Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] Monitor calibration (was Umbria and Saas Fee 2006)
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Thu Sep 21 17:43:57 2006
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That's a real pity. My Trinitron has been kicking for a while.
Tough for me to justify $350/year worth of monitor right now.

I just Froogled "Diamondtron" on a whim, and they do seem
to be still available - for $4,500!!!!!  Sheesh, makes even a Leica
user shudder ;-)

scott

Richard wrote:

> My Lacie has a one or two year warranty. It dies just after 3 years. I 
> believe the ColorEdge has a one year warranty also.
>
> Unfortunately, nowaday higher cost doesn't mean squat in terms of 
> longevity, unless you are talking about a Leica. Your grandchildren 
> would be able to use it to pound nails where the last rolls of Tri X 
> disappears.
>
> At 05:08 PM 9/21/2006, Scott McLoughlin wrote:
>
>> Thanks. That's a great data point.
>>
>> I actually find big price discrepancies now that I look at Froogle.
>> I'm guessing that the discrepancies come from with/without a
>> calibration system, but I've got a GM calibration tool anyway.
>>
>> So skipping the weirder dealers, a 21.1" CE210W is available for
>> $1,145 from Buy.com.
>>
>> Do you have any idea what the useful life of a monitor like this is?
>> I've read that LCD's do age, but that's the limit of my knowledge.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> Richard wrote:
>>
>>> I have a ColorEdge CE240W for a few months now. As far as I can 
>>> tell, it's as good as the Lacie 21" ElectronBlue that it replaces, 
>>> and that's saying a lot.
>>>
>>> At 04:50 PM 9/21/2006, Scott McLoughlin wrote:
>>>
>>>> My CRT is aging, which blows IMHO. I've looked around the Web,
>>>> and NOS Trinitron CRT's seem not to be had.
>>>>
>>>> Never liked LCD's because, for some reason, grain in B&W scans was
>>>> much more pronounced - more pronounced than will come out in a
>>>> print.
>>>>
>>>> What LCD's might approximate the quality of a high quality CRT? How
>>>> much poorer am I going to be should I buy it?  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>
>>>
>>> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
>>> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>>>
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>>
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>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
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>
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