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digitaljohnny
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More monitor ???'s here.
My reviews:
Samsung Synchmaster 900NF: Stinks. The 18" VIS is distored around the edges and I was adviced by Samsung not to even install the monitor setup software with it called "Natural Color" because it was causing problems. The dispay becomes very dark and hard to correct. Images are so dark that you have to crank up the brightness & gamma to be able to correctly see them. But when you do this the image becomes too bland and details of the image are lost. Playing Quake would be almost torture due to the dark rooms and figures. Thumbs down on this one. I sent it back to Dell. This is a $390 monitor base.
Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060u NF: Weights 70 lbs and has a 22" screen. The image is perfectly formed. No curvature or imperfection. But, the colors are not crisp and bright. They are very toned-down in terms of clarity. Photos do not appear life-like. It comes with ICC files for Windows XP applications like Adode 6.0 and such. But no difference is seen. I am running at 9300K using all of the proper settings. I would like to see better quality in terms of bright vibrant detail. This is a $900 monitor base.
Lacie Electron Blue 22": I was told that this is essentially the same monitor as the Diamond Pro 2060u and that the color software and calibrator (an extra $500) only works with the Mac.
This is a $1000 monitor base.
Any pointers here? Is the high end Sony any better, or is it going to be the same? The thing that gets me also is that none of these monitors come with XP drivers or software.
Should I be looking into upgrading my 64MB GeForce 3 4X AGP GPU? Adding something ontop of it like Hercules?
Thanks,
John
My reviews:
Samsung Synchmaster 900NF: Stinks. The 18" VIS is distored around the edges and I was adviced by Samsung not to even install the monitor setup software with it called "Natural Color" because it was causing problems. The dispay becomes very dark and hard to correct. Images are so dark that you have to crank up the brightness & gamma to be able to correctly see them. But when you do this the image becomes too bland and details of the image are lost. Playing Quake would be almost torture due to the dark rooms and figures. Thumbs down on this one. I sent it back to Dell. This is a $390 monitor base.
Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060u NF: Weights 70 lbs and has a 22" screen. The image is perfectly formed. No curvature or imperfection. But, the colors are not crisp and bright. They are very toned-down in terms of clarity. Photos do not appear life-like. It comes with ICC files for Windows XP applications like Adode 6.0 and such. But no difference is seen. I am running at 9300K using all of the proper settings. I would like to see better quality in terms of bright vibrant detail. This is a $900 monitor base.
Lacie Electron Blue 22": I was told that this is essentially the same monitor as the Diamond Pro 2060u and that the color software and calibrator (an extra $500) only works with the Mac.
This is a $1000 monitor base.
Any pointers here? Is the high end Sony any better, or is it going to be the same? The thing that gets me also is that none of these monitors come with XP drivers or software.
Should I be looking into upgrading my 64MB GeForce 3 4X AGP GPU? Adding something ontop of it like Hercules?
Thanks,
John
