On 2010-10-03 11:50 , Doug Franklin wrote:
On 2010-10-02 10:56, Christine Nielsen wrote:
I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop& get a real monitor, to
be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids have. Not only
are my back& eyes killing me, but I think I would stand a better
chance of getting some images out of my hard drive and onto paper if I
could get a reliable handle on the color management thing.
Don't overlook televisions. I have a HP LP2475w 24" 1920 x 1200 IPS
monitor for photo work and a couple of TFTs for regular work on my
computers. The HP cost me about US$ 600 a year or so ago. They've since
replaced it with another model (I can't remember what it is) that's
about US$ 400 shipped. They're excellent monitors with good gamut.
/Much/ better than the TFT monitors for photo work.
just a note to keep the terminology on course -- your IPS monitor is a
TFT also, you are probably meaning to distinguish your two lower-end TN_
panels from your higher-end IPS panel
Then a few months ago I "inherited" a home theater PC that a friend was
trying to build and having trouble with. I got it working and hooked it
up to my main A/V system. It's driving a run-of-the-mill 40" LCD TV and
the colors are *awesome*. The blacks, for example, are far deeper than
even on the HP, and the overall gamut seems to be larger. That said, I
haven't calibrated it yet.
TVs are generally TN panels because TN is faster (more suitable for
moving images) and cheaper; if you are on-center and fairly distant from
a 40" panel, then the side-to-side variation in color won't have a big
impact on your viewing, but if several people are watching, or if you
are close (so you view the edges at a much different angle from the
center) then TN's angle-of-view limitations will impact you
beyond that i don't feel i know enough to express more than caution
about the gamut and the default settings of the TV; here is an
fascinating article that i haven't yet had the patience to fully digest;
among other things, though, it focuses on sRGB since it is essentially
the gamut video is made for, where many photographers (and their
software) are using wider gamuts:
<http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/display_myths_shattered>
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