Re: NEC or Eizo Monitor
Re: NEC or Eizo Monitor
- Subject: Re: NEC or Eizo Monitor
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:01:57 -0800
- Thread-topic: NEC or Eizo Monitor
In a message dated 12/1/09 4:14 PM, email@hidden wrote:
> I thought most people on this forum were looking for 'professional' solutions
> to 'professional' problems.
Of course. But "professional" doesn't necessarily mean "out of sight"...
there are levels of professionalism, unless you think that there is only one
definition of professional methods and behavior.
> I come here to see what experts who make a living from this trade have to say.
> In this scenario it is all about ROI and the bottom line is being able to
> guarantee that what you see is what you always get.
I come here to see what others whose opinion I respect say on topics of
interest to me. Then it's up to me to take that advice or those data and
work out whether or not, and how, they apply to my situation. In any case,
I'm certainly not here slavishly to copy other people's behavior without
making up my own mind first. I will try to be creative, if it suits my ends.
Professionalism is fluid and changeable too, like most things.
> I would have thought that the extra cost of a 'profesional' monitor and
> calibration instrument would soon be recovered by the cost benefits of
predicatble and consistent quality.
It all depends. If a client asks me what monitor to buy and I tell them to
buy an HP DreamColor, should I wag a finger at them disapprovingly if they
fail to live up to my standards and instead go for a 30" Dell?
Things are not that clear-cut. Different people have different requirements
and budgets (the latter being all-important, these days). If the tools give
them the quality they desire, who am I to say that it's "wrong"?
> The most obvious trend to me is that Apple has a more consumer oriented focus
> these days. Hence its production lines are geared more towards the mass market
> where the profit margin is greater rather than the 'niche' market of
> industrial strength softproofing.
Well, maybe so, or even likely. But their tools are still useful within
certain parameters. Would you junk their offerings without assessing their
potential usefulness in a few diverse professional scenarios? I've worked
using many profiled Apple monitors over the years, and they did a good job
in most cases. Again, it all depends on what level of performance is
required.
> I don't think Peter is 'tossing aside' the cheaper option.
I'm not saying that either. What I *am* saying is that there is a risk of
doing that, and we *shouldn't*.
> To me, he is saying that it is all about 'horses for courses'. If you want
> to sign off on a contract you have to have a way of measuring and specifiying
> the end result.
Again, I get a sense that what you have in mind is different from what I
have in mind, and that it's a matter of understanding the terms of the
discussion.
You may be thinking of very color-critical situations, where tolerances are
tight. But there is a whole range of other *professional* scenarios that
require far less stringent parameters. And for those, one does not need to
go "nuts" and buy a DreamColor or a similarly high-end unit. If one can
afford it and wants it badly because of personal reasons or terminal
nerdiness, fine, but they probably don't *have* to go for broke.
> Something that can be written into a contract. Again, this measurement
> procedure must be econmically sustainable for the production environment
> in which it is used.
>
> This is what standards are all about: an agreed achievable, measurable outcome
> we can sign off on and stay out of the courts. This is obviously problematic
> when the devices (displays and their measuring devices) are inconsistent.
All fine and good, but there is more than that to the whole picture. It's
not a "one-size-fits-all" situation. There is far more variability and
flexibility out there.
Marco
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