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I noticed the hardware calibrated ColorSync profiles for the AUO v4 1080p display upgrade included in the Probook Installer v5/6 looked great for some people, and gave weird colors for others. It's true that every LCD panel will have a unique color response, but all the panels made during a certain production run seem like they should be VERY similar in their color response, while more significant variation is introduced when two displays were made in two different production runs. The factory retooled to build some other display in between, so it makes since they wouldn't be quite the same. This is justs a wild guess on my part, but based on anecdotes from this site.
After reading a number of posts, it seems that a lot of the users who upgraded their Probook with a AU Optronics B156HW01 v4 found their new screens fit into similar color response 'groups' (factory runs?). Their LCDs were either the same as the user who generously shared his hardware calibration profile of his own AUO V4 display, or users who found the profile gave a blue/green tint, or a yellow tint. I fit into the blue/green category, and have created my own hardware calibrated profiles (using a Spyder3 Pro, not top of the line but still quite good) in the hopes that maybe my display is very similar to the 'blue/green' group. Or every display could be different and these won't help anyone, but I figured it's worth a shot.
I have attached two, one calibrated with a 2.2 gamma (usually the default) and a 2.4 gamma (my personal preference, sacrifices a bit of contrast in shadow/brightness variation for more contrast/richer colors). IYou can find 'gamma war' threads hundreds of post long, but honestly, gamma is personal taste and please use the one that looks best to you =). There isn't really a 'best' or 'most accurate' gamma.
To use them, copy the .icc files to ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles and switch them in the color tab of your display settings.
After reading a number of posts, it seems that a lot of the users who upgraded their Probook with a AU Optronics B156HW01 v4 found their new screens fit into similar color response 'groups' (factory runs?). Their LCDs were either the same as the user who generously shared his hardware calibration profile of his own AUO V4 display, or users who found the profile gave a blue/green tint, or a yellow tint. I fit into the blue/green category, and have created my own hardware calibrated profiles (using a Spyder3 Pro, not top of the line but still quite good) in the hopes that maybe my display is very similar to the 'blue/green' group. Or every display could be different and these won't help anyone, but I figured it's worth a shot.
I have attached two, one calibrated with a 2.2 gamma (usually the default) and a 2.4 gamma (my personal preference, sacrifices a bit of contrast in shadow/brightness variation for more contrast/richer colors). IYou can find 'gamma war' threads hundreds of post long, but honestly, gamma is personal taste and please use the one that looks best to you =). There isn't really a 'best' or 'most accurate' gamma.
To use them, copy the .icc files to ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles and switch them in the color tab of your display settings.