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LCD vs CRT Monitors
Having just taken delivery of a new PC with an LCD monitor, I was particularly interested in this article by the Sydney Morning Herald, which compares LCD and CRT monitors from a photography point of view (found via digicamera.net). My new LCD monitor definitely looks a lot brighter and sharper alongside the CRT screen, but which one is giving the truest picture?
“One of Melbourne’s top commercial photographers, John Gollings, known for his architectural studies, says in the past six months he has been forced to replace half his company’s CRT monitors with 23-inch Apple LCD screens because “we think we will soon have no choice in the matter”.
Gollings says serious colour management on LCD monitors is “a nightmare” because they do not provide control over individual RGB (red-green-blue) colours. Gollings’s photo retoucher, who is also his daughter, will not use an LCD, but he says the designers in his studio love them because they are bright and have no curvature or distortion, making them ideal for desktop publishing.”
Website: Sydney Morning Herald - Going down the tubes
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#1 Les
Please have a look at this review on Toms Hardware Guide:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/display/20040326/lcd-04.html
2:01 pm - Friday, April 2, 2004
#2 Richard Tallent
As the proud owner of two Samsung LCD monitors, here's my philosophy: if your work is mostly *not* heading to print, you *should* be using LCDs. The hard truth is that the vast majority of consumers don't calibrate their monitors, and *they* are heading toward LCD. It's silly to insist that your photo be perfectly calibrated if you are heading for the web or TV--chances are, it'll look like crap to the audience.
One nice thing about LCDs and DVI: pictures are much more uniform between computers than in the CRT days, so those of us working with online content are now *more* confident of the end result out on the 'Net.
12:57 am - Sunday, April 4, 2004