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I've had a Dell U2312HM for a while now. As soon as I got it I calibrated it according to a guide, which used professional tools like a spectrophotometer to get some convincing color settings.

I've been pretty satisfied with it so I decided to get another, but after giving it the exact same settings it looks very different and wrong. On the old monitor white looks white. On the new one it's dim. Dell U2312HM image variance with same settings

I tried correcting it by increasing the brightness, but I feel that throws other colors off. I also tried swapping cables to see if it was the GPU port, or the cable itself, and I made sure they had the same settings in the Nvidia control panel.

Is it normal for the same panels to have such variance? Do monitors need a break-in period? Or is one not functioning properly?

Dan D.
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If you want monitors to match, you have to calibrate them.

If they are the same make and model AND you calibrate them, they should match exactly.

There are a variety of calibration products on the market. From my experience the X-Rite meters are better than the Datacolor ones. The X-Rite meters have software but also work with quite a few other products such as CalMAN, BasicColor, and others.

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