Re: Semi-OT: Notebook PC for Photo Editing

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

I've noticed that some manufacturers offer screen enhancements that  
have names like "True Life" (Dell) or "TruBrite" (Toshiba). The  
demo on Toshiba's website suggests that this is a gamma shift that  
lightens parts of images.

Does anyone know anything about this? Is it just a gamma shift that  
one could do oneself?

Most of that is just marketing speak. Laptop screens are improving,  
certainly, across the board. There's nothing comparable to taking a  
quality laptop screen with a good video driver behind it and using a  
calibration tool to build a proper profile for it, however.

I recently acquired a refurbished, latest series Apple PowerBook G4  
15". Excellent display, all the bells and whistles (1.67Ghz  
processor, 2G RAM, 80G 7200rpm drive, Bluetooth & 802.11 wireless,  
modem, gigabit ethernet, external VGA and DVI video support, FireWire  
400/800 ports, USB 2.0 ports, PC Card, etc etc) for $1600. It does  
word processing, internet, and at least a good a job as my iMac G4  
did on image processing. And it's smaller and lighter than my old  
PowerBook G3/500 was.

The screen is fantastic for a laptop. I used the Gretag-Macbeth Eye  
One Display 2 and calibrated it. It now matches my desktop screen in  
color/tonal rendering, to the limits of its gamut and dynamic range.

Godfrey