OT: Monitor for color correction

[Hedley Finger]

Sorry everybody.  The point I was trying to make that LCD/LED monitors 
have "individual LED backlights for each pixel".  Because the LED is 
already a coloured primary light source of greater purity than a fluoro 
backlight + colour filter can produce, you get a greater gamut.  And, 
because the LED can be turned off altogether, you can get better blacks.

-- Hedley
> 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.
>   
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