Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tremendously helpful ! I currently have a Dell P991 (a sony 19" trinitron unit). My main concern is that its' controls do not allow separate calibration of the R,G and B guns. I understand that the colorvision (and any calibration system for that matter) yields better results when you tweak each gun's output. That is my main reason for looking for a new monitor. Plus the one I have is already 3 years old. Thanks, Eric - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lianza" <tlianza@sequelimaging.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 1:44 PM Subject: [Leica] Quick Monitor Question > Hi to all, > > As someone who knows a bit about display calibration I would make the > following comments. > > 1. The higher end monitors from Sony, Mitsubishi(in the US it is > NEC-Mitsubishi), and LaCie are quite good. (We design calibration systems > for these companies and others) The sony 520 series is excellent as is the > Mitsubishi 2070u, the NEC 2141, or 1375, the lacie blue eye III products in > the 21 inch area are quite good. Your Colorvision product should work well > with these products. All the modern flat faced tubes that I have tested use > either diamondtron or trinitron tubes. These tubes will have two very faint > wires running horizontally across the display face at about 1/3 and 2/3 down > the face. Some folks are really annoyed by them. If you fit into that > category, you'll pay a lot less for a display with a curved face, but it > will not necessarily perform as well. I use a Sony CPD 520 at home and a > Mits 2060U here at work. Both displays are quite good. The LaCie units are > based on the Mitsubishi chassis, but they have slightly different > specifications in Bandwidth (higher) which can account for a bit more price. > > 2. Be very careful with LCD's if you are trying to judge color and > contrast. I get nearly every new LCD in for testing and I certainly haven't > found one that I would use for critical proofing. The apple cinema display > is really "just" acceptable for critical work. As a quick check of a > display, put up an image and look at how it changes from side to side and > top to bottom as you reposition your head. If it looks good to you buy it. > Don't expect the spyder to a good job accurately calibrating a low end LCD. > > You will find quite a few people who are happy with LCD's. If you are > working at home, not doing work critical work for clients that involves > multiple media types ( web based images, books, and original prints) you > might find an LCD useful. A professional level LCD is going to cost from 3 > to 5 times more than one of the top of the line monitors. A very good > display like the Mitsubishi LCD 1850 or the LaCie Photon LCD (not sure if > that ever hit the street,,,,) produce good looking images at a price that is > near the high end of the monitor world . It's very fatiguing to use them > because of they require rather strict positioning to maintain tight visual > control. Finally, if you are working in a high illumination environment, > despite all their failings, you are probably better off with an LCD. In > that case the NEC-Mitsubishi 1850 is a great choice. > > Hope this helps. > > Tom Lianza > Technical Director > Sequel Imaging Inc. > 25 Nashua Rd. > Londonderry, NH 03053 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html