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« Reply #25 on: February 29, 2008, 00:09 »
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Waldo - thats interesting you say Sony and Samsung.  I agree - I always thought Samsung had a nice picture on their lcd's.   I wonder who makes Dell's monitors? 

I guess I really didn't research Sony's that much for monitors (can be a bit $$), but when it come to LCD TV's, there are Sonys, Samsungs, and everybody else.  It really is a pretty big gap too (at least when I got mine a year ago).  But when I got my monitor, I researched what was out there in my price range, heavily favoring Samsung because I really love my TV (it is pretty darn noticeable how much better the picture is than a cheap LCD TV), they were a bit pricey and pretty much out of my range.  I only read good things about Dells (though I have a Dell at work that is nothing special, basically the el cheapo model in their line), and mixed things here and there about the rest, so I was gonna splurge and get the cheapest Samsung, much to my surprise they had a big time sale and I got an open model so I managed to get a decent step up (nice and big) from their bottom of the line monitor.


« Reply #26 on: March 07, 2008, 18:56 »
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IS's imspectors are also contributors. Is there any conflic would happen? ::)

« Reply #27 on: March 07, 2008, 19:41 »
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When buying a LCD monitor try to avoid the ones used for gaming as these are likely to be 6 bit, they have a fast response time (5ms) that is needed for games.  These are not so good for photography as the colour reproduction is not as good as they use dithering to produce all the colours - 16.2 million.

The best ones are 8 bit with IPS - In-Plane Switching. The response time of these are slower (20ms) but the colour depth is better - 16.7 million colours and the viewing angle wider.

A quick way to tell which you have or when buying is to move up or down, left or right if the contrast changes as you move then it's more than likely a 6 bit monitor.

I'm still using my trusty Taxan CRT monitor but if I was to buy a LCD it would probably be a Eizo.

« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2008, 20:12 »
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If someone is going to buy a good LCD monitor , you may want to check Lenovo L220x. Its not available  in stores  over here yet but I had a chance to try it.

Im getting one as soon as they start selling it

« Reply #29 on: March 08, 2008, 07:37 »
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I'm using two 24"Imacs one is glossy  other one is a mat, both calibrated with eye one and my acceptance ratio is almost 100%

« Reply #30 on: March 08, 2008, 12:24 »
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^^^ yes, but you are a serious both photographer and painter :):):)

vonkara

« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2008, 12:47 »
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Right now I'm looking for a Acer 24" wide screen. What is important is the contrast ratio. On this particular one (3000:1) what seem to be one of the highest. Allow to see the non black pixel on a dark background for example.

Right now I do blind work whit selecting the black background and trying to make it uniform. But I don't see what I do, it's photoshop who allow me to see that.

It's also important in the monitors world to be exactly sure that the resolution go up at the same ratio as the inches goes. Right now I have a 19". If the resolution was the same, I will have to crop much more to be able to see a complete image whit a pixel ratio image/screen of 1:1

The monitor is much more important than anything else in the workflow


 

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