OT: Monitor for color correction

[Art Campbell]

I've been shopping too, although just fro general upgrade because my
CRTs are near the end of their lives. The key thing to look for is an
LCD that supports a wide color space -- as close to AdobeRGB (assuming
that's your default) as possible. And also look at the menu controls
-- not all LEDs have RGB color adjustments and if they don't, they
can't be profiled.

The LaCie 324 has gotten pretty good reviews and it's fairly cheap
(about a grand), and Eizo, although they're pricier. There's a new 22"
Dell ~$450 that's gotten decent reviews, but some people have
complained about color shift across the screen; may just be new
product bugs working out though. The Apple Cinemas are supposed to be
pretty good also, and there's also an H-P that's pretty decent -- I
have the model number written down at home, but it seems to be built
on the same 22" base as the Dell -- specs seem to be about the same.

Cheers,
Art

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Mike Wickham <mewickham at compuserve.com> wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
>  I recently had the fun experience of having lightning strike. It blew out
>  the phone and cable lines, and took out computers, all the network boxes,
>  TVs, and lots of other electronic equipment. Some jacks were blown out of
>  the walls and even knobs got blown off of a clothes dryer!
>
>  One of the things that took a hit was my LaCie electron22blueIV monitor that
>  I use for color correction of photos. It's not made anymore, so I'm looking
>  to replace it with something else. Any suggestions?
>
>  At one time, LCDs were not supposed to be good enough for this purpose, but
>  that seems to have changed. Is anyone still selling CRTs for this purpose,
>  or are LCDs by LaCie, Eizo, and others the only options now? I'm not against
>  LCDs-- and would actually prefer one, if not outrageously expensive.
>
>  Mike Wickham
>
>
>  _______________________________________________
>



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