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Subject: [Leica] Big screen LCD monitor advice please !
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed Mar 1 11:29:51 2006
References: <BAY103-F90AB224B9D473C813514DC7F40@phx.gbl>

The Apple 20 is $799 ($699 in their education store).

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies


On Mar 1, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Javier Perez wrote:

> I know there are a lot of good 19 inchers in the under 1K range.  
> But there's just no way of going back to smaller screens once you  
> get used to the big ones. I've been working and playing on 21 inch  
> monitors since the mid nineties and on a 20 from 85 to 95 at 1280  
> to 1600. I would go nuts trying to use a smaller monitor! Ideall I  
> want a 23 or 24 non-wide screen but that must be several K.
>
> It's interesting that the Dell would out score the Apple!
>
> See Ya
> Javier
>
>> From: bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Big screen LCD monitor advice please !
>> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:01:31 +0100
>>
>> Hi Javier,
>>
>> For under $1000, it is possible to obtain a 19" 1900 Pro from  
>> Iiyama  (US distributor, Ampronics) say $850 and a 20" 2010 Pro  
>> for ? $1050.  These are both MVA LCD screens, which give an  
>> excellent colour  rendition.
>>
>> Cannot help about Dell .............. but, I know that they are  
>> well  respected in the 24" here.
>>
>> The Sony CRTs all had very bright, intensive colours, which many   
>> found too dazzling!
>>
>> Have fun in your selections.
>>
>> B.
>> On 28-feb-2006, at 15:40, Javier Perez wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bruce
>>> I should be looking at those. But the prices aren't near the  
>>> under  1k range yet. I have heard that the current LCDs can't  
>>> match the  stuff available from the "golden age" of CRT monitors  
>>> That's to say  the 80s and 90s when big screen monitors were made  
>>> exclusivelyfor  frigteningly expensive high end work stations. My  
>>> current Hiitachi  and older nec XP21 aren't among those but my  
>>> even older CM2086 is.  Unfortunately, it only works on one  
>>> frequency and I'm not about to  pay an arm and a leg for a  
>>> mediocre qualiity customized card to  drive it.  I think the  
>>> Sonys may have been even better. They had  slow phosphorous and  
>>> didn't need high refresh rates so I guess they  could afford to  
>>> pour more money into the crt and save on the more  expensive high  
>>> frequency circuitry.
>>> Javier
>>>
>>>> From: bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Big screen LCD monitor advice please !
>>>> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:29:04 +0100
>>>>
>>>> Oh, oh! I was referring to the better quality CRT screens, not    
>>>> discounting LCD.
>>>>
>>>> I think that I mentioned that a colleague works with 2 x Apple   
>>>> 30"  LCD screen ................ and the image quality is  
>>>> phenominal.
>>>>
>>>> If I may, Javier, I suggest you have a look at both the Apple  
>>>> and   Eizo LCDs, viewing your own photos, which you know on  
>>>> the   Hitachi ................... and see the difference.
>>>>
>>>> B.
>>>>
>>>> On 28-feb-2006, at 13:16, Javier Perez wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Greg and Bruce.
>>>>> I think you've convinced me to hold on to my old Hitachi a   
>>>>> little  longer. The reason I was thinking about upgrading was  
>>>>> the  savings  space and power consumption but if the image  
>>>>> quality  isn't there It  might not be worth it. Also, those  
>>>>> wide screens  while bigger don't  have much more viewing area  
>>>>> than a 21 with a  normal aspect ratio!
>>>>> Thanks again
>>>>> Javier
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Big screen LCD monitor advice please !
>>>>>> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:07:46 -0700
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <bruce@ralgo.nl> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Greg, if you have access to Eizo monitors, they are  
>>>>>> excellent in
>>>>>> > both CRT and LCD, but not cheap.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > For CRT you will have to go a supplier holding old models
>>>>>> > .............
>>>>>> > Success,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bruce,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Calgary is one of the high tech centre in Cananda. If they   
>>>>>> exist  they will be offered here somewhere.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll look for them when I get some time to shop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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Replies: Reply from rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra) ([Leica] Big screen LCD monitor advice please !)
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