Posted on 05/27/2006 5:55:07 PM PDT by Coleus
yea i know what you're talking about, setting up the gamma can be a real chore sometimes...
That's a nice trick!
RGB 159,159,159 for both squares!
In 2003 we concluded that the Cinema Displays had great color gamuts that could match those of highend CRT displays. One of the improvements [in the new models - Swordmaker] is that the color gamut is bigger than before, so it is capable of producing even more exact color simulations than before. Therefore, we conclude that Cinema Displays can perfectly be used in various creative markets. More than 95% of all Offset printed colors, and 88% of the PANTONE swatches can be matched within a tolerance of < 3.0 Delta-E (CIE94).Warmup and stability
The warmup time and color stability remain more or less the same as before for the 20” and the new 30” displays. The display will stabilize after a warmup time of about 90 minutes, which is normal for these types of TFT displays. The 23HD display even stabilizes in about 15 minutes! After the warmup period, the colors remain exactly the same, and will not shift over time (< 1.00 Delta-E (CIE94))!... The Apple Cinema Displays are certified for digital softproofing by Kodak Polychrome Graphics.
...Mac OS X is the only operating system that fully supports the International Color Consortium's version 4 standard for managing color — delivering the industry’s most advanced OS-level color management system.
This is one primary reason why Apple Cinema Displays are more expensive than other similar sized LCD displays: they are engineered and built to exacting standards for the graphics industry and are calibrated to be so out of the box.
That being said, they still are not as good as the BEST (read about five times more expensive... would you believe $10,000 to $15,000 for a monitor??? ) CRT displays designed for graphical use.
21" SONY FLAT Trinitron GDM-5410 oem SUN X7136A Totally Flat .24mm *Free Shipping* $134
I'll stick with CRT's for a little bit longer... $130-$140 for 21"...
Coleus, quit straining your eyes... buy the monitor you listed. That price is a killer and for 99% of the uses most people use a computer for it will do fine.
A anecdotal story. A friend of mine worked 7-8 hours a day on a 21"CRT... when he went home, he could not watch TV, read a book, or do anything on his own TV. He always had a headache. His employer replaced the CRT with a 20" LCD... now he goes home and surfs the internet for a couple of hours, watches TV and reads before going to sleep. It was eyestrain from the flicker.
Wow! Thanks for asking this question, and thanks, everybody (and especially you, Swordmaker) for your responses.
I noticed Fry's has/had some on sale for $139 and $199.
Im on the computer all the time with my 21" CRT, he should have turned the HZ up to 85... no flicker at all.
That's a pretty big dot pitch for those resolutions... And at 74 pounds... at $134... most of that price is shipping.
Snork, snork... not on a Mac... ;^)>
Go to Tigerdirect.com. Get a 19" HP L1906 LCD monitor. The cost is $240 after rebate. You won't be disappointed.
most people dont worry about it, only extremely anal people me do it, it takes about 5 minutes to do... and if he is worried about a refurbashed monitor dont be, i bought this Hitachi refurbashed over 4 years ago and its still working fine.
There's no comparison. An LCD monitor is much, much better than a CRT. Your pictures and movies will be cinema-quality.
CRTs are being phased out, just like traditional TVs are in favor of LCD or plasma wide-screen. The only place where you'll find a CRT monitor is at a second-hand computer store or on eBay.
1880x1400 at 85HZ!!! looks good to me...
Until you play video games or do photoshop. Unless you want to spend a few thousand $'s
15" 4:3, 17 and 19" 5:4's ;)
He did... but his eyes are the same age as mine... about 57 years old. There is still a flicker, especially if there is any ambient lighting at 60Hz... you get beat frequencies that can really strain your eyes. He worked in an office with a lot of fluorescent lighting. Incandescent lighting is better because the filament stays white hot despite the alternation of the current.
After the upgrade, the fluorescents were still present, but the headache and eyestrain were gone. I have made similar recommendations to my clients... including several optometrists with similar results. People really don't realize that they are frogs swimming in hot water until you take the hot water away and plunk them down in a cool pond.
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