Re: LaCie/Mitsubishi
Re: LaCie/Mitsubishi
- Subject: Re: LaCie/Mitsubishi
- From: Glenn Kowalski <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 07:26:56 -0500
At 10:01 PM -0800 11/15/00, Peter Brentlinger wrote:
I've been following this thread and am about to purchase a monitor and
calibration system. First the monitor: is the Mitsubishi 22" Diamond Pro 2040u
Monitor the unit that the LaCie Electron 22 Blue is based on? If so, does
anyone know what the differences are? Any recommendations? As for the
calibrator, is there any advantage to using the Blue Eye calibrator with the
LaCie monitor? It seams that the consensus is that I would be better off with
the Monitor Spyder with OptiCal software. It's cheaper and I understand it is
more accurate and the software has more features. I have never used either of
these products and I'm wondering if it makes any difference how the monitor is
calibrated. I.e., by adjusting the monitor internally via the software. Which
is my understanding of how the Blue Eye works or (as I understand it) on the
Monitor Spyder by using the monitor control buttons to perform the
calibration.
I think this qualifies for the most asked question : ) but no problem Peter.
Seems like the consensus is this:
1. LaCie's monitor is the same as the 2040u except has dark blue color and hood
2. BlueEye colorimeter is overpriced
3. BlueEye is easier to use, but perhaps less accurate
To correct someone's previous post, the BlueEye software isn't purely
repackaged. LaCie has modified it to control the guns of their
monitor directly. And the hardware connects with a USB cable and a
special cable to the monitor. You can however control the guns
manually and use Photocal or Optical to measure them.
As a final observation, it seems like a lot of the opinions are
educated speculation and few of us have used the new BlueEye.
--
Glenn Kowalski
Macintosh Systems Consultant
Studio 405
301-270-8445 x26
www.studio405.com