Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The main problem with the Apple screens is that the adjustments are coarse, so if you have a good calibrating device, you either need to have it slightly less bright than optimal or a lot brighter. I keep mine about 10-15 cd less bright than the absolute ideal. My old Sony Artisan was much better in this regard and the Eizo and NEC screens are too. The Apple factors settings are pretty good, much better than most screens. Marty On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: > 2011-01-21-02:07:20 Chris Crawford: >> I had one of the 17 inch NEC crt monitors too, loved it until it finally >> died. That's when I replaced it with the LCD I have now. The NEC lcd >> screens >> are really cool because they are self-calibrating (If you get it with the >> Spectraview software and colorimeter). The calibration happens in the >> monitor, not by adjusting the video card, the way all other screens are >> calibrated. > > All other screens? ?No, just all screens without internal lookup > tables adjustable to help profile them. ?In other words, toy monitors. > Good monitors have 10- or 12-bit lookup tables which the calibration > software tweaks. ?Good monitors like Eizo, who've been doing that for > years (in their serious graphics monitors). ?"Only NEC", forsooth. > > Here's the good stuff: > > ?http://www.eizo.com/global/products/coloredge/index.html > > ?http://www.eizo.com/global/products/coloredge/cg221/index.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >