On 23 Oct 2006 02:56:21 -0700, ""
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Peter Wollenberg wrote:
I have been using PS with two monitors for some years now. At present I have an Eizo monitor for the image and a LaCie for the tools connected to two digital ports of a Matrox Parhelia. I use an Eye One for the calibration and since the card supports two cluts, I have independent calibration of both monitors. The profiles are loaded with the free microsoft tool WinColor. All this works fine if the main monitor is on the left and the second monitor is on the right. Since I am left handed, I tried to switch them (main monitor on the right, tools and palettes monitor on the left), but some software fails with this setup although XP claims to support it. I get erratic errors e.g. with GoLive, where palettes freeze on the left monitor and the ftp-window is not updated after it was hidden behind another window on the right one sometimes.
In photoshop, the tab key comes in handy. I use it excessively on the Laptop, where I have no second monitor attached.
Peter
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the real world information. After Dell’s himming and hawing and beating around the bush plus the fact that this model of computer has be obsoleted and mother board at this clock rate (3.6Ghz) has not just been discontinued but replaced once already under warranty, I am pretty sure the I am lucky that it is working as well as it does. It is far more important for me to keep working than to get cocky. I have decided to put it all on hold.
I am pretty excited about the new monitor technology that uses thousands of tiny CRT tubes as an alternative to LCD or plasma so I think I will try to squeeze another couple of years out of the system I have and see what is available then.
Thanks,
Ron
By then you may be able to get a laser based monitor. Laser tech has made huge strides the last few years and down sizing the last year. Laser monitors in the labs are blowing away LCD’s and Plasma’s when it comes to true color reproduction. They maintain the color reproduction throughout their life of 50,000 MTBF. The others over that time should be professionally recalibrated to maintain optimal quality, for them. The LCD’s and Plasma’s produce about 30 to 40% of the colors the eye can perceive, where the laser monitors/TV’s can produce 90%+ of the colors the eye can perceive. The result is a truer color match to real life. I’ve read we should have them by 2008, I hope sooner. They cost less to produce, use far less power and are lighter than LCD’s or Plasma’s.
Do a search on, "Laser Based Televisions" to get some results. What I have seen on laser monitors related to them with computers have been in tech magazines. Some designs are thinner than the Mitsubishi design… they made the first one.
http://www.digitaltvdesignline.com/products/180204821—
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