Digital BW, The Print

Daniel; I recently borrowed and tested the Monaco Optix unit, bring 
a long-time Monaco user. I don't have an LCD to try it on, but it 
worked well on my CRT, better than the original Monaco unit. The 2.5 
version of EZColor is also working better than earlier versions, and 
is worth upgrading to if you haven't done so already.

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Staver" 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> I think the 15" widescreen on the Inspiron is big enough to 
satisfy many
> users, especially when you consider the high resolution of 
1920x1200
> which it uses. Text and graphics are incredibly sharp, clearly 
superior
> to CRT screens, and with calibration I believe it could be very 
nice for
> color work as well.
> 
> I normally use a 24" Sony which I like very much, so I'm not 
willing to
> replace that one just, but I also find the LCD good enough for me 
to
> work comfortably for extended periods of time without missing my 
bigger
> CRT. I just worked out of the office for three days doing some 
design
> jobs in Photoshop and Illustrator and I didn't feel the laptop was
> inferior in any way, I just forgot it was there and did my work.
> 
> Colors on the LCD are more unstable. As it was mentioned here 
earlier
> the colors change slightly depending on the viewing angle. The 
Inspiron
> is very good in this regard however, even at close to 90 degree 
angles
> you can still see everything on the screen without badly distorted
> colors. I believe there is definitely a point to calibrating it. I 
don't
> expect the calibrator to work magic on the screen, but I hope the 
colors
> will get much closer to what they should be than what I get now.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no