, and the included Adobe and sRGB modes are already pre-calibrated to some extent, so my advice would be to use those when not gaming if you're worried about colours. Buying a calibration device is only required if you're going to be very picky about these sorts of things :)

3. Always use 1:1 for gaming as it avoids any scaling, which will add a delay to what you see on screen (as the image must be processed) . Dynamic contrast isn't a very useful feature. All it'll do is turn the backlight down when it thinks most of the screen is quite dark. It can be quite annoying as it turns the brightness up or down, and tends not to do a whole lot for image quality anyway, so I would just switch it off personally :)