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Missing LCD advantages
Eyestrain! Human cost is an under valued commodity! What are your eyes worth? after being at a Monitor for 9 years (even the best), and my eyesight shot, the difference is astounding! Crisper type, NO flicker, no radiation, and no headaches! I recommend hi-end LCDs to all my clients who spend more tan 4 hours at a monitor. BTW, unless you are a scanner operator, LCD color is better than 80% of the monitors...remember Monitors aren't great...just great big (on the desktop).
LCD Monitors still show real problems
Great article!
I understand the appeal of LCD monitors, but until many of the problems are solved, they are just too unstable for reliable color work. Yes, CRTs have their problems too, but once set up properly, you have a much better chance of a stable environment.
I also appreciate your mention on this article of the growing need to proof on both CRT and LCD. It is too bad that the compromise will have to lower our standards by requiring that we design to the lesser capabilities, but I see no alternative as adoption of this "less capable" technology accelerates.
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Thanks for reading. I well understand Dick's comments about ergonomics -- LCDs ARE much easier on the eyes. But as I tried to make my case in the article, content creators can't always be choosers.
If your job involves proofing color, especially for print production, then an LCD may not be best choice since the technology just can't generate the wide range of colors at this time. It's getting better, but its limited gamut can't be ignored. And if your job is creating graphics for web or presentation, I still think you need to see your work on both LCD and CRT.
But if most of your work is reading text or evaluating general content, perhaps you can get by looking most of the time at an LCD.
Still, I keep seeing posts into content-related threads on the web about switching to LCDs for content creation and editing. Quality means control and inspiration, and the first may be lacking with the current state of LCD technology.
daviD M.
I needed that.
Great article. Thanks. This is just what I need to send to one of my clients.
Another color isue with LCD
Another key issue with LCD displays in a color managed workflow is the viewing angle.
You may notice that colors shift as you change viewing angle. Unless this is solved, no amount
of progress on the backlighting or transister front will matter, since the display would only
be color calibratable at a single viewing angle (a very unpractical prospect).