Image: Get a perfect picture on your monitor with CheckeMon

By Bill Detwiler January 26, 2006, 3:34 AM PST billdetwiler

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Get a perfect picture on your monitor with CheckeMon

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Here is the new Sony monitor I received. That’s a screenshot from World of Warcraft I’m using as wallpaper. I call it: Moon Rising Over Ratchet

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Image: Get a perfect picture on your monitor with CheckeMon

This is the CheckeMon application in all its glory. It’s about as simple of an interface as you can get.

One of the primary adjustments I like to make on any new monitor is for geometry. Everything should line up without any distortion.

Testing for convergence is similiar to testing for geometry – no distortions.

Don’t forget about color. Here are the various and numerous shades of red. There should be no abrupt color changes.

Here is what the geometry screen looks like in action.

The About tab in CheckeMon introduces us to the programmer.

By Bill Detwiler

Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show.

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