Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks to all who commented - your insights will help my decision making when I start shopping. -p Paul Sorenson wrote: It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-23 Thread Peter Lacus
Paul, It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what important specs should I be looking for? not all LCDs are made equal, even when all of them say Active matrix TFT.

Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what important specs should I be looking for? Any quick help would be appreciated as I'm no doubt having to do some shopping this

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 22, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what important specs should I be looking for? Any quick help would be

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread Scott Loveless
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Aug 22, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what important specs should I be looking for? Any

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson Subject: Some quick monitor info It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what important specs should I be looking

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread Tom C
is spec'd to have? Tom C. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Some quick monitor info Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:19:38 -0600 - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson Subject: Some

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 22, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Tom C wrote: The more and more I think about it, the more it becomes apparent that regardless of how things look on my monitor I can be almost guaranteed it won't look the same on someone else's, regardless of calibration, etc. If contrast is adjustable,

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Some quick monitor info The more and more I think about it, the more it becomes apparent that regardless of how things look on my monitor I can be almost guaranteed it won't look the same on someone else's, regardless of calibration, etc

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread Bob Blakely
I'm no expert, but contrast ratio is important to me. It limits what I can see as far as dynamic range (of intensity). Viewing angle is important too, because with the less capable monitors, what you see can change drastically with viewing angle. Large viewing angle is good. Also, I like being

Re: Some quick monitor info

2007-08-22 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 23/08/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The more and more I think about it, the more it becomes apparent that regardless of how things look on my monitor I can be almost guaranteed it won't look the same on someone else's, regardless of calibration, etc. If contrast is adjustable, doesn't