I tried three units of this monitor (HP ZR2740w) to calibrate but am not able to. I used the graphic card software (NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti) and also the HP Display Assistant (even though HP does not include or mention this software related to this monitor) but am not able to make the darkest black lighter. In other words, there is detail in the blacks in my original photos and videos but the monitor will not show. Blacks are crushed. Anybody has any suggestion? Is there another software that can help bring out the details in this monitor? As you know there is no menu or controls on this except brightness. Brightness is ok but the black is crushed - there is no distinction between100% black and say 90% or 85%. I love these monitors except for this problem. A lot of people return these monitors so there are a lot of open boxes so I bought three of them. When I realised the problem I thought this is probably why they are returning them so I bought and tried a new one, same problem. Could it be? HP sells a monitor with such a drawback? Or I am missing something here. Please help if anybody has any suggestions.
Windows 7 64 bit. Tried both DVI and display port.
Thank you.