Re: [APML] Monitor recomendations

["Shekhar Borde" <shekhar@prodigy.net>]

You can't go wrong with a Sony Trinitron or a Mitsubishi
Diamondtron.  The 19" Viewsonic (PF790) is also pretty
decent from what I have read but I don't remember what
tube they use.  I own an older version of the Viewsonic,
the 19" G790, and I have been very happy with it.

Whichever one you get, make sure it has an aperture mask
grille (as opposed to shadow mask) and then go for the
smallest dot pitch you can afford.

Being able to set the R, G and B guns individually is also
a big advantage when you try and set the white point --
although to do that with any accuracy you will need
additional fancy equipment like a colorimeter with
software.

Shekhar



> Hi folks,
>
> Boy, just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water....
After
> all the problems I had with Norton's last week, now my monitor is dying.
I
> can't complain as it has chuged along quite well for eight years.  It is
the
> same 17-inch monitor I got with my Gateway 486 back in 1994.  Now a
> transformer is failing as the longer it is on, and warmer it gets, the
more
> the image shrinks horizontally.
>
> So.... From the standpoint that I need a good monitor to do tons of
> Photoshop work, does anyone have any specific recomendations for a
> replacement monitor?  I ask that the answer be guided by personal
experience
> that brand A is better than brand B, or you know for a fact that brand C
> should be avoided at all costs.  I'd sure like to get a 19-inch if the
cost
> doesn't hammer me, and I realize that flat panel monitors are beyond the
> budget and indeed may not be the best for image processing anyway.
>
> Robert Reeves                      reeves10@swbell.net
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>
>




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