LCDs - brightness, contrast, remote proofing-part2
LCDs - brightness, contrast, remote proofing-part2
- Subject: LCDs - brightness, contrast, remote proofing-part2
- From: "Chris McFarling" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:56:44 -0500
<<continued from part1>>
In addition to in-house use, we're starting to look at remote proofing
solutions. The latest generation packages, such as KPG Matchprint Virtual
are using LCD displays now. With all I've read on LCDs, accompanied with my
own experience, it makes me wonder how feasible such a thing is. Is remote
LCD based proofing (or CRT based for that matter) really ready for primetime
you think? With Karl Lang saying "I am not happy with anything we have right
now", it makes me wonder. I also found a very in depth article
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/lcd-guide.html
that explains some of the issues inherent to LCD panels such as black level,
brightness adjustment, etc. that reinforce my skepticism. Not to mention the
whole 8-bit bottleneck in the current technology.
I have no doubt that LCD technology will eventually get to a point that
meets, and most likely exceeds, anything that CRTs could achive. However in
this transition period it seems that we are being sold inferior products
that don't really measure up while being told that we're already there.
Here's a list of some (I'm sure there are others) displays that color
professionals would most likely be looking into, from the low end to the
high end.
$440 - Dell 2005FPW - 20",1680x1050
$750 - NEC LCD1980SXI - 19",1280x1024
$800 - Apple Cinema Display - 20",1680x1050
$1300 - Apple Cinema Display - 23",1920x1200
$1350 - Sony SDM-P234 - 23",1920x1200
$1450 - NEC LCD2180UX - 21.3",1600x1200
$1500 - Eizo CG19 - 19",1280x1024
$2700 - Eizo CG210 - 21.3",1600x1200
$6000 - Eizo CG220 - 22.2",1920 × 1200
$6670 - NEC LCD2180WG-LED - 21",1600x1200
*All include some type of limited 3 year warranty (Eizo is 5 year). For the
ACDs, the price reflects the extra cost of the Applecare Protection Plan.
At what price point, if any of these should one feel reasonably satisfied
that they will be able to get accurate color matching in a proofing
environment? Is an $800 ACD really able to perform as well as a $2700 CG210?
According to KPG, both monitors are certified for use with their Matchprint
Virtual system. It would seem that putting those two monitors side by side
would not produce identical results, regardless of how good your profiling
software is. Am I wrong?
I'm just trying to sift through the seemingly endless amount of good and bad
info surrounding LCDs and better educate myself to know what works and what
doesn't.
Chris McFarling
Pacific Premedia
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