The Huey works very well on my HP laptop and our iBook. On our G5 iMac it's terrible.
Rick --- AlexG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was considering buying a calibrator (Pantone Huey) > but several > usenet posts state that it's just no good. > > > On 5/3/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alex, I have Philips Brilliance 200W6CS monitor. > > > > It is 20" diagonal with 16:10 aspect ratio LCD. It > is really excellent > > LCD. That much excellent that I don't look back to > any CRT I've > > used/seen before. I suggest you take a look. > > > > Boris > > > > > > AlexG wrote: > > > I currently have a Nec Multisync FE950 CRT based > around the old > > > Diamondtron NF series of tube. It's a great > monitor. Sharp as a tack > > > with beautiful color rendition, still as bright > and sharp as the day I > > > got it 8 years ago. Realistic maximum res it can > handle is 1360x1024 @ > > > 85hz. 1600x1200 is sharp enough but at 75Hz it > starts to hurt after a > > > whole. > > > > > > I scored a used Diamondtron 2070SB, manufactured > late 2003 for about > > > $250. The seller misrepresented the monitor. > While it's reasonably > > > sharp all the way up to 1920x1440 @ 85hz (a > truly awesome resolution > > > to work in. I can't describe how great it is to > have that much screen > > > space) it suffers from bad color rendition > (posterizing?) especially > > > in skin tones, bad brightness (presumably > because it's been abused) > > > and ghosting/banding. Basically unusable for > photo editing (but great > > > for games) > > > > > > Long story short, I love my old FE950 but I know > for a fact these CRTs > > > don't last forever. The retards in the various > companies are now > > > peddling LCDs, which I have always detested. I > fear now that I have no > > > choice, as there are no high-end CRTs being made > anymore. (I think > > > there is a Philips model still in production, > but no one online has > > > ever posted a comment as to how good it is.) > > > > > > I know about different types of LCD panels... > TN, IPS, MVA, PVA, etc > > > but there is never any concrete data about color > quality/blackness > > > level, etc. I have tried photo editing on my > laptop LCD, and it is > > > horrific. Pics I delete because they look bad on > the LCD look > > > beautiful on the CRT. > > > > > > There HAS to be a decent LCD display out there > for not too much money. > > > Or a good CRT still in production. What has the > list used and what > > > should be avoided? > > > > > > ******CLIFF NOTES****** > > > > > > Want high-end CRT. Can't find any. Need an LCD > with good color > > > rendition. Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
