Re: Apple Cinema Display
Re: Apple Cinema Display
- Subject: Re: Apple Cinema Display
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:58:01 EDT
In a message dated 8/29/01 1:04:21 PM, email@hidden writes:
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I am trying to give some advice to a friend who is going to buy an Apple
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22" Cinema Display. I have dug up all the stuff in the archives as to
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how (and with what) you can or cannot profile one of these, but a basic
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(i.e. stupid) question occurred to me:
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Do these things (LCDs) suffer variation/degradation in a way similar to
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a CRT monitor?
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If not (i.e. if they can be expected to remain fairly stable for a
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prolonged period of time), and given the currently available
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hardware/profiling software solutions, my friend could be better off
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calling in an outside service for a one-off profile.
There are lots of virtues to LCD displays, and they avoid many of the
limitations of CRTs (while introducing some of their own); but definately, if
you or your friend is going to get one, the Apple displays would be
preferred. Its less clear at this point how often an LCD needs to be
recalibrated and reprofiled, as the basic causes of CRT reprofiling do not
effect LCDs. Changes in the light source and dyes over time would be the most
likely reasons for reprofiling, and while these might be slower than CRT
phosphor fading, they will definately require reprofiling on some type of
schedule. My advice would be to only buy LCDs currently if you need a new
monitor *now* and are making money with it fast enough that the future price
reductions will not leave you crying. You would be even better adviced to
tread water on purchasing LCD calibration and profiling software and
hardware, if the money involved is your own.
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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