Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know Brian. I work in the visual effects business, where we make digital composites for feature film work and I have yet to see a LCD screen that can match the dynamic range of a good tube. Trust me, we would love to find one that does. LCD screens have made huge leaps in performance in the past few years and they look great, but they are still not quite there. Feli On Apr 10, 2005, at 2:5 8 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > I have an Apple LCD, and color-measuring instruments to make > emotionless judgments of its color-rendering capabilities. > > It's better than any CRT costing less than $5000. > > It is no longer possible to buy a Mac with a CRT, except low-end stuff > aimed at schools. Apple has stopped making them, because the Apple > flat-panel displays are just so damn good. > > There's no reason you can't buy a Mac CPU and some other brand of > display and hook them together; it works fine. But you're on your own > with respect to end-to-end color management; you'll need to get the > ICC profile for the monitor and adjust your Mac to know about it. Not > hard, but still necessary. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com