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UP2516D, might have tinting issues?
Hello all,
I am the recent owner of a Dell UP2516D with PremierColor. Allegedly, in my opinion. But more about this, later.
Firmware version is M3T102. The monitor is connected via supplied DP1.2 cable to MacMini7,1 (late 2014) running on OS X 10.11.4 "El Capitan". MST is off.
The short story: if I select Preset Modes -> Color Preset -> AdobeRGB, then the Uniformity Compensation goes Off(unselectable) and the left half has a greenish tint, and the right half of the screen has a pinkish tint. (We're not talking here about hardware(DUCCS) or GPU calibration, yet, just the default settings).
Now the question(s): is this the expected behaviour? Is this something that can be fixed or should I return the monitor for warranty? Is there anybody on this forum kind enough to set his/hers UP2516D monitor like the above and confirm if s/he sees the same issue? Pretty please :).
Thanks!
Cristian.
(P.S. I'm an CS engineer, photographer and OS X addict, so hit me with all the geeky slang and info you might have.)
user82259
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June 1st, 2016 19:00
I have just taken delivery of a Dell UP2716D from B&H. This monitor was billed as a premium product for colour accuracy, including Adobe RGB at 100% and DCI P3 at 98%.
I switched it on and let it warm up for an hour. I experienced the same colour issue a Cristian; the left of screen has a green tint, the right, magenta.
I upgraded the firmware to M3T 102. The monitor then looked good and even, but it had defaulted to 'uniformity compensation'. If one then switched to a different colourspace, i.e the ones that I need to actually work in (and to trust the monitor), and the uneven tint is back - left, green, right, magenta.
The difference from one side of the screen to the other has a significant impact on skin tones, for example.
I want to use this for colour ref for print, web, TV, and cinema, so I will want to use hardware calibration. But it appears that you can have either uniformity compensation on, and no hardware calibrated Adobe RGB DCI P3. Or uniformity off suffer a non-uniform display with a colour gradation left to right. It doesn't look good at the moment.
I too seek answers very soon or I will have to return the monitor and look elsewhere, which is a drag.
I suspect many enthusiastic reviewers are judging the monitor only on its UC mode.
b4ckstein
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June 2nd, 2016 03:00
I can only recommend a software calibration with Argyll / Displaycal with a i1d pro colorimeter and leaving UC set to ON. There will still be a certain degree of discoloration in the highlights but only in the peripheral areas, at least with my sample.
IMHO Dell should consider a donation to Argyll AND Displaycal. For me right now this software is what makes this monitor suitable for my work while their own software DUCS did not.
Marketing terms like "new standard in precise color coverage" should be used with caution. I think this is what upsets professional users when they realize "precise" is maybe relative or percieved differently for their own sample of this monitor.
What concerns DCI P3 with my sample, after Displaycal it's capable of 92% gamut coverage.
user82259
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June 2nd, 2016 04:00
I will probably just return the monitor rather than botch it up. A colleague has just purchased an LG monitor that seems to have none of these problems.