How to calibrate a thunderbolt display?

I have calibrated both my macbook pro and thunderbolt display with a Spyder 3 and they look totally different, any ideas?

Well, with the spyder elite 4 software you can choose to calibrate both monitors to match each other. I did this over the weekend.
You have to pay attention to screen brightness. I used the laptop keyboard to adjust the brightness on the laptop monitor when prompted, and used the external keyboard to adjust the brightness on my thunderbolt display when prompted.
I'm not really pleased with the calibration but they are both really similar. You can see large horizontal shadows on the thunderbolt display after the calibration, I suppose it has something to do with the monitor's design. It's really distracting.

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Hello amypritchett,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
and
Thunderbolt ports and displays: Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5219#1
Best of luck,
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I guess there must be ... and one of you experts is gonna tell me. ...
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Model Name:    MacBook Pro
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Processor Name:    Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:    2.8 GHz
Number of Processors:    1
Total Number of Cores:    2
L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB
L3 Cache:    4 MB
Memory:    8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:    4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version:    MBP61.0057.B0F
SMC Version (system):    1.57f18

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How to connect an external display, in my case the HDMI tv to the thunderbolt display?
The connection would looks something like this:
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But currently i cannot get any screen on my hdmi display (it remeans black).
p.s. runing latest version of OS X
Thanks

<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219>
See secrions 14 and 16.
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Pancenter,
Thanks for the response, but I do not have a midi interface. I am using a midi to usb connector cable, thus bypassing the need for a Midi interface.
The Mac reads the USB cable as a midi device, but not the keyboard that I am trying to use as a controller. I have tried it with my korg sp 300 and with my Nord Electro 2.
Thoughts?
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Tristan...
This is what you have, correct?
http://www.alesis.com/usbmidicable
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Notice, -internal interface-. What you have is a simple USB MIDI Interface. Most MIDI interfaces are USB.
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pancenter-

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