Digital BW, The Print

Dan:  I would stay away from trying to make an Apple display work on 
a PC. Too much signal degrading through the adapter IMHO.

In your price range, you have some potent choices.

Here are what I believe to be the factors:

Contrast.  You want 500:1 or better
Luminance.  You want 250 or better
Dot Pitch.  You want as low as possible.  LCD's are still catching up 
to glass.  The LCD threshold has been around .29, and in your price 
range you'll be able to do better.

A few to check out:
CTX H2300.  Their top model.  $2100 on Tiger Direct
http://www.ctxintl.com/products/lcd_H2300.htm

Samsung SyncMaster 241MP/211MP 
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/monitor/mfm/241mp_overview.html
I've seen it for around $2400 for the 21" model

NEC Multisync 2110
http://www.necmitsubishi.com/products/home/nec_index.cfm
Note that this is an analog-only monitor

I would go to www.dealtime.com or another comparison-shopping service 
and put in your search parameters under Monitors and see what comes 
up.  You can then do your basic research from there and then see if 
you can find reviews on your favorites.

The really big, top of the line models are well over $2k.  For under 
$2k, you can do very well with the slightly smaller 19"-20" models 
and I think this is where the great values are today, as prices are 
plummeting over where they were a year ago.

I just replaced my CRT with a Viewsonic VX900 19" digital display and 
upgraded my video card to a 64 meg Radeon 9000 board.  The monitor 
runs native at 1280x1024 @ 70hz.  Refresh is not the same problem on 
LCDs as it is on CRTs, so you needn't insist on 85hz and above. 

JT 



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Honemann 
<dan_honemann@y...>" <dan_honemann@y...> wrote:
> I'm putting together a digital imaging system, and have pretty much 
> decided on a Gateway 700XL running WinXP.  The only question left 
is 
> which monitor: Gateway offers a 20" 1600x1200 flat panel for 
roughly 
> $1k.  Anyone using this?
> 
> I've read good things about NEC and Apple LCD displays.  Would I be 
> able to use an Apple monitor on my Gateway PC (it comes with a 
128MB 
> ATI Radeon 9700G Pro AGP video card with DVI).
> 
> I know CRTs are a better choice for calibration, but I simply don't 
> have room for one in my workspace.  
> 
> Thanks for any advice you can offer.  I'm able to spend up to $2k 
for 
> the monitor.
> 
> Dan