Quality of LCD screens...?
The Blue Meanie is planning to buy one of the fine and dandy new G4 iMacs to replace his ageing DV soon, and saw one in all pearly curvaceousness for the first time in a UK PC chain store on Friday. His retinas were suitably massaged by the sight - but what about the LCD screen?! The Blue Meanie is not used to colour LCD screens and was shocked by how pale and washed-out and fuzzy the 15" floating wonder seemed in comparison to the crisp sharpness of CRT? It can't be that bad!! Tell the Blue Meanie the usually clueless assistants in the store had set the monitor brightness wrongly, or he was looking at it from the wrong angle or that it was all down to the harsh lighting in the store or something! LCD screens have to be better than that.... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
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Perhaps they had it on a lower resolution which WILL make it look a little blurry
they rock.
[ 03-04-2002: Message edited by: MacsRGood4U ]</p>
<strong>..... - I'll go back to the store and have another look...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Do it, the viewing angle is very critical with these. Apple usually uses Samsung TFTs, which provides the best among the industry these days in TFT quality. If looking from more or less than the required angle of +-60 degree with respect to the surface it sure looks blurred washed out, blue-ish (which sort of fits your overall style then ) and faded.
I have a Sony 15" TFT and the viewing angle is outstanding, but others I saw were much less convincing when bent or swiveled .
Give it a try!
I've been using my SGI 1600SW displays for years, and they've been just fine for the interactive work I do. When I have print work, I get it as close as I can on my LCD, and let Andrews (The big local printhouse around Boston) match it up with their printers, and I tweak it on site in their color rooms from there.
<strong>Maybe it was the third person talk that caused the iMacs screen to get washed out.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You what? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
[ 03-05-2002: Message edited by: The Blue Meanie ]</p>
especially the flourescent lighting used in most shops now.
[QBI hope blue meanie hasn't started a third person talk trend in "AI ! <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> [/QB]<hr></blockquote>
And why not?
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />