The Lenovo ThinkPad E580 offers a very good IPS panel with some minor drawbacks all of which, however, can be fixed with our custom profiles. And so, the package contains the usual Office work, Design & Gaming and Health-Guard profiles, each of which will improve the overall image quality in certain aspects. You can read more about them and how to use them here. We also suggest reading our dedicated article regarding blue light emissions and PWM and how our custom Health-Guard profile reduces the Blue Light’s impact and eliminates the harmful PWM.
The Lenovo ThinkPad E580 has a 15.6-inch Full HD (1920×1080) IPS panel with 50% sRGB color gamut coverage, very good contrast ratio (1300:1), decent maximum brightness (276 nits) and a bit warmer than the optimal color temperature – 6000K.
Since our profiles are tailored for each individual display model, this article and its respective profile package are meant for Lenovo ThinkPad E580 configurations with 15.6″ NV156FHM-N49 (Full HD, 1920 x 1080) IPS screen. If interested, the laptop can be found at: Buy from Amazon.com
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
THealth-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
Office Work
This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Left: No Profile | Drag the slider to see the difference | Right: Office Work Profile
Design and Gaming
Left: No Profile | Drag the slider to see the difference | Right: Design & Gaming Profile
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. “Design and Gaming” takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
It also regulates the first steps out of black so you can have even faster reflexes when playing in dark virtual environments… or just see everything in the darkest scenes in movies.
Left: No Profile | Drag the slider to see the difference | Right: Design & Gaming Profile
Health-Guard profile
Left: No Profile | Drag the slider to see the difference | Right: Health-Guard Profile
As for the Health-Guard profile, it reduces the blue light impact and eliminates the PWM.
Pro Tip: As the Health-Guard profile simulates paper and has as accurate as possible colors, it could be a great tool for prepress designers!
Installing and using the profiles
You can find a guide for installing and using the profiles HERE.
You can find the available configurations and their prices here: Buy from Amazon.com
Follow this link to read Lenovo’s ThinkPad E580 in-depth review.
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