Re: Which CRT/LCD monitor best for Calibration/CMM?
Re: Which CRT/LCD monitor best for Calibration/CMM?
- Subject: Re: Which CRT/LCD monitor best for Calibration/CMM?
- From: Robin Myers <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 15:17:57 -0800
- Organization: Robin Myers Imaging
sabine wrote:
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I am a newbie to color management and I am looking for monitors both CRT
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and LCD for calibration purposes.
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1. Is it true that only very few LCD monitors are suitable for calibration/
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color management as most of these displays only stay color stable for a
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short time?
Almost any LCD monitor may be color managed. Calibration is a feature of
the circuitry driving the LCD and most of the PC video boards do not
have the gamma table and white point adjustments necessary for
calibration. I have been color managing LCD panels for almost 7 years,
as panel displays and laptops, and the main reason people reject them is
that some have very narrow viewing angles before the lightness and color
shift unsatisfactorily. Recent displays have improved the viewing angles
but you should check this for yourself to see if the shifts are objectionable.
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2. Which LCD monitors would you recommend anyway and why?
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3. Would I need to buy special calibration hardware for an LCD monitor or
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can I use any (colorimeter, spectrophotometer)? and which one would you
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recommend in the low cost to mid range area?
Yes, you need an instrument that measures exactly perpendicular to the
view surface. Devices with suction cups can destroy the LCD panel and I
do not recommend them. My recommendation in the low-cost is the EyeOne
Pro from GretagMacbeth. In the mid-range I recommend the Spectrolino and
for the high end a teleradiospectrophotometer, such as the Photo
Research PR-650 (or its big brothers).
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4. Once LCD/CRT monitors are calibrated properly, are there still
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significant differences of displayed colors - in terms of eg.
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differentiation and gamut/ color space - between a cheap monitor (let's say
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Belinea) and a LaCie? If not, is it still worth to go for a more expensive
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model if color accuracy is the major criteria? And for what reasons?
If color accuracy is the main criterium, then I would get a CRT. If you
want a very color accurate and stable monitor, the new Sony monitor is
the best I've seen at a reasonable price. Or you can get a lower-cost
monitor, a good measuring device and calibrate and reprofile often.
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5. Can I find a ranking of LCD and CRT monitors somewhere?
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6. In terms of laptops - does it make sense to do a color calibration on
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them? I have a Toshiba.
The Toshiba laptops I've used do not have gamma tables or adjustable
white point settings, so you can only profile them, calibration is not
possible. Since there are very few programs on Windows that will work
with a profile (Photoshop is the only one I know), then profiling for a
Toshiba may not be worth the effort (unless you are only viewing images
in Photoshop). If you do use the Toshibas, be warned that the color will
change with your viewing angle and you must retrain yourself to use an
LCD for judging color, not something I recommend for the regular user.
Viele gl|ck!
Robin Myers
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