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01/04/2005 02:31:29 PM · #26 |
Samsung 957DF 19" CRT is reasonable price and excellent for photos...
Also Samsung SyncMaster 181T 18.1" viewable LCD with digital input is awesome.
Or Viewsonic CRTs.
181T wins for me every time...have Dell 19" CRT, have had both Viewsonic and 957DF, there is no way I would go back to CRT!
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01/05/2005 11:53:18 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Natator:
The grand concensus of opinion, both here and the interweb in general, is that CRT's are still far better for photography than LCD's, although there are now a few high end, and very expensive, LCD's that come close.
Where have you guys found the "LCD is best" advice? I would prefer LCD myself, but what I am finding contradicts this completely. |
The high end LCDs are far suppirior to the High end CRTs. Right now I am using a Graphics Series G90f flat screen CRT. In the next room where I edit and print my photos I have a 22" Apple Cinema LCD. There is no comparison. The LCD is so much esier to look at and has so much better definition. Of course I paid almost 3 times the price for the LCD.
With the high end LCDs there is no contrast shift when changeing your position in relation to the screen. The low end LCDs, especially the ones that come with most laptops, have that contrast shift problem and are almost impossible to work on graphics with.
Message edited by author 2005-01-06 01:47:31. |
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01/06/2005 12:26:30 AM · #28 |
Apple LCDs come stadard with adadpters to fit any modern PC. Sony also makes a great high end LCD without contrast shift. I checked it out at Best Buy before I bought my 22". If you live close to a city you might want to go to some place like Best Buy or Comp USA to compare image quality. Best Buy doesn't have Apples, but they do have a wide selection of high end LCDs and CRTs. Comp USA has both. Circut City has only consumer models.
Then, of coures, make your selection and save several hundred dollars by buying the model you want on the internet. Ebay always has some excelent deals on new LCDs. Nextag is a good place to compare prices. I'd check both at least. |
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01/06/2005 09:31:40 AM · #29 |
ExtremeTech have an interesting set of articles comparing the different display technologies (headed 'Display Technology Shoot-Out' parts I to IV).
I've only just started reading, but I'm learning already ...
"Black-level should be the single most important spec after screen size if you're working in multimedia, imaging, photography, home theater, or in any environment with controlled or subdued lighting."
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01/06/2005 09:38:26 AM · #30 |
My monitor died suddenly a couple of months ago, and I needed one quickly, Afeter researching the available options, I went with a ViewSonic, and have been pleased with the results.
As for the LCD / CRT, I also researched the differences before deciding. The sources I located were unanimous that a CRT is, overall, preferable to an LCD.
Just my thoughts.
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01/06/2005 09:52:39 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by swagman:
My monitor died suddenly a couple of months ago, and I needed one quickly, Afeter researching the available options, I went with a ViewSonic, and have been pleased with the results. |
My ViewSonic is just dying - everything has a very heavy red tint to it, which gradually gets lighter as it warms up but never properly goes away. I have had over 5 years of solid service out of it though, and it was a cracking monitor. I won't hesitate to get another.
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01/06/2005 05:30:18 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by bod:
ExtremeTech have an interesting set of articles comparing the different display technologies (headed 'Display Technology Shoot-Out' parts I to IV).
I've only just started reading, but I'm learning already ...
"Black-level should be the single most important spec after screen size if you're working in multimedia, imaging, photography, home theater, or in any environment with controlled or subdued lighting." |
Wow, talk about a comprehensive review!!!! Most of that was well above my head.
The black-level issue is certainly a major concern and it was interesting toi see that CRT's still are way ahead in that regard, and I have always found black-level to be vital for photography (and my current ones are hopeless now they are old).
In their conclusion they state ...
"If you can live with a bulky unit and a 40 inch or smaller screen size then the CRT is the clear image quality winner."
That has made the decision pretty clear for me, and gels with most of what I have been reading elsewhere where the vast majority of people are still saying CRT has the quality. Size, as I am only looking at a PC monitor, is not an issue here and although a smaller unit would be nice (ok, by that I mean it looks really sexy) I have a huge desk so space is not a problem.
Have decided to go for a 22" C220p IBM Thinkvision monitor. Opted for that in the end as a) Can get it locally and b) I can't test any of the big mo0nitors as they need to be ordered in for me, and this one recently came top on a CNet review they did and their reviews tend to be very unbiased, so that cuts the risk down of buying an unseen monitor.
I would prefer LCD in many ways, but in the end I decided my criteria was just quality, and anything else was a bonus, and decided to go with the majority view (not that the views on the LCD's are just as valid).
Great link there Bod, thanks :) Gotta love this place for being able to get varied info on things to help make decisions :)
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01/06/2005 05:51:10 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by colyla:
....verah expensive!
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That is not bad prices for the CRTs. Better prices on the LCDs cam be found here, here, here and here.
Message edited by author 2005-01-06 17:55:04. |
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01/06/2005 06:53:34 PM · #34 |
From what I've read you have to watch the contrast ratio on LCD monitors. The lower priced units tend to have very low contrast ratios (around 350/400). For photo viewing this needs to be at least 600. The higher the better.
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01/25/2005 03:40:05 PM · #35 |
| Be very careful about low priced monitors. I am told that they will lose gamma in as little as 2 years. I just got started with color calibration and I am learning fast. I use a Viewsonic G series. My next monitor will be a lacie. Check out this site //www.chromix.com/index.cxsa?-session=tx:D857445302db9168FFnrmp48AC66 |
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