OT: Monitor for color correction

[Hedley Finger]

Mike:
> 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.
>   
Earlier LCD monitors used a fluorescent backlight.  The LCD cells just 
act as variable transmission filters to let more or less backlight 
through the coloured filters.  The newer LCD monitors have coloured 
individual backlights for each pixel, so that the light source is the 
correct colour to begin with.  These have a wider gamut of colours, 
better contrast, and better black.  You can probably set the colour 
temperature to the recommended D65 (6500K) with these more easily. 
Samsung had several quite cheap models here in Australia (prices won't 
extrapolate easily to USA) and most manufacturers have good models 
varying from cheap and adequate to expensive.

Regards,
Hedley

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