LCD Monitors--Are they for programmers, editors?
M. J. Hill
it's too heavy to move and takes up too much space. Articles in
PCWorld and PC Magazine make me think now is the time. I'm having
trouble finding the models recommended by these two magazines here in
the Detroit area (you can order them, but I want to see them). Does
anyone out there have any experience or opinions on using the newest
LCD monitors? I'm not looking for a "good-deal price", I'm looking to
preserve my eyes and temper. Thanks for any help.
Del Tree
<mabel....@worldnet.att.net> wrote
It all depends on what you want to do with it.
The best LCD screens are light years removed from what was available
just two short years ago and for 90% of computing tasks they will
deliver the goods with, as you say, a tremendous saving on both space
and weight.
But...
They are still _THREE TIMES_ the price of an equivalent CRT and are no
match for a professional CRT when it comes to colour correction work.
Trust me - we have both old LCD screens (Iiyama TXA3811HT) and the
latest and greatest (NEC 1550V) as well as Mitsubishi 2045u's -
considered among the best CRT's money can buy.
The NEC's are very, very good indeed (albeit only 16") and I have no
reason to suppose that their bigger brothers (19") are not equally as
good. But one of these babies will set you back the best part of $3,000.
You can buy 3 good CRT's for that money.
So - you pays your money and you takes your choice. :-)
Best wishes,
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Del Tree
Ken Beres
815f33cf.02021...@posting.google.com, "M. J. Hill"
<mabel....@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Yes, there are lots of opinions. They've all been expressed here recently in
the thread entitled, "Flat Panel Display for Retoucing Operations".
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Ken Beres
Jono Moore
el...@nastydesigns.com wrote on 2/14/02 4:35 PM:
> The issue is DEAD PIXELS. Even one badly placed dead pixel will ruin
> your day--and your entire relationship with that monitor.
Yeah, a buddy of mine ran into this with a brand new Toshiba laptop (big
$$$). It's got one pixel that gets stuck and it can be quite annoying.
Warranty won't do anything about it unless there is at least 7 pixels -
dunno where they came up with the magic number.
...Jono
Stone
The way LCDs are made, they have to throw out so many bad panels in a
batch just to get a good one, that's why they cost more. I'm sure they
worked out the math that if they set the standard to five or three
pixels they would have to throw out so many that they would not be
making the money they want to.
In article <B891A23F.1EFBF%prep...@hillsideprinting.com>, Jono Moore
Stone
The subject line of the original post mentions programmers and editors.
If you are an image editor, then there is debate.
But if you are a programmer or text editor, I say go for it! The text
is so much sharper on an LCD I hear of many people that prefer them for
the text work.
In article <B8918558.A29A%kbe...@u.washington.edu>, Ken Beres
Michael Sullivan
> The NEC's are very, very good indeed (albeit only 16") and I have no
> reason to suppose that their bigger brothers (19") are not equally as
> good. But one of these babies will set you back the best part of $3,000.
> You can buy 3 good CRT's for that money.
That seems really high. The Apple screens are excellent and you can get
the 22+" for $2400 new. A 17" comes for just under $1000. My cursory
look at the market suggests that Apple's monitors are on the expensive
side.
They are still quite a bit more expensive than CRTs though. Unless you
can practically steal one, they only make sense if you really need the
space.
Michael
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Michael Sullivan
Business Card Express of CT Thermographers to the Trade
Cheshire, CT mic...@bcect.com
Del Tree
<mic...@bcect.com> wrote
>Del Tree <d...@spamfreeuser42nospam.freeuk.com> wrote:
>
>> The NEC's are very, very good indeed (albeit only 16") and I have no
>> reason to suppose that their bigger brothers (19") are not equally as
>> good. But one of these babies will set you back the best part of $3,000.
>> You can buy 3 good CRT's for that money.
>
>That seems really high.
Everything costs _more_ here, Michael. Except talk which is as cheap as
it is everywhere else. :-)
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Del Tree