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>Artisan Color Reference System
>GDM-C520K
>The Artisan Color Reference System is an integrated display solution 
>engineered to deliver stable, accurate and repeatable color results 
>for design applications, demanding creative
>
>$ 1,799.99
>as low as $45.00/ mo
>Financing Details
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>Specifications 	  top of page 
>* Artisan Color Reference System Display
>* CRT Type: FD Trinitron® CRT
>* CRT size: 21
>* Viewable image size: 19.8
>* Cabinet Color: Neutral Gray (L50), Metallic Gray, Dark Gray
>* Screen Coating: High Contrast, Anti Reflective
>* Maximum resolution: 2048 x 1536
>* Recommended resolution: 1600 x 1200 @85Hz
>* Aperture Grille Pitch: 0.24mm
>* Horizontal scan range: 30-130kHz
>* Vertical scan range: 48-170Hz
>* Video input connectors:
>HD15
>HD15
>* Color Temperature Control: 11000K-5000K
>* Display Product measurements:
>Weight: 67.1 lbs.
>Dimensions (WxHxD): 19.6 x 19.8 x 19.3
>* Display Shipping measurements:
>Weight: 81.4 lbs.
>Dimensions (WxHxD): 26.0 x 30.3 x 26.0
>* Supplied Display Accessories:
>AC power cord
>Warranty Card
>Users manual (English, French, Spanish)

>PREMIERPRO Series 21 FD Trinitron® CRT
>GDM-F520
>The F520 is ideal for the demanding CAD and graphic professionals. 
>The virtually flat, high resolution FD Trinitron® CRT combined with 
>a 0.22mm aperture grille pitch sets a new level
>
>$ 1,699.99
>as low as $43.00/ mo
>
>Specifications
>* CRT:
>21" (19.8" viewable image size)
>
>
>* Aperture Grille Pitch:
>0.22mm
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>* Screen Treatment:
>Conductive, Anti-Reflective Coating
>
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>* Horizontal Scan Range:
>30kHz - 137kHz
>
>
>* Vertical Scan Range:
>48Hz - 170Hz
>
>
>* Maximum Resolution:
>2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz
>
>
>* Recommended Resolution:
>1920 x 1440 @ 85Hz
>1880 x 1440 @ 85Hz
>1600 x 1200 @ 85Hz
>
>
>* Timing Data Table (TDT):
>27 modes
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>* User adjustable settings:
>15 Settings
>
>
>* Color Temperature Presets:
>5000 Kelvin
>6500 Kelvin
>9300 Kelvin
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>* Color Adjustment:
>5000K-11000K adjustment
>RGB: Gain/Bias control
>sRGB setting
>
>
>* Input Connector:
>D-sub HD15
>5 BNC Connectors
>
>
>* Power Requirements:
>90-264V AC; 50-60Hz
>
>
>* Dimensions: (HxWxD)
>19.6" x 19.6" x 19.2"
>
>
>* Weight:
>67.4 lbs.
>
>
>* Power Management:
>Operation: <145 watts
>Active Off: <3 watt
>Power Off: 0 watt (approx.)
>
>
>* Supplied Accessories:
>Video Signal Cable (HD-15 ~ HD-15 Video Signal Cable)
>AC Power Cord
>MAC Adapter
>USB Cable
>User's Manual
>Warranty card
>
>
>* Limited Warranty:
>3 Years - Parts, Labor and CRT



> >Is the Artisan a wide screen Monitor?
> >
> >Jerry
>
>It's the old-fashioned, 4:3 ratio. From Sony's web site:
>
> >Artisan Color Reference System
> >GDM-C520K
> >The Artisan Color Reference System is an integrated display solution
> >engineered to deliver stable, accurate and repeatable color results
> >for design applications, demanding creative
> >
> >$ 1,799.99
> >as low as $45.00/ mo
> >
> >
> >Specifications
> >* Artisan Color Reference System Display
> >* CRT Type: FD Trinitron® CRT
> >* CRT size: 21
> >* Viewable image size: 19.8
> >* Cabinet Color: Neutral Gray (L50), Metallic Gray, Dark Gray
> >* Screen Coating: High Contrast, Anti Reflective
> >* Maximum resolution: 2048 x 1536
> >* Recommended resolution: 1600 x 1200 @85Hz
> >* Aperture Grille Pitch: 0.24mm
> >* Horizontal scan range: 30-130kHz
> >* Vertical scan range: 48-170Hz
> >* Video input connectors:
> >HD15
> >HD15
> >* Color Temperature Control: 11000K-5000K
> >* Display Product measurements:
> >Weight: 67.1 lbs.
> >Dimensions (WxHxD): 19.6 x 19.8 x 19.3
> >* Display Shipping measurements:
> >Weight: 81.4 lbs.
> >Dimensions (WxHxD): 26.0 x 30.3 x 26.0
> >* Supplied Display Accessories:
> >AC power cord
> >Warranty Card
> >Users manual (English, French, Spanish)

> 
> >Is the Artisan a wide screen Monitor?
> >
> >Jerry
> 
> It's the old-fashioned, 4:3 ratio. From Sony's web site:
> 
> >Artisan Color Reference System
> >GDM-C520K
> >The Artisan Color Reference System is an integrