Thanks, Godfrey. I am encouraged. (Except for the expensive part, but what are you gonna do?)
The folks at the Apple store suggested the anti-glare coatings, too... And I even read where someone was advocating taking sandpaper to the monitor glass to polish the shine away. OMG. I think I'll try living with a little shine before I resort to that! :) -c On Sep 27, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can't help on the Dell monitor ... never owned one or worked with one. > > I've been working with the iMac 27", Apple Cinema Display 27" LED and > Thunderbolt Display 27" as well as MacBook Pro 13" for quite a while > now ... all glossy screens. As others have said, take a little care in > positioning them and lighting your workspace, and they're no problem > at all. > > If you want, you can get anti-glare overlays that reduce glare too. Here's > one: > http://www.radtech.us/Products/ClearCal-Displays.aspx > > I really like the Thunderbolt 27" display paired with the latest > MacBook Air 13" ... that's a perfect combination for me. Yeah yeah ... > it's expensive. So is Photography. I've spent 2x times as much on > cameras and lenses in the past year, and I use the computer 20x as > much as I do the cameras. ;-) > > G > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: >> Just a cautionary tale... >> >> This summer we replaced the older mac mini that I have been using.. >> the new model is equipped with Thunderbolt. Hooked it up to my Dell >> U3011 monitor. Been beating my head against the wall ever since, >> trying to get prints that match the screen. Have calibrated & fiddled >> until the cows come home, but still get prints that look >> oversaturated & red. Yesterday, I finally stumbled upon a setting >> that said the Input Color Format the monitor was receiving was YPbPr, >> not RGB. Setting to RGB input produces an unholy magenta freakshow of >> a picture. >> >> Down the rabbit hole I went.... Long story short, the new thunderbolt >> machines don't send RGB to the Dell.. or is it the Dell can only read >> YPbPr from the mac...? Don't know, but the thing can't be calibrated >> (apparently) in this situation. >> >> The problem is documented on various forums, but not much of a >> solution on the horizon, eg: >> http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/p/19458525/20148889.aspx >> >> The only monitor that will work correctly with the mac appears to be >> the thunderbolt monitors... which are all glossy. >> >> So... just how bad would the glossy screen be? Anyone out there use >> one? Thoughts? As I try to decide which apparatus becomes a very >> expensive paperweight: the dell monitor, or the thunderbolt mac mini, >> it would be good to have input on that. >> >> Thanks. >> >> :( >> -c >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
