LCD Monitor …OK for PS?

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Bob Williams
Nov 21, 2009
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LCD Monitors are getting so cheap now, that even I can afford one. The BIG question is, can you get inkjet prints that are pretty close to the colors you see on the monitor screen?
It is hard enough to do this with a CRT Monitor.
Does an LCD monitor add another layer of complexity to the process? Has anyone tried the new LED illuminated LCD Monitors?
Are they easier to calibrate than the regular LCD monitors? Bob Williams
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Mike Russell
Nov 21, 2009
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:29:58 -0800, Bob Williams wrote:

LCD Monitors are getting so cheap now, that even I can afford one. The BIG question is, can you get inkjet prints that are pretty close to the colors you see on the monitor screen?
It is hard enough to do this with a CRT Monitor.
Does an LCD monitor add another layer of complexity to the process? Has anyone tried the new LED illuminated LCD Monitors?
Are they easier to calibrate than the regular LCD monitors? Bob Williams

After decades of excellent service, the good ship CRT has sailed. The vast majority of PS users now use an LCD display. LED monitors do give a warmer, softer light, and save more power than the older LCD technology.

IMHO, among mid-priced monitors, both LCD technologies can be made to match the printout almost, not quite, as well as a CRT, which is to say close enough for government work, but not a perfect match. Expensive LCDs – ones in the $1000 range, are as good or better than CRTs.

Here’s a web page that offers an interesting test of various LCD and CRT display characteristics. I have to say I was surprised, and made some adjustments to one of my LCD monitors as a result of running through these tests:
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
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Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com
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Alan Browne
Nov 21, 2009
Bob Williams wrote:
LCD Monitors are getting so cheap now, that even I can afford one. The BIG question is, can you get inkjet prints that are pretty close to the colors you see on the monitor screen?
It is hard enough to do this with a CRT Monitor.
Does an LCD monitor add another layer of complexity to the process? Has anyone tried the new LED illuminated LCD Monitors?
Are they easier to calibrate than the regular LCD monitors?

My apple monitor is LED illuminated. Very nice.

No calibration matches a monitor to printer exactly. One is light transmission with a near perfect white. The other is reflective off of paper which is never perfectly white (very slightly grey).

Having said that, you can get quite close for most images.
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Bob Williams
Nov 23, 2009
Bob Williams wrote:
LCD Monitors are getting so cheap now, that even I can afford one. The BIG question is, can you get inkjet prints that are pretty close to the colors you see on the monitor screen?
It is hard enough to do this with a CRT Monitor.
Does an LCD monitor add another layer of complexity to the process? Has anyone tried the new LED illuminated LCD Monitors?
Are they easier to calibrate than the regular LCD monitors? Bob Williams

Thanks to both of you for your comments.
Maybe I’ll treat myself to a 24" LCD Monitor for Xmas. Bob

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