Type of monitor

[bushey]

I have a 19" regular monitor and have the option of getting an 18" LCD flat monitor at a good price. Is there going to be any difference in color when editting photos if I go to a LCD monitor? I am sure there will be some but is it enough to warrant not using a LCD monitor? If it matters this will NOT be through a digital connection although I am considering getting a video card that can do that if it matters

[2tall]

I don't know how flat LCD monitors compare in terms of the specs available, but I would personally only buy a very expensive one.

From my experience (I am using one right this moment, at another person's house) colors alone are reproduced very well, and the monitors are very bright...but there are other problems. An LCD monitor has an ideal angle to look at it with... and so moving your head 8+ inches off that ideal point, causes that typical LCD effect where the image gets darker and becomes less visible (similarly to the effect of the LCD on the back of digital cameras). This is especially deceiving with sharp shadows and black colors.

The other problem with LCD monitors are the pixel specs. Once again, the more expensive the monitor the better those specs will be.

But then again, for the cost of one of those expensive flat LCD monitors, I would rather buy two relatively expensive 19" monitors for a dual monitor setup.


/2tall/

[Leighow]

GARY

"2tall" has offered some great advice.

Personally, I would rather put the money into some kind of e-photo hardware that displayed the best of my (yet to be taken) G2 shots to my wife's bridge group! ! !

Then I would assess the color renditions being delivered by my monitor. I have no color calibration charts -- but who cares? I suspect that most films, cameras, and monitors have their own "chart".

Certainly that is the case with the 19" Acer 78ie monitor that my adult son owns (I am using a low radiation Daytek). Truth be out, the Acer does wonders to a digital photo, rendering colors in thick, soft, pastels. I am sure that other brands have their strenghts too.

HOWIE