No, the laptop display is definitely not calibrated. I think the issue lies in that it is a low-bitrate panel. Dithering and very low contrast, so everything looks flat and lifeless. Also accentuates things like digital noise.
I was considering buying a calibrator (Pantone Huey) but several usenet posts state that it's just no good. On 5/3/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
