Re: off topic: lcd monitor

Date : Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:58:05 +0200
To : Andy Jones <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : dyter08(at)yahoo.de
Subject : Re: off topic: lcd monitor
Guten Tag Andy Jones,

      than lets save cash for two 30" LCDs ;)

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am Samstag, 2. Dezember 2006 um 20:46 schrieben Sie:

> We've got some of the 24 inch Dells at our office.  Originally, we 
> bought them for our compositors, and that's still where they're used, 
> but what Jeff said about the color having visible artifacts is totally
> true (my personal theory is that they have the backlight cranked too 
> high).  I wouldn't say it's that much worse than other LCD's, though.
> But I totally don't buy that LCD's are good enough to do color work on
> these days -- especially the larger ones, even though a lot of people 
> will tell you otherwise.  Unless the color work you're doing is to see
> what your content will look like on a LCD, specifically.  But at that 
> point, you would probably want a calibrated HD monitor.  That said, it
> is really great to be able to play back footage in ultra-crisp 1080p, 
> which is why we keep the monitors with the compositors.  So, in summary,
> I like the 24" screens, but I don't trust them.

> In my opinion, the ideal setup for any sort of generalist workstation is
> a 24" widescreen monitor coupled with a CRT running at 1600x1200.  That
> is, unless you've got money for a 30", which, by the way, I'd take over
> 2 24" screens any day -- especially if you want to do work for film at
> full 2K.  (I'd probably still want to pair it with a CRT, though.)

> -Andy

> Joe Laffey wrote:

>> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> Wow...  two 24s would be some serious real estate.
>>>
>>> dyter08(at)yahoo.de wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guten Tag Jeff Wilson,
>>>>
>>>> anyone on 30" here, I was thinking to buy the 30" Dell.
>>>>
>>>> Whats better, 2 LCDs 24" or one 30"?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Two 24"s is great. I much prefer it to a single 30".
>>
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