I have both a glossy and non-glossy in my two-monitor setup. The key to glossy is make sure that the background the monitor is facing is dark enough and with no direct reflections (eg mirrors, glass-frames) or light sources.
My monitor is sitting at right angles to the only window in the room, and the wall behind me is evenly lit. The window itself is NE facing so I don't get blasted with sunlight either. Unfortunately the glossy monitor is not an IPS display so I can't use it for serious photo-editing. I use the matte IPS 2nd display for that. But photos look gorgeous on it. On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > Just a cautionary tale... > > This summer we replaced the older mac mini that I have been using.. > the new model is equipped with Thunderbolt. Hooked it up to my Dell > U3011 monitor. Been beating my head against the wall ever since, > trying to get prints that match the screen. Have calibrated & fiddled > until the cows come home, but still get prints that look > oversaturated & red. Yesterday, I finally stumbled upon a setting > that said the Input Color Format the monitor was receiving was YPbPr, > not RGB. Setting to RGB input produces an unholy magenta freakshow of > a picture. > > Down the rabbit hole I went.... Long story short, the new thunderbolt > machines don't send RGB to the Dell.. or is it the Dell can only read > YPbPr from the mac...? Don't know, but the thing can't be calibrated > (apparently) in this situation. > > The problem is documented on various forums, but not much of a > solution on the horizon, eg: > http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/p/19458525/20148889.aspx > > The only monitor that will work correctly with the mac appears to be > the thunderbolt monitors... which are all glossy. > > So... just how bad would the glossy screen be? Anyone out there use > one? Thoughts? As I try to decide which apparatus becomes a very > expensive paperweight: the dell monitor, or the thunderbolt mac mini, > it would be good to have input on that. > > Thanks. > > :( > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
