If TN panels were that bad, Dell would not be selling them by the boatloads
to graphic houses everywhere.
My 24" Dell is as true as my pro Sony CRT ref monitor when adjusted
properly.
"Luis Ortega" <lortega@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:7A3mj.18568$g%2.1134@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> That's pretty depressing news, since I can't afford any of the few s-ips
> models I found for sale.
> With so many TN models out there, surely the technology can't be so
> horrible?
> I have a Spyder monitor calibrator that I currently use on my 4:3 19
inch
> Samsung 913N (I assume that this is also a TN panel because it was
cheap)
> and it does a decent job of getting colours from the monitor, scanner
and
> printer to match up.
>
> "David Ruether" <druether@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:4797b549$0$1468$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> "Luis Ortega" <lortega@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:ApNlj.66401$h35.34022@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>>I am looking at some flat panel monitors and would appreciate any
advice
>>>on which might be good choices.
>>> I have about £250 to spend and I saw an Iiyama 22 inch and a Samsung
22
>>> inch with similar specs (1680 x 1250 resolution, 75hz refresh rate,
2ms
>>> response time, 1000:1 contrast, 300 cd/m2, .28 dot pitch) that
interest
>>> me.
>>> Are those specs good for a 22 inch monitor? Can anyone please suggest
>>> other alternatives in the same price range?
>>> My interest is in doing photo editing and video editing. Games are not
>>> an issue.
>>> Thanks a lot for any advice.
>>
>> This appeared on rec.photo.digital recently --
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> "Kinon O'Cann" <fuged@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:UW6lj.5543$5h6.3706@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1/21/08 on r.p.d
>>
>> All the 22" screens are TN type, which is the lowest quality
>> image. Either move to a 20" or a 24" screen and look for a S-IPS panel
>> type.
>> Look at this:
>>
>> http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/lcd-panel-types.php
>>
>> Then at this:
>>
>>
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php?title=Master_Monitors_List
>>
>> If you're going to use this for photo editing, be sure to steer clear
of
>> TN
>> panels. They stink. BTW, that 22" Gateway screen that's listed as a PVA
>> panel is a mistake...
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> And this, from "Bob Petrushka" --
>>
>> "One item, the new Lenovo, L220X, 22 inch monitor, is a S-PVA panel.
So
>> there is some hope for this LCD monitor to be a decent one. I can see
>> that
>> I most likely will want a S-IPS for the photo editing."
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> And this, from me --
>>
>> ""David Ruether" <druether@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:47962b71$0$10977$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "Bob Petruska" <petruska@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:Y92dnQ3NvOGVmQjanZ2dnUVZ_s2tnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>>> The more I read and discuss LCD monitors the more I like my CRT as
>>>> there are really no flaws with it besides the smaller 17 inch screen.
>>>> It has variable resolution without blurring the text, extremely
little
>>>> staircasing on diagonals, very sharp text, black blacks, no motion
>>>> blur, uniform lighting (no back lighting bleed through), etc. etc.
But
>>>> I guess it's time to advance and learn to live with the eventual
death
>>>> of the CRT. I just don't want to make an expensive mistake going to a
>>>> high
>>>> end LCD monitor and not liking it as much as the CRT.
>>
>>> Do what I do - run both and extend the "desktop" to
>>> both using a dual-head video card. I have a new 24"
>>> Acer LCD (1920x1200, and with some obvious color
>>> errors though it is a PVA type acording to a web page
>>> listing) and an old Sony 17" 200ES (run at 1024x768).
>>> I can easily ****ft the image I'm working on over to the
>>> CRT for color checking (well, maybe not all that easily,
>>> since for available space reasons, the CRT screen is
>>> stuck behind my right elbow...;-). BTW, the local used
>>> computer store sells nice CRTs (17" and up) VERY
>>> cheaply, and Office Depot had some new 17s for $20
>>> after rebate - maybe it is time to stock up...;-)"
>>>--DR
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> --
>> David Ruether
>> d_ruether@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> www.donferrario.com/ruether
>>
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