Ian
On Friday, February 7, 2003 at 9:41 pm,
foxpix, foxpix-at-mcleodusa.net, wrote:
> on 2/7/03 10:08 AM Ian Franklin wrote:
>
> > I'm interested in the la Cie 19 inch CRT with a blue eye kit but can't find
> > any reviews
>
> It's been around too long, - no longer the hot topic of the moment. It's a
> great little monitor for the price, altho there are probably others as good.
perhapos a Sony, they seem reliable.
> The Blue Eye works well with it, but is dedicated hardware - works only with
> LaCie. You've probably heard about the desirability of being able to
> optimize the R, G & B output of the monitor before calibrating. The LaCie
> and Blue Eye does this automatically as part of the calibration.
sadly though it doean't always work, apparently connection betwen
computer and screen is not as reliable as we'd like. I've had a lot of
problems with this set up on site.
I have quite a few clients who have replaced Blue Eye with Gretag
eyeOne.
> There is no
> provision to do this manually, so if you use any other calibration device,
> you will not derive this benefit on a LaCie.
some LaCie screens do have gun control, it's down to the model.
> Buying a LaCie is kind of like
> Macintosh. You have to buy into the system and accept the pluses and
> minuses, and seeming dead ended-ness of it all.
>
> OTOH, with other brand monitors, generally the higher end models will allow
> you to optimize the RGB output manually, before calibrating with whatever
> brand device you want. So - if you buy the LaCie, buy the Blue Eye. If you
> don't want to buy the Blue Eye, don't buy the LaCie.
I'd still buy another device and have future proofing, the Blue Eye
[Chroma 4 rebadged] will never do LCD's.
and LCD's are the future.
>
> And the new lower price of the Apple 17 LCD makes it only a "little more"
> than the LaCie 19 for effectively the same real estate.
or more, I found the 17 satisfactorily replaced my 22 Mitsubishi.
> >
> > Reading articles it seems that CRTs are on the way out
> Too true
> > but the same articles suggest for accurate colour you need a CRT!
> Not true any more.
agree
> >
> > Do I need to calibrate using hardware to get consistent and satisfactory
> > results.
> Hardware calibration will give you MORE consistent and MORE satisfactory
> results. Sorry, "consistent" and "satisfactory" are too subjective for a
> more objective answer. (like Yes or No) :-)
right, the only way to check properly is against a reference image and
print of that image [that's why we supply one made by pixl <the profile
verification kit>].
> Some seem perfectly happy using Adobe Gamma - others will have
> nothing but hardware.
> >
> > By way of background most of my work is weddings and portraits and
> > goes to Loxley colour as RGB - they have offered use of their
> > Spyder to calibrate
I hope they have a good one
and a licence to use the SW on each system the calibrate too ;-}
> but my view is that purchase of my own kit
> > might be more convenient.
indeed
and I'd avoid the unreliable Spyder, I'm sorry to say.
Regards, NeilB
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