Alex, I have Philips Brilliance 200W6CS monitor. It is 20" diagonal with 16:10 aspect ratio LCD. It is really excellent LCD. That much excellent that I don't look back to any CRT I've used/seen before. I suggest you take a look.
Boris AlexG wrote: > I currently have a Nec Multisync FE950 CRT based around the old > Diamondtron NF series of tube. It's a great monitor. Sharp as a tack > with beautiful color rendition, still as bright and sharp as the day I > got it 8 years ago. Realistic maximum res it can handle is 1360x1024 @ > 85hz. 1600x1200 is sharp enough but at 75Hz it starts to hurt after a > whole. > > I scored a used Diamondtron 2070SB, manufactured late 2003 for about > $250. The seller misrepresented the monitor. While it's reasonably > sharp all the way up to 1920x1440 @ 85hz (a truly awesome resolution > to work in. I can't describe how great it is to have that much screen > space) it suffers from bad color rendition (posterizing?) especially > in skin tones, bad brightness (presumably because it's been abused) > and ghosting/banding. Basically unusable for photo editing (but great > for games) > > Long story short, I love my old FE950 but I know for a fact these CRTs > don't last forever. The retards in the various companies are now > peddling LCDs, which I have always detested. I fear now that I have no > choice, as there are no high-end CRTs being made anymore. (I think > there is a Philips model still in production, but no one online has > ever posted a comment as to how good it is.) > > I know about different types of LCD panels... TN, IPS, MVA, PVA, etc > but there is never any concrete data about color quality/blackness > level, etc. I have tried photo editing on my laptop LCD, and it is > horrific. Pics I delete because they look bad on the LCD look > beautiful on the CRT. > > There HAS to be a decent LCD display out there for not too much money. > Or a good CRT still in production. What has the list used and what > should be avoided? > > ******CLIFF NOTES****** > > Want high-end CRT. Can't find any. Need an LCD with good color > rendition. Thoughts? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

