Re: monitor shopping

2010-10-05 Thread Christine Nielsen
> Photographer > > www.lovebytes.com.au > m: 0458 006 740 > > > > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Christine Nielsen > Sent: Sunday, 3 October 2010 12:56 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List &g

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2010-10-04 Thread Tanya Love
Hope that helps! Tan. :) Tanya Love Photographer www.lovebytes.com.au m: 0458 006 740 -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen Sent: Sunday, 3 October 2010 12:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: monitor shopping Hi

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2010-10-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-10-04 22:42, John Sessoms wrote: Jumping into this kind of late ... Is anyone using a HDTV as a monitor? Pros/cons with regard to calibration, i.e. will the calibration dohickeys work with them? I'm looking at a Samsung P2770HD LCD monitor that includes an ATSC tuner as a possible repl

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2010-10-04 Thread John Sessoms
Jumping into this kind of late ... Is anyone using a HDTV as a monitor? Pros/cons with regard to calibration, i.e. will the calibration dohickeys work with them? I'm looking at a Samsung P2770HD LCD monitor that includes an ATSC tuner as a possible replacement for one of my old IBM P260 CRTs

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2010-10-04 Thread Christine Nielsen
> > but if you could get the MacBook Pro to use the LUT (basically doing the > calibration in the display versus by changing the color values sent to the > display), you'd be about as well off as sending 10-bit software-calibrated > signals; i've no idea if MacBook Pros can do this, though > > --

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2010-10-04 Thread Christine Nielsen
Contact me directly if > you have any other questions. > > Bob > - Original Message - From: "Christine Nielsen" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: monitor shopping > > > Ok, Bob I&#x

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2010-10-03 Thread steve harley
On 2010-10-03 20:03 , Bob Rapp wrote: Some of the newer notebook computers support DisplayPort. I do not know if they support 10-bit color. i'm pretty sure the MacBook Pros, though all the current ones use DisplayPort (the "mini" version), send only 8-bit color to the display but if you

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2010-10-03 Thread Bob Rapp
r 03, 2010 7:30 PM Subject: Re: monitor shopping Ok, Bob I've been wrestling with your suggestion all day. And though I'm still grappling with the ins & outs of 8 vs 10 bit color & the DisplayPort technology, the big question I have is this: Is having the DisplayPort any use t

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2010-10-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
gt; - Original Message - From: "Christine Nielsen" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 7:51 AM > Subject: Re: monitor shopping > > > Yes, NEC appears to have some well-regarded models out right now... I > found

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2010-10-03 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-10-03 14:56, steve harley wrote: just a note to keep the terminology on course -- your IPS monitor is a TFT also, you are probably meaning to distinguish your two lower-end TN_ panels from your higher-end IPS panel Sorry, you are correct, and I did mistype that. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4L

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2010-10-03 Thread steve harley
On 2010-10-03 11:50 , Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-10-02 10:56, Christine Nielsen wrote: I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop& get a real monitor, to be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids have. Not only are my back& eyes killing me, but I think I would stand a better chanc

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2010-10-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
Ah, very interesting, Doug! It so happens my husband has a tv set-up as his monitor. He bought a Toshiba 32RV525RZ last year -- he likes the wide screen for his work. It's an LCD panel... though I haven't been able to figure out exactly which type. Only a year old, but already discontinued... th

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2010-10-03 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-10-02 10:56, Christine Nielsen wrote: I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop& get a real monitor, to be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids have. Not only are my back& eyes killing me, but I think I would stand a better chance of getting some images out of my hard d

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2010-10-03 Thread Chris Mitchell
Christine Nielsen wrote: > Sent: 02 October 2010 15:56 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: monitor shopping > > Hi all, > > I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop & get a real monitor, to > be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids hav

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2010-10-03 Thread Bob Rapp
software would be a costly but worthwhile decision. Bob - Original Message - From: "Christine Nielsen" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: monitor shopping Yes, NEC appears to have some well-regarded models out right n

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2010-10-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
Yes, NEC appears to have some well-regarded models out right now... I found two in this "top 5" list from cnet.com http://reviews.cnet.com/2795-3174_7-450.html?tag=centerColumnArea1.2 Decisions, decisions... :) -c On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 5:43 PM, eckinator wrote: > No knowledge of this particula

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2010-10-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Bob -- I'll check into that model too, especially since I'll need the calibrating/profiling set-up as well. On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Bob Rapp wrote: > Hi Christine, >   The NEC P221 has been on my radar for some time. It should calibrate just > fine. My other option would be to spr

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2010-10-02 Thread eckinator
No knowledge of this particular model but in my job before last, I purchased numerous different NEC displays for the marketing dept. and they were always quite to very much pleased with them. NEC as a brand was definitely a good choice during that time. Ecke 2010/10/2 Christine Nielsen : > Hi all,

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2010-10-02 Thread Bob Rapp
Hi Christine, The NEC P221 has been on my radar for some time. It should calibrate just fine. My other option would be to spring for the NEC PA241W-BK-SV, which includes profiling software and puck. The software programs the monitor's internal LTU. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

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2010-10-02 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Mark! I first stumbled on that model over at cnet, but I've not been to TFTCentral before. Great info on your page, too -- much appreciated! -c On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Christine Nielsen wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop

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2010-10-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Nielsen wrote: >Hi all, > >I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop & get a real monitor, to >be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids have.  Not only >are my back & eyes killing me, but I think I would stand a better >chance of getting some images out of my hard drive and

monitor shopping

2010-10-02 Thread Christine Nielsen
Hi all, I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop & get a real monitor, to be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids have.  Not only are my back & eyes killing me, but I think I would stand a better chance of getting some images out of my hard drive and onto paper if I could get a rel