New Monitor Stuff Exclusive to Supporters (Patreon)

Quick update to provide some new exclusive features to Hardware Unboxed supporters related to our monitor testing.

For some time now we've been providing ICC profiles for all the monitors we test. Those are still available here: LINK 

We're now also providing two new sets of data:

OSD Settings - ICC profiles are best paired with OSD settings you enter into the monitor itself. We used to show these quite a bit in the reviews themselves but not as much any more. So we're providing a spreadsheet that has all that data in it. If you are looking for OSD settings for your display, this is the place. You can get access here: LINK 

CCSS for DisplayCAL - CCSS files are colorimeter corrections that can be used during the DisplayCAL calibration process, if you have a supported tool. Basically, these CCSS files are created using a more accurate spectrophotometer (in this case the i1 Pro 2) and are specific to a display model. You can then calibrate that same display using a cheaper colorimeter (eg. i1Display Pro series) to a greater accuracy than using one of the default colorimeter corrections included with DisplayCAL. You won't have to guess which type of monitor panel you have, just use the specific CCSS correction for that display. 

Links to these are found HERE. At this stage we only have newer monitors we've tested available but we'll be creating these for all displays moving forward.

If you don't own a colorimeter and are interested in buying/renting one for use with our CCSS files, I'd recommend the X-Rite i1Display Pro family (or Calibrite ColorChecker Pro, same thing). Not every colorimeter supports CCSS.

DisplayCAL also offer a database of user CCSS submissions here though we recommend using our CCSS files as we've verified them to work properly using the OSD settings listed.