How close do you sit to your CRTs?

[Blair]

Well, I have a SEGA Astro City candy cab which doesn't leave me much choice, so it's 29" in my face!

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[donluca]

Damn straight!

Although I gotta admit I keep the brightness pretty low so it doesn't put too much strain on my eyes (and the tube).

[Einzelherz]

Is there a quick & dirty (and cheap) way of getting a rough cd/mm2 measurement?

I dunno what you consider cheap. My colorimeter (colormunki display) was like 80usd used on eBay and I've calibrated about a dozen screens with it, HCFR(free), and my old laptop.

[andykara2003]

Ahh no worries, it wouldn't be worth the bother - i was just wondering what you consider normal brightness. I'll just turn my screens down a bit!

[Einzelherz]

The brightness setting controls blacks and the contrast setting controls whites. Just moving them around without a gage can affect your color range negatively.

If you do plan on tweaking them, write down any and all settings first before you adjust them so you can go back. I made this mistake once on my 14L5 and couldn't get it to look proper until I bought the colorimeter.

This is a little different with LCDs because you can often adjust the backlight setting which directly affects the light output on the screen rather than black and white colors.

[andykara2003]

Thanks - come to think of it might be time to stop being lazy and learn calibration. I've been putting it off for ages - I'll pick up one of those Colormunki display units at some point soon & give it a shot.