Re: [APML] monitors

["Rick Miller" <apollo@alltel.net>]

They do have one quite nice feature that no CRT I've seen can match - a
non-reflective screen. For those who don't want to (or can't) re-arrange
their room lighting, this can be a very nice benefit - I've never cared for
the anti-glare filters that are supposed to be put over a CRT, they alter
the image far too much.
The newer ones I've seen all have adequate adjustments for color & contrast,
but they are sensitive to viewing angle as has been mentioned.
If you're trying to reach the level of quality seen in publication, you're
probably going to want to paint your walls a neutral gray and use dim
indirect lighting in the room; I would think most people might find
themselves quite satisfied with an LCD display in a typical environment
though.
Bear in mind that I have yet to try astrophotography, but I'm speaking from
other graphics experience...

Rick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt BenDaniel" <matt@starmatt.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] monitors


> One other point about this discussion from Tuesday...
>
> The LCD screens I've used seem very sensitive to viewing angle.  If you
> are positioned off-axis, bright pixels can look dark and colors can
> appear inverted.  If you have multiple people viewing on the same
> monitor, that can be a pain.  Even if you are positioned exactly on
> axis, there is a difference in the angle to bottom and top of the
> screen, and that can matter; even if the background in the image is
> consistent, it may look different at the top anf bottom.  This may not
> matter for mainstream usage, but in AP subtle differences matter.
>
> Matt
>
> > Tony Hallas wrote:
> >
> > Thank you to all who answered... I use "high end" CRT monitors at the
> > moment, but I was curious about the LCD ones... from all that you told
> > me looks like CRT is the way to go for what I do. You never know with
> > all the high tech goodies out there...
> >
> >        Tony
>
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