Re: Barco vs Eizo
Re: Barco vs Eizo
- Subject: Re: Barco vs Eizo
- From: Martin Orpen <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:36:01 +0100
on 10/9/05 13:26, Roger Breton at email@hidden wrote:
> What's the verdict on the Eizo CG220? The one that cost over 6 grand? I saw
> one at GATF -- impressive greens. But I did not have the chance to go
> through the motions and calibrate it with basICcolor Display, compare it
> with soft proofs and all. Is it worth it?
The answer is *no* IMHO.
In the UK you can get 3 Apple Cinema Displays (larger than the Eizo) and a
calibration device for the same cost as a single CG220.
The CG220 looks pretty ugly and I still can't believe that such an expensive
device has only one USB socket!
I also question the usefulness of the effort that has gone in to matching
Adobe1998? What relevance does it have outside of Photoshop?
That said, the gamut and the image quality *is* everything that they claim
and it made our 23" Cinema Displays look very lacklustre by comparison.
But, when you've clicked the *ink black* and *paper white* checkboxes, I'd
rather have 3 Cinema Displays and an i1 for pre-press work!
You still can't trust your eyes when working in CMYK - and the Eizo still
can't show you the difference between 97% and 100% of the process colours
etc. What's the point of spending more than 3x the price of a similar (and
larger) monitor when you spend most of your time watching the colour values?
However, if you're a photographer who wants the closest you can get to
WYSIWYG in Adobe1998 - it's most probably worth every penny.
Regards
--
Martin Orpen
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