I would love to know what you think of your respective new purchases after a couple of weeks use. I'm not in a hurry to buy, I want to make sure I spend the money well, as these LCDs will be my workstation monitors for the next couple of years.
Dear Simon/List
You can be sure that both of us will tell it as it is and no BS! Buying a monitor is obviously a very personal and subjective decision, so I think it is important to decide what you want from it then go shopping.
We wanted a monitor which was totally unimpeachable, given that it would be used for checking all the drum scans we make for photographers and designers. A very high level of consistency and evenness all over the screen was high on the list, as was the ability to display a really smooth transition from the darkest tones right through the brightness range with absolute neutrality.
It would have been nice to have been able to wait for the possibility of the new CRT Mitsubishi with its increased colour gamut, but it has so many question marks against it at the moment, and it does not seem its going to be a 'reference' quality screen when it is finally released. If it is then it will be out with the credit card again <G>
Price of the Sony Artisan was a little under 1900 UKP inclusive of delivery and VAT. It's only available in the 21" size sadly. We pay about twice the price you pay for it in the US which is a bit of a niggle!
Anyone interested in making an offer for our very nice LaCie Sony 24" CRT.... complete with hood and still delivering a perfect picture? This is a beautiful monitor with lots of contrast and brightness left (C74 B56) Inquiries off list of course please. It will not be available until we have the Artisan bedded down and are totally happy with it.
Cheers
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