Re: Which type of Monitor

"Joel" <Joel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "jime" <jimeiffe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> 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 really want to replace CRT with LCD, and I have looked at many
different
> models (couple Sony models cost around $600-700 few years ago), but I
just
> can't stand the LCD displaying.  Also, I am often working on slose-up
> portrait and zoom in 100-300% to work on skin-texture etc. and the DOT
on
> LCD is too big and visible for my taste.

The dots are pixels/transistors/points exactly the same resolution
depending 
on what you choose. EG 1600 x 1200 on a 21 inch monitor (20 inch visible) 
gives about 18 inches width. so thats 88 dots or digital pixels per inch.
On 
both CRT or Flat panel They are both around 80 to 100 dpi depending on
model 
chosen.. About 1/3rd the resolution needed for decent printing quality. So

the only difference when viewed at 100 to 300 percent is due to the less 
than perfect CRT monitors "focus". The digital connected and displayed 
monitor has no error. At 100 percent view it faithfully displays what the 
pixels in the cameras sensor captured. The camera takes for example in my 
case 4288 picel wide pictures. At 100 percent I would need a display 
resolution to be the same size to display the while picture at once. On my

1920 wide 24 inch monitor that would be  2.23 monitors wide. And deep. So
I 
see a faithful reproduction of a little less than 1/4 of the photos are. I

would need 4 monitors to see the (almost) complete picture. And the exact 
same thing applies to a CRT monitor. The difference isnt dot size but a 
smoother "look" due to less accurate analog convertion. But its an effect.

Its not real as the file does consist of what you see on the sharper LCD 
screen. This only applies to digitally connected monitors not to analog
CRT 
style connection.


I am not even talking about color
> which I never tried to have any experience.
>
> I read some mentioned about the professional LCD which costs around
> $3000-5000 for the 19-20" model which is too expensive.  And I read some
> mentions they are happy or happier with their LCD than CRT, but I don't 
> know
> how they use theirs.