Re: Flat Panel Monitors - quality and calibration questions

From: Eileen Mathias (mathias@ACNATSCI.ORG)
Date: Fri May 11 2001 - 14:00:12 CDT

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From: Eileen Mathias <mailto:mathias@ACNATSCI.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Flat Panel Monitors - quality and calibration questions
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    <pre> There was an article recently in Macworld magazine - I believe it was the April issue, but I can't find my copy at the m ment. The article said that CRTs are still better for graphics applications than flat monitors. The problem with flat onitors is that as you move, the colors in an image appear to change. The article looked at monitors that can be calibr ted with hardware or software, and the best monitor in terms of quality was a Barco monitor, listed at $3,499. I wish I could find the article - it reviewed 5 or 6 monitors (3 flat panels and 2 or 3 CRTs) and ranked them. I haven't receive
     Macworld since I read the article, so it may be the one available on news stands now. Macworld is also available onlin
     at www.macworld.com. There are several reviews of monitors and calibrating equipment of various brands.

    Eileen Mathias

    Eileen C. Mathias Information Services Librarian & Coordinator, Albert M Greenfield Digital
      Imaging Center for Collections Ewell Sale Stewart Library The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-299-1140 215-299-1144 FAX mailto:mathias@acnatsci.org

    >>> mailto:kiwi@ALASKA.COM 05/10/01 07:47PM >>>
    Seeing Burt's question on calibration using the Kodak Q-60 target (sorry Burt, can't help with your question regarding using it to calibrate an HP scanner) brought up a question which I have been pondering for a while.

    For space saving reasons, I would like to move to a flat panel monitor. I am about to take part in a QA/QC process for an photograph digitization project that I am involved in and I also work quite frequently with Photoshop in retouching images, so I need a monitor that can be calibrated and that is suitable for image editing work.

    I am interested in hearing about your experiences with a flat panel monitor and whether you would recommend moving from a CRT monitor to one. If so, brand/mode recommendations would be great.

    How do flat panel monitors compare with CRT's for viewing/evaluating images in terms of image quality, resolution etc?

    Finally, do most standard calibration programs work with flat panel displays?

    Thanks for your help. I will summarize responses for the list.

    Judith

    Judith A.K. Terpstra

    Information Access 5520 Lake Otis Parkway, Suite 104 Anchorage, AK 99507-1777 Phone: (907) 349-7478 Fax: (907) 344-7958 Email: mailto:kiwi@alaska.com

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