Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i have had the multisync lcd 1980sx for 3 years and it still works well. i bought it because we used them at work and they seemed pretty good. i don't do anything fancy with it in the way of monitor calibration or whatever (it's hooked to a linux computer running X11). but i do look at a lot of pictures on it (including my own) and they seem fine. -rei On Nov27 21:33, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Hi Frank, > If you're going to be using it for word processing, make sure you have > enough control for contrast and brightness, a lot of LCD (TFT) monitors > are too bright for all day working with text - in my job, translation, > eye-strain gets pretty rough when you're writing/reading around 50 - 60 > pages a day. Best of all is a control for "backlight", but you only > get that in pretty expensive models. > > An NEC monitor was on my list until I picked up a 19" Philips 190S at a > local discounter for a very reasonable price, it's one of the few > monitors that has an sRGB profile built in. I recently re-calibrated it > with Spyder 2 and I can see no difference between it and the LaCie CRT > I've been using up to now (it's being repaired at the moment, otherwise > I wouldn't have bought the LCD), and the sRGB colours are more or less > perfect. If you find one, the Philips is an excellent alternative. > > NEC has three ranges, AccuSync are reasonably priced consumer models, > MultiSync are commercial/professional multimedia models, and SpectraView > models are for graphic and image editing applications (and more expensive). > In Germany, NEC has an excellent reputation, their SpectraView models > are rated along with EIZO. > Consumer and pro models are rated above market leaders like Samsung. > You can read all the specs for the 80 series monitors on the NEC site here > http://www.necdisplay.com/SupportCenter/Archive/ > Cheers > Douglas > > > BTW the model you mention has now been discontinued. > > Frank Filippone wrote: > >I am looking at a NEC LCD2180UX monitor. It is a 21 inch non-widescreen > >monitor ( My computer video card will not support a WS monitor, and I do > >not > >want to purchase a new video card). > > > >My application is for mostly word processing and occasional picture > >editing > >( not for me , a true believer in film, but for my wife and friends). > > > >Any positive or negative experiences out there? There is also a 19 inch > >version as well......1980.... > > > >Thanks > > > >Frank Filippone > >red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey