Re: Which type of Monitor

"jime" <jimeiffe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Can you REALLY edit photos on a LCD monitor as well as you can on a CRT 
> monitor? I would think things like sharpening would be difficult.
> I am using a 15 year old Sony 19" that was $800 back then. It has work 
> well but is starting to lose contrast. I am looking for a replacement
and 
> want to explore LCD.
> I am interested in opinions a recomendations on make and model.

I had 3 Sony Trinitron tubed 21 inch HP Business monitors. All gradually 
lost contrast. Similar tube to the one in your Sony. However the 21 inch 
ones were pretty good when new.

I recently ( a year ago) bought a widescreen 24 inch flat screen LCD
monitor 
because I finally found one that was not only as good but hugely better
than 
even the sony tubed monitors when brand new.  And I looked at and returned
a 
good few top of range monitors.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/108783
http://www.hometheatermag.com/lcds/506samsung/

Its a SyncMaster 244T 24 inch widescreen. 1920 x 1200. I couldnt live 
without it! And gave away all my 21 inch trinitron ones... Its just
sharper 
better, blacks are truly black, colours are more bits per channel than
most 
flat panels, and it looks the same from all angles.
And being wide screen and rotating 90 degrees a perfect fit for 35mm or 
digital SLR pics either portrait or landscape.  Dell do a similar one.
Avoid 
earlier cheaper dell monitors though for serious photo work.  Sharpening
and 
things are better on here than all my previous cathode ray monitors.
Colour 
banding etc is non existent. Once calibrated photos just look better! It 
took a while for LCD monitors to get this good. In the past I wouldnt have

had one as a gift. You wouldnt regret it.   You may think a 24 inch
monitor 
is overkill but it really isnt. I couldnt go back to anything else because

they all seem tiny now with no detail! If you want to look at your photos
in 
detail at 100 percent on screen you would need one 3 times the size of
this.