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07/14/2005 12:09:01 PM · #1 |
Well, my 17" CRT is dying.... CRTs seem to be going out of fashion and good ones seem to be harder to find but I was told that fo photography and post processing they had better color accuracy then LCDs.
Any graphic designers doing print work with images that can guide me on this?
Thx!!
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07/14/2005 12:11:43 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by kosmikkreeper:
Well, my 17" CRT is dying.... CRTs seem to be going out of fashion and good ones seem to be harder to find but I was told that fo photography and post processing they had better color accuracy then LCDs.
Any graphic designers doing print work with images that can guide me on this?
Thx!! |
I have a JTX (I think thats it) flat panel LCD at home that I am going to trade with my wife this weekend for her CRT. I love the clarity but I cannot get images to look right, check out some of my older work in here and it appears dull...I adjusted for my monitor and blew it. I have tried calibrating it (without buying those automatic ones) and just can't get it to appear like they do on other systems. Mine could be an exception but I hate it none the less. This one was totally different on my LCD //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=190262
Good luck.
Message edited by author 2005-07-14 12:13:37.
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07/14/2005 12:19:53 PM · #3 |
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07/14/2005 12:19:57 PM · #4 |
The trouble with LCD monitors is that they don't have the dynamic range of a good CRT
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07/14/2005 12:20:00 PM · #5 |
| Not all LCDs are created equal. I use two Apple Cinema Displays, one on my Mac and one on my PC, that work far better for editing then my graphics class CRTs ever did. |
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07/14/2005 12:56:33 PM · #6 |
| Check out EddyG's very informative post in this thread. You'll have to shell out a lot of money for an LCD monitor that you can do reliable photographic work on, but it may be worth it just for the sake of saving you from the eye strain associated with CRTs after long hours of post processing. |
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07/14/2005 01:08:22 PM · #7 |
| I'm probably biased because I work in Film and Televison, but nothing beats a good CRT monitor. My big problem with most flat screen monitors is that you have to look at them from a very specific angle to get an accurate image, and even at best, its questionable. Too or too low and you get different amounts of contrast and brightness, and lets not forget ever changing colors!!!! I currently edit on an Avid Adrenaline Media Composer with these NEC Xtraview flat screen monitors and even those have a limited viewing angle if you want to see a correct image. For that, I shoot it all out to a separate CRT monitor if I need to do any kind of color correction or change anything involving the images brightness or contrast. But thats just my two cents. |
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