Sometimes it's best not to say anything, but you may have just invited a comment or two. ;-))
Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And there in lies my point. Did I have a point? :-) > > Color reproduction and perception is highly subjective and even truly > > meaningful measurements or values may have little meaning in the fast > paced > world we live in. By way of example, everything I've done in the past > 2.5 > years has been processed in Photoshop on my 17" laptop screen. I > have no > idea what it's specifications are and have never truly cared. I am > just > overall satified with the results, and no body has come back and said > "your > pictures suck Tom" - Though I'm sure that's bound to happen now. :-) > > Now I get ready to purchase an LCD monitor for home and I care? :-) I > do in > that I want the most for my money. I also realize that unless I had > two > monitors side by side, calibrated identically and displaying the > exact same > image, I would likely be happy with both monitors. Having nothing to > > compare against, even subjectively, can leave one feeling satisfied. > If > Budweiser were the only beer in the world it would be the best beer > in the > world. > > I did find the foloowing recent article (very lengthy and somewhat > illuminating). > > http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/lcd-guide.html > > http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/20-21inch-2.html > > http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/20-21inch-3.html > > > Tom C. > > > >From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: LCD Monitor Questions > >Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:35:00 -0500 > > > >On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 12:16:06PM -0700, Tom C wrote: > > > If so, it wasn't the one I asked. > > > > > > While I have no doubt that an 8-bit monitor is "technically" > superior to > >a > > > 6-bit monitor, since no picture contains anywhere near 16 million > > >colors, I > > > would bet huge amounts that an individual could not tell simply > by > >looking > > > at the image on two side by side LCD's if one was 6-bit vs. > 8-bit. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > >An 8-bit per component monitor can (in theory) display 2^24 > different > >colours, > >while a 6-bit monitor can display 2^18. That's 16.7m vs 262144 > (0.2m, not > >16.2). > > > >While your eye is probably only capable of differentiating between > at most > >2^18 > >different colours, these are not uniformly spread across the 2^18 > colours > >that > >a 6-bit monitor could display. You are most likely to see problems > in dark > >areas of the screen, where you'll see blocking up of the colours. > > > >It depends on the individual and the image, of course, but the > difference > >will be detectable on well-set-up monitors viewed under good > conditions. > > > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[email protected] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Compare mortgage rates for today. Get up to 5 free quotes. Www2.nextag.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
