[Leica] Monitor calibration (was Umbria and Saas Fee 2006)

[scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)]

Thanks! You pretty much answered my question before I posted it.

So, at roughly $1,800 for a 21" Eizo ColorEdge LCD, what is the expected
useful life of this kind of monitor?

Scott

G Hopkinson wrote:

>Well done, Oliver. Time to gracefully retire that old CRT. The tube would 
>be well and truly degraded, even calibrated it would
>perform nowhere near as new. You are doubtless discovering that new analog 
>CRTs are not exactly thick on the ground, being
>completely supplanted by digital LCDs. Now where have I heard that before? 
>Assuming you don't stubbornly resist assimilation and buy
>a CRT very cheaply, you will be looking at a bunch of LCD choices. The 
>better the model, the more likely it will exhibit less
>brightness and colour shift as the viewing angle increases. If you have a 
>gazillion dollars check out the Eizo coloredge models. If
>you're not in Bill Gates territory, have a peep at what Dell is badging and 
>marketing. I have their 2405FPW, which I think is
>actually a Samsung display.
>But it's bright, adjustable has a lot of connection options and has lots of 
>(widescreen) screen space, which is great for Photoshop.
>Physical width is just over 21 inches on the analog scale.
>If toy can set it up with controlled ambient light it will work very well 
>for you. A hood arrangement is worth investigating. You
>need a decent video card to drive it, too. Native resolution 1920 x 1200.
>
>Keep those great photos coming
>Cheers
>Hoppy
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
>[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Oliver Bryk
>Sent: Friday, 22 September 2006 09:24
>To: lug@leica-users.org
>Subject: [Leica] Monitor calibration (was Umbria and Saas Fee 2006)
>
>After completing three iterations of calibrating my ancient CRT monitor with
>a friend's Gretag I see what almost everyone has been telling me: the images
>are too bright!
>
>When I consulted the manual for my monitor to find out how to set
>brightness, contrast, RGB, etc. and noticed that it referred to Windows 95,
>I realized that the monitor wasn't just 5 years old as I had thought but
>more like 12 because I kept it through two CPU replacement cycles, Win98 and
>Win2k. The RGB adjustment controls don't work any more.
>
>Since I don't suffer from M8 lust (yet) I will investigate replacing the
>CRT, perhaps with a 21" ViewSonic or NEC AccuSync. My desk configuration
>limits any display to a maximum enclosure width of 23". I welcome comments
>and/or recommendations based on personal experience.
>
>Oliver
>
>
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