Re: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
Berry, Those Apple 17" are worth a close look: - Flat sceen (verticaly and horizontaly; - Compensates for color shift and maintains color calibration (adjust its internal electron beam); - Two ports USB hub integrated. ..and good looking too :-) I bought one myself last week with a G4 and am very pleased with it. Btw it will only work with pre July '01 G4 Macs as it has an all in one power, control and USB cable. Everyone who has seen it on my desk has said "wow what a beautiful monitor", and it certainly is. Cost IR450. Regards Richard // | @ @ --- Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] C _) ) --- ' __ /
Re: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
on 2/11/01 3:50 AM, Richard at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Berry, Those Apple 17" are worth a close look: - Flat sceen (verticaly and horizontaly; - Compensates for color shift and maintains color calibration (adjust its internal electron beam); - Two ports USB hub integrated. ..and good looking too :-) I bought one myself last week with a G4 and am very pleased with it. Btw it will only work with pre July '01 G4 Macs as it has an all in one power, control and USB cable. Everyone who has seen it on my desk has said "wow what a beautiful monitor", and it certainly is. Cost IR450. Regards Richard Richard, I am confused by what you mean by "pre July '01 G4 Macs" since that is in the future. (We're not going back there again, are we? ; ) I understand that they work only with G4 Cubes and recent (last half of 2000) G4 tower (the ones that have 1000 Mb ethernet capability), and I have the latter. -Berry
Re: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
I bought one myself last week with a G4 and am very pleased with it. Btw it will only work with pre July '01 G4 Macs as it has an all in one power, control and USB cable. Everyone who has seen it on my desk has said "wow what a beautiful monitor", and it certainly is. Cost IR450. Regards Richard Richard, I am confused by what you mean by "pre July '01 G4 Macs" since that is in the future. (We're not going back there again, are we? ; ) I understand that they work only with G4 Cubes and recent (last half of 2000) G4 tower (the ones that have 1000 Mb ethernet capability), and I have the latter. -Berry Sorry you're right, too much late night scanning ;-) -- Regards Richard // | @ @ --- Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] C _) ) --- ' __ /
RE: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
On 9 Feb 2001 19:08:34 -0800 Frank Paris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: My recommendation is, whatever you do, don't get a 17" for digital darkroom stuff. No, but it may be sensible to get two! Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
Re: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:57:06 -0700 Berry Ives ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: A much better deal would appear to be the NEC Multisync FE950+ 19" for $457 including shipping. This has a flat screen and compact depth. This monitor has been getting rave reviews in UK. I'm currently thinking about it myself, since my monitor just exploded for the 3rd and last time (an older NEC - I've got 2 of the FG series, fine screens with excellent image quality which hasn't deteriorated significantly - but both have needed expensive repairs, line transformer breakdown in both cases, plus failure of an IC on one after which it never had perfect geometry). Other 19" possibles appear to be the - Sony E400 or G400 - Mitsubishi DiamondPro 920 - Ilyama Visionmaster Pro 450 The only ones I've seen have been the E400 and a DiamondPro. The Sony E400 was just superb. I doubt the more expensive G400 gives any better image quality, but it does come with a tailor-made profile and USB hub. This is what I will probably go for if/when I can scrape the money together. I've got a 20yo Sony TV in the kitchen, and a 25yo Sony miniature tape recorder I still use for taping interviews, and I do detest unreliable kit :) The Mitsubishi was poorly adjusted (brightness too high) and certainly in an overbright strip-lit environment, but image quality looked like it should be up there with the Sony if set properly. Naturally this was a magazine graphic designer's unit, she sits and picks holes in photographers' work on it, including mine :( Mitsubishi and Ilyama both seem to produce excellent monitors but have rather questionable QC which allows some units out with poor corner focus, dodgy geometry or misconvergence, from what I've read here and elsewhere. It can take a few swaps before you get a good one, and this makes buying cheap from a boxshifter a bit of a gamble unless you like waiting around for couriers. I've looked at other units from Philips, Samsung, AOC, CTX and others I forget. Philips seemed very good for the money, but I have bought other Philips goods which have failed prematurely - their products seem to perform well but are built down to a price. The rest were not in the same league. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
