OT Speakin of LCD Monitors...

Stonefield wrote on 11/11/2004, 6:12 PM
At my day job we bought a few new LCD monitors mainly to work with Photoshop. We're rather new to the LCD thing and we heard they were quite stable in their colors and woudn't have to be adjusted all the time. After trying to adjust the color to match our prints though, the manager gave up and bought two 19inch CRT Pro Monitors as the color was more attune to our print output.

I've heard though, that LCD monitors are actually very good for video work as the gamma is very similar to what you see on an NTSC monitor ? Is this true ?

Pros and cons of CRT vs LCD specifically for video editing is I guess what I'm asking....

Stan

Comments

Jay Gladwell wrote on 11/12/2004, 6:03 AM
Stan, if you want/need to do color correction for broadcast quality, then an "old fashioned" NTSC monitor is the way to go. The second choice would be a "quality" (define that!) television set, that would be adequate, depending on what you're doing. But computer monitors, of any type, will not come close if the final product is to be viewed on a television. You're talking apples and oranges.

Jay
Arks wrote on 11/12/2004, 6:35 AM
two 17" sony LCDs at 1280 x 1024 resolution for editing. THe most real estate I have had yet and I love it. As the first replier stated, CRT or LCD for video editing does not matter; you need an NTSC monitor (a true monitor) to see what you want to fix.

My two cents is that LCDs have a smaller footprint, look nicer, have no glare, are brighter and crisper (depending on the ones you buy) and they wont kill your eyes after staring at them all day. I work with them at my day job and at home; wont get another CRT again.

On the topic of matching screen colors to print colors... it wont happen. screen is RGB and print is CMYK (im sure you know this already). I guess you could get close matching, but it sure wont be perfect.

B
rs170a wrote on 11/12/2004, 8:10 AM
Stan, if you haven't done so, take a look at Charlie White's review titled What Color Is It? of the Spyder 2.
From the company's website:
Spyder2PRO Studio features the all new Spyder2 colorimeter and pro-level monitor calibration software to create precise ICC display profiles for your CRT, LCD, or notebook display. FREE bonus software includes nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Standard Edition, PANTONE® colorist, and ColorVision® DoctorPRO to enhance, edit, correct, and specify colors on your images, screens, and printers.
Be advised that it's NOT designed for calibrating NTSC monitors. However, at only $300 (US), it might be an answer to your other calibration problems.

Mike
Arks wrote on 11/12/2004, 8:51 AM
Idont smoke, so this isnt a problem for me, but here at work we just use a damp cloth to get the dust off of them. Its not good to spray anything on the screens themselves. A damp cloth and gentle wipe gives them a decent clean without any worry of damage.

If anyone is in the market for some nice 17" LCDs at a bargain price, checkout my favorite computer supplier; NEWEGG

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-006-067&depa=0

$315 shipped for a Sony 17" LCD with 16ms respsons time .264 dot pitch and 500:1 contrast ration at 1280 x 1024 (yeh, im a technogeek).

B
Arks wrote on 11/12/2004, 10:00 AM
the Viewsonic VG150mb 15" LCD is on 32 bit right now. I have heard that the blacks are not as black as some CRTs, the richness of color I really couldnt comment on since im a happy LCD owner.