Going away on the adventure of a lifetime...

[brad]

the Dell 24" LCD is the best monitor hands down. it is the perfect size, excellent quality (even for games) .. and it is very reasonably priced for a monitor that size. After I got one at work, I had to buy one at home the next day.

After using one, any other monitor is a major let down. If you call dell, they will knock off 10% - 20% if you ask them to. You can probably get one for under $600 now. Even if that is too expensive for you, it is worth waiting and saving up for IMHO.

i just realized this is totally off topic ..

[HibyPrime]

I want an 30" Apple Cinema Display..

2560 x 1600... mmm...... $2300, not so good...

Now, a FREE ACD!!! me wants!

Back on topic: What day is the big return home?

[RMJ]

Originally Posted by brad

the Dell 24" LCD is the best monitor hands down.

Way too big pixel size. So, no thanks. If I wanna see big pixels I go play with C64.

Originally Posted by brad

After using one, any other monitor is a major let down. If you call dell, they will knock off 10% - 20% if you ask them to. You can probably get one for under $600 now. Even if that is too expensive for you, it is worth waiting and saving up for IMHO.

You can't get it here under 900 euros (which is almost 1200 dollars). And even then, you need to order it from Germany.

But well, like said, I'm not even interested of getting it. I'd rather take two 1600x1200 TFTs (19" preferably, or 20" if 19" can't be found... ).

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by RMJ

Way too big pixel size. So, no thanks. If I wanna see big pixels I go play with C64.



You can't get it here under 900 euros (which is almost 1200 dollars). And even then, you need to order it from Germany.

But well, like said, I'm not even interested of getting it. I'd rather take two 1600x1200 TFTs (19" preferably, or 20" if 19" can't be found... ).

You look for your monitor, I'll be here on my 1280x1024 19" lcd..

[brad]

Originally Posted by RMJ

I'd rather take two 1600x1200 TFTs (19" preferably, or 20" if 19" can't be found... ).

I would have agreed with you in the past, a lot has changed in the past 2 years though. I make a lot of very detailed maps and I have used a lot of very expensive monitors doing it .. I really like these (they look better and they are cheaper). If you sit down infront of one I think you would agree.

I didn't realize it was so much more expensive over there though, not worth that kind of money. It sucks you can't just buy it from the US store.

[RMJ]

Originally Posted by brad

I would have agreed with you in the past, a lot has changed in the past 2 years though. I make a lot of very detailed maps and I have used a lot of very expensive monitors doing it .. I really like these (they look better and they are cheaper). If you sit down infront of one I think you would agree.

We have lots of those at university as well as Apple's 23" Cinema Displays (and newer 20" and 24" iMacs with "same" screen built in) and non of them are match of real CRT.

Like said, the first major problem is their low resolution. And second is the huge pixel size. It makes graphics looks like shit. Not to mention their bad dynamics in both, in dark and bright end. They simply cannot show them right. It's real pain in graphics editing.

LCD as a technology is total bullshit and should have never been bring to monitors. It's only good things is that it offers perfect geometry and saves some space on table. And that's it. We really need something much better and fast if we are actually going to let CRTs go...

[Twitch]

I miss the high quality professional CRT monitors that you could rotate between landscape and protrait mode (as the monitor was rotated it automatically adjusted everything so that it was still right side up) to maximise your work space according to whatever was the format of what you were working on (at university they still had a couple being used by the technicians in the printshop). Not really necessary but still a nice feature, now only available on a few flatpanels and as more of a gimmick than a feature (the monitors are not usually at the level required by someone working in professional graphics). All I know is I don't like buying a monitor unless I can actually view and test it in person, and then I want the one I tested because every monitor has slightly different geometry and colours (your video card also effects this but if the monitor was fine at the store it should be able to be tweaked to be fine at home).

Wow, Snatcher is going to have a lot of Off Topic posts to work through when he gets back home and goes to post about his trip.

[CFHollister]

Originally Posted by Twitch

Wow, Snatcher is going to have a lot of Off Topic posts to work through when he gets back home and goes to post about his trip.

No kidding. As fun as it's been playing "Find the Finn," discussing French/Alizee fassion, and debating the finer points of the latest computer monitors, in an effort to wrench the train back on its tracks:

Snatcher42, please tell us about your incredible stay in France...

[aFrenchie]

After the long keyboards debates, here are the monitors digressions