RE: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
Yes, if you've got the space. I'd rather have a 21" and a 17" though. Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Sleep Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 6:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500? On 9 Feb 2001 19:08:34 -0800 Frank Paris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: My recommendation is, whatever you do, don't get a 17" for digital darkroom stuff. No, but it may be sensible to get two! Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
Re: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:57:06 -0700, Berry Ives wrote: I'm wondering if I'm overlooking any options for Mac. So far, I have considered the Apple 17" CRT, which is real cute and has 2 USB ports but expensive at $500 for a 17" (16" viewable). A much better deal would appear to be the NEC Multisync FE950+ 19" for $457 including shipping. This has a flat screen and compact depth. Any other recommendations? --Berry Berry, Those Apple 17" are worth a close look: - Flat sceen (verticaly and horizontaly; - Compensates for color shift and maintains color calibration (adjust its internal electron beam); - Two ports USB hub integrated. ..and good looking too :-) Sure enough, 21" displays are great to use ( I had one for 3 years) but two 17" are a much better way to work. And you will often be able to get 2 of them for less than the price of a 21"!! My advise: get two 17" displays right now if you can; otherwise, get the best 17" you can + a cheap 14" and use this one to store your palettes. -- Have a good day! Raymond Carles
Re: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
on 2/10/01 9:34 PM, Raymond Carles at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:57:06 -0700, Berry Ives wrote: I'm wondering if I'm overlooking any options for Mac. So far, I have considered the Apple 17" CRT, which is real cute and has 2 USB ports but expensive at $500 for a 17" (16" viewable). A much better deal would appear to be the NEC Multisync FE950+ 19" for $457 including shipping. This has a flat screen and compact depth. Any other recommendations? --Berry Berry, Those Apple 17" are worth a close look: - Flat sceen (verticaly and horizontaly; - Compensates for color shift and maintains color calibration (adjust its internal electron beam); - Two ports USB hub integrated. ..and good looking too :-) Sure enough, 21" displays are great to use ( I had one for 3 years) but two 17" are a much better way to work. And you will often be able to get 2 of them for less than the price of a 21"!! My advise: get two 17" displays right now if you can; otherwise, get the best 17" you can + a cheap 14" and use this one to store your palettes. I appreciate all the informative comments on this monitor thread. At least three people have indicated that working with two monitors is the way to go. I already have a decent 15" monitor (NEC Multisync XV15), or at least I have always thought it pretty good. Image looks better than an imac, although it's 6 years old. They got me a fancy 19" Dell Trinitron at work, and it blows away everything else on the floor...of course it's a government office in New Mexico! But I can see what I'm missing. So if I was to go with a second monitor, I would still need a new video card, I think, for my Mac G4 to support both. Also, does PS 5.0 LE support two monitors, or is it not a function of the software, but only the video card...? Still, if an excellent 19" monitor can be had for maybe $100 less than the cost of the Apple 17"...is Apple the only one with that kind of automated color calibration? -Berry
RE: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
I picked up a cheapo 17" at CompUSA for $149 less a $50 rebate. Brand new!!! Spencer Stone snip My advise: get two 17" displays right now if you can; otherwise, get the best 17" you can + a cheap 14" and use this one to store your palettes. -- Have a good day! Raymond Carles
RE: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500?
My recommendation is, whatever you do, don't get a 17" for digital darkroom stuff. Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Berry Ives Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 5:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: Monitor for Mac under $500? I'm wondering if I'm overlooking any options for Mac. So far, I have considered the Apple 17" CRT, which is real cute and has 2 USB ports but expensive at $500 for a 17" (16" viewable). A much better deal would appear to be the NEC Multisync FE950+ 19" for $457 including shipping. This has a flat screen and compact depth. Any other recommendations? --Berry
