[X4U] Bad iMac video: which symptoms to qualify for Apple extended warranty

[Richard Gilmore]

My 20" iMac G5 screen is perfect so I imagine if yours is fuzzy or off
colour that I would have someone at least have a look at it especially after
you have calibrated it. It shouldn't need any calibration being so new.


On 17/9/05 7:25 PM, "Bernard Munter" <bernard at susanmunter.com> wrote:

> On 18/9/2005 0150, "Germain M." <affaires at vif.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> What are the symptoms of a bad iMac G5 video? Mine has probably no problems
>> but I want to be sure just in case or for prevention. The only thing that
>> bothers mewith my iMac video is that the LCD screen has never been vivid or
>> crisp like some LCD pannels I see in  stores, which are connected mostly to
>> PC's. I created one or two profiles using Apple's own colorsync utility
>> (expert mode) but the result is not very satisfying to my eye...
> 
> Bonjour,
> 
> To my eye, my 20" HD LCD was somewhat washed-out and slightly green. I
> created a new profile using SuperCal and following its instructions
> 
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12756
> 
> A somewhat lengthy process, but more pleasing and vivid to my eye. I could
> email you the profile if you're interested (may not work with Tiger, I
> haven't tried). It's based on the Windows gamma of 2.2 (darker) and sRGB,
> rather than the Mac default of 1.8O. As I'm no longer in the DTP business,
> but would rather see nice pictures from the Internet, this suits me. YMMV.