Thanks for posting. That Vaio looks pretty good. Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of AlunFoto > Sent: 29 January 2009 16:10 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT:Laptop Recommendation > > Since I posted the stuff below, I've stumbled upon this site: > http://www.markzware.com/blogs/top-5-laptops-for-displaying-co > lor-gamut/2008/10/14/ > > Food for thought. > > Jostein > > > 2009/1/29 AlunFoto <[email protected]>: > > I've done some research in the market over the past weeks on laptops > > for image editing, and the results I've come up with are quite > > disappointing when it comes to screen quality. > > The only online resource I've found that has done some > actual testing > > for the purpose is Rob Galbraith's site, where he's commented on the > > backstep that Apple has made with the new LED-screens for the > > MacBooks. > > His comments made me curious, so I've tried to research exactly what > > kind of LCD/TFT panels the various makers use in their laptops. My > > conclusion is that such info is gleaming in absence. However, if you > > look at the sites of vendors providing replacement screens, > there are > > links to all the major screen manufacturers with lists of models > > available. As it turns out, the range of models is quite > limited, even > > across all the major manufacturers. The only screen size that can > > still be had with high-quality screens is in fact 17". > > > > I guess I ought to say something about what I think of as > high and low > > quality... > > > > To me, the most important thing about a screen is colour > range (gamut) > > and accuracy. Below the 17" segment it seems that all screen mfg.'s > > delivers only "TN" panels. This is a production technology that only > > gives a colour depth of 6 bits per channel, to a total of > some 230,000 > > colours. Despite what the video card can offer. I know there is some > > colour dithering going on, and there's some discussion on Apple vs. > > Microsoft when it comes to the quality of the dithering. The bottom > > line however is still those 6 bits as opposed to 8 bits > obtainable by > > other panel technologies. The previous generation of Macbook Pro had > > such panels. So had the WideView varieties of some Lenovo machines > > like the T60, and some of the Dell and HP models. > > > > As far as I've made out, the current models with wide-gamut screens > > are limited to the 17" macbook pro, the Lenovo W700 and some options > > from Dell in the Precision series. There may be other brands with > > high-end offerings too, but not in the Norwegian market, I think. > > > > Jostein > > > > > > -- > > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
