[QLab] video fades are popping in

[Jen Simmons]

oh-
you are saying the computer is sending a super pale image that should  
be "black" on the screen, but instead it's showing up because the TV  
is not callibrated + is therefore displaying things more brightly  
than it should be.

Hm.....

jen


On Jun 6, 2007, at 3:34 pm, Christopher Ashworth wrote:

> On Jun 6, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Christopher Ashworth wrote:
>>
>> It would be more accurate to say that your laptop doesn't have a good
>> calibration file for that particular monitor.  The TV may or may not
>> be crappy, but if the computer has no calibration to correlate the
>> digital signal to the physical output, all bets are off.
>
> Another way to say this is that the computer is "working blind".  It
> can send a signal to the monitor to display a certain shade of white,
> but it doesn't "know" what that monitor is actually showing for that
> signal.  0.1% white on one monitor may produce a different number of
> physical lumens coming out of the display than 0.1% white on another
> monitor.
>
> The only way to make the end result consistent is by giving the
> computer real physical measurements of what is coming out of the
> monitor.  You can either do that with electronic eyes (automated
> calibration), or your own eyes (manual calibration).
>
> Cheers,
> C
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