On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 18:54 +1200, Maurice Butler wrote: > Hi, > > The other advantage of tritron is that for photgraphic editing you can > calibrate to have accurate colours - lcd is limited in its colour depth so > the colours on the screen are not close enough for professional work >
I use to think this too, and it has been like that for ages, but not anymore. I had an excellent Philips 202P4 22" Trinitron CRT (bought new around 4 years ago). I bought a Trinitron at the time for two reasons: - Better, more accurate colour - The ability to run any resolution and still get a sharp picture - LCD's at that size were too expensive 4 years ago. About 6 months ago, the CRT died. Luckily, it was still under it's 5 year warranty and Philips replaced it with an equivalent LCD, the 20" 1600x1200 200P model. This was excellent, as I always ran my CRT at that res anyway. I was surprised how much LCD's had evolved since then, as the LCD actually outperformed, or at least rivalled the CRT in colour! It also has a DVI plug, so things are super sharp. <rant> One thing that is annoying is that Windows XP (and now Vista too) haven't moved with the trend of increasingly fine screen resolutions. The problem is that the fonts in XP are too small and too sharp, so that you can barely read them, and you are forced to turn on ClearType to see them better. However, I do not like ClearType, as I can actually "see" the multicoloured effect on the font that you are not supposed to be able to see, no matter how much I play with ClearType tuner, it looks ugly and I can see the multicoloured effect. There are actually two problems with font rendering in XP and Vista, problem 1: you cannot use monochrome font smoothig, and if you do, only fonts above a certain size are smoothed, which defeats the purpose on an LCD -- you still can't read the small fonts very well that way. The only other alternative is ClearType, but I do not like ClearType! So with Windows, I am in between a rock and a hard place, thanks M$! problem 2: screens are getting finer, and Windows is using the same font size it has since windows 95 or 3.11, and needs to move with the times of increasing screen resolutions. Although you can increase the font DPI setting, it screws up many applications, and they get out of preportion, so you are forced to pretty much leave Windows running at the default DPI and have to squint at fonts, thanks M$! Luckily, I now use Linux and it fixes all my problems with my LCD, I can use either Monochrome or ClearType font smoothing, and when I use Monochrome (which I prefer), all font sizes (including smaller fonts) are smoothed and look damn sexy on the LCD! Linux also uses a much larger font for widgets by default, which is far more with the times when it comes to modern screens. The Linux fonts are just so easy on the eye compared to Windows, and you can still easily change the DPI without screwing up the applications (because GTK applications are designed different, they position widgets using a layout grid instead of absolutely positioned). Bottom line is, I love the fonts in Linux, and I find it really hard going back to Windows, I really wish Microsoft did something about the fonts, but I somehow doubt it, so I am sticking with Linux. </rant> Ah, I still use Pascal though, hence why I am on this list still, I just use Free Pascal and GTK+ (without Lazarus), but still like to keep upto date with whats happening with Delphi. > Maurice > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alister Christie > Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2007 11:57 a.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] Screen sizes :-) > > > They weigh a ton also (well, about 25kg each). Actually a flat panel is > only about twice as energy efficient as a CRT. However flat panels > don't give as much radiation. However I am recycling I guess, as > otherwise the monitors would probably go into a land fill - I don't know > how much energy goes into producing a flat panel either. There is a lot > to consider if you try to be green ;-). > > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > > > Nick wrote: > > "...couple of 21" trinatron CRTs...." > > > > I assume you have to put the sun glasses on and slap on some sun tan > > lotion when you power up those things > > (bet they cause brown outs as well in your area :P) > > > > Alister Christie wrote: > >> For work I have a 17" laptop (1920x1200) - which is a little tough on > >> the eyes. At home I have a couple of 21" trinatron CRTs that I run > >> at 1280x1024 (sometimes at 1600x1200 - they can do 2048x1536 but it's > >> a little blurry and small) - I got them from TradeMe - replaced my > >> trusty 17" screen. I of course record my CodeGearGuru videos at > >> 800x600 (with a large font), which is really hard to program in > >> effectively. I don't think I'd ever want to go back to 1024x768 > >> which I did all my D7 development on (my old laptop). > >> > >> Alister Christie > >> Computers for People > >> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz > >> PO Box 13085 > >> Johnsonville > >> Wellington > >> > >> > >> Nick wrote: > >>> Nice easy topic :-) > >>> How big / how many screens you use on your development machine. > >>> > >>> At work I have dual 17" lcds. Trying to pitch to the boss and third > >>> screen, or getting dual 22"s. > >>> At home I have a widescreen 19" and 17" lcds. Thinking about going > >>> to dual 22"s. > >>> > >>> Anyone here got three screens? (on the same machine ofc). > >>> > >>> Anyone using anything bigger then 19? > >>> > >>> Churs. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > >>> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > >>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > >>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >>> Subject: unsubscribe > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > >> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >> Subject: unsubscribe > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: > unsubscribe > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
