Re: 40-42 inch HD flat screen with accurate color
Re: 40-42 inch HD flat screen with accurate color
- Subject: Re: 40-42 inch HD flat screen with accurate color
- From: C D Tobie <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:50:30 -0500
>>The above problem is what I have found on three 30" NEC SpectraView monitors and three of their 27" SpectraView monitors. By comparison I found the 24" Eizo looked at on the same set up was almost perfect but at 24" was too small. Why not then have a pair of the Eizo monitors someone will ask? Well quite simply I find the 'break' caused by two monitors unsatisfactory for me.
Eizo has avoided moving to larger screen sizes and LED backlights for these very reasons: they value uniformity, and won't settle for less.
C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging and Home Theater
Datacolor inc.
email@hidden
www.datacolor.com
On Nov 10, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Richard Kenward <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> So my guess why Richard was not happy with the uniformity of the
>> monitors he tested is
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>> a) they where not uniform (regarding FograCert criteria) -- could be,
>> but not likely
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>> b) Richards needs are very high and the monitors might have met the
>> criteria of FograCert Softproofing System, the uniformity might still
>> not be "good enough" for his wishes
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> Dear Peter
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> Many thanks for your observations.
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> My take on this is really quite simple<G>
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> 1. Like many others I take trouble to have a monitor well calibrated and profiled.
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> 2. Have an ideal viewing environment.
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> 3. Take care with the quality of the files.
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> If my monitor shows a noticeable colour shift from one side of the screen to the other combined with a significant brightness shift that in an image file would shout out for a curves adjustment, then I do not think it unreasonable to question the quality of the monitor. Just the same as I would expect a transparency light table sold for professional use to be an even colour and brightness from side to side and top to bottom.
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> The above problem is what I have found on three 30" NEC SpectraView monitors and three of their 27" SpectraView monitors. By comparison I found the 24" Eizo looked at on the same set up was almost perfect but at 24" was too small. Why not then have a pair of the Eizo monitors someone will ask? Well quite simply I find the 'break' caused by two monitors unsatisfactory for me.
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> Price is not a major concern for me with regard to choosing a monitor for the work I'm doing, so I'm open to suggestions from any monitor manufacturer or vendor able to supply to the UK!
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> Kind regards
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> Richard
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> Richard Kenward
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