Christine Aguila wrote: > I do have a question: in a previous post you mentioned something about a > good monitor & you stated "(TM) (shoot, was it (TN)?). Anyway, what does > that mean?
TN means "Twisted Nematic". This is the garden variety LCD monitor most computers come with. Limited color gamut, low contrast and narrow viewing angles. The better monitors are either IPS (In-Plane Switching) or VA (Vertical Alignment). Both types are way ahead of TN in terms of viewing angle, contrast and color. IPS has an edge on VA in terms or color gamut. VA is a little better than IPS in terms of contrast. Generally. I had to do a lot of digging to learn about LCD monitors and find the resources with good information. I ended up putting it all into a blog entry at http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=31 (which immediately started drawing large amounts of traffic and has continued to do so ever since it went on line). I wouldn't be confident sending stuff out for printing, by Blurb or anyone else, if I had a TN monitor, even if it were properly calibrated and profiled. (Monitor calibration and monitor profiling are two different things, BTW. That'll be the subject of another blog entry soon.) You want a very good monitor (IPS or VA) *and* calibration and profiling if you hope to receive an end product that meets your expectations. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
