"Larry Scripts" wrote in message
I don’t know who actually makes the monitor. An LCD does have a limited gamut. He said he was already using an LCD monitor, so I just told him about a new one. I still prefer a CRT because of the better gamut.
Larry
Hi.
I have enclosed a posting which I saved off of one of these groups some time ago. I have managed to lose the headers, so I will apologise now to Paul for not being able to give him the credit for the research.
I hope you find it as interesting as I did.
Copy starts here>>
I was surprised a while back when I heard that Sony were stopping CRT production, followed by a few other manufacturers, since up to that point I was under the impression that LCD technology couldn’t compete for colour accuracy. But Sony surely wouldn’t have made that decision otherwise. I then had my attention drawn to a series of photos taken inside the Adobe building in which there was no CRT to be seen! So if Adobe only use LCDs I figured it was probably time to change! Others who saw those photos identified many of the monitors to be the Dell 2405FPW.
Apparently the Dell 2405FPW is an extremely good 24" widescreen monitor from a colour accuracy point of view, yet it’s cheaper than the rest of the competition, which seems a contradition in terms. Check out this review;
http://www.behardware.com/articles/567-2/23-and-24-lcd-monit ors-roundup.html The key thing to be aware of when buying an LCD monitor for use with photo processing is the screen technology used. There are three main types, IPS, VA and TN. TN is the most common, and cheapest, but doesn’t have true 24-bit colour. Good for gaming but not photo processing. VA is the one to go for if you are serious about photography. Unfortunately, the LCD technology used is often not stated in many tech specs, so you may have to do a bit of searching to find out. If it isn’t mentioned, it’s probably a TN. BeHardware is a good site for LCD reviews, but their coverage of different models is limited.
http://www.behardware.com/articles/498-4/lcd-screens-in-a-nu tshell.html Since the LCD technology is the key thing, the manufacturer is less important, so don’t worry about the brand name on the front, instead try to find out which company made the screen. I believe Samsung and AU Optronics are two of the best VA screen manufacturers. The Dell 2405FPW uses a Samsung screen, yet is considerably cheaper than the Samsung model which uses the same screen. Viewsonic produce some excellent monitors, using the AU Optronics screens, check out this article;
http://www.behardware.com/articles/563-1/viewsonic-vp191b-mv a-8-ms-tn-monitor-killer.html Although I believe this model has already been superceded. Things are changing very fast in the LCD world.
I recently bought the Belinea 10 20 35W, a 20" widescreen. Previously I wouldn’t have touched Belinea with a bargepole, but it uses an AU Optronics MVA screen and is very affordable (make that "was", a new import tax is set to change that). Looking at the Color Quality page of the review, you’ll see that the colour accuracy out of the box is pretty awful (average delta
6.5) but after calibration it scores a superb 0.5, so take no notice of the
poor colour quality score in the conclusion, that only applies if you don’t calibrate it. I’m very pleased with it, the blacks are really black and it has much better shadow detail than my ageing CRT.
http://www.behardware.com/articles/598-1/20-inches-lcd-p-mva -vs-s-ips.html Paul
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Roy G