Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott, Eizo's are very fine monitors indeed. Really good. Useful life is probably best determined by the illumination bulb behind the LCD which are rather expensive. I would suggest in excess of five years of calibrated bliss. After that go to a two monitor set up where the retired monitor gets to show the tools in PS or the latest web video while the new monitor displays your images. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 9/21/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> 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 > > Oliver Bryk wrote: > > >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 > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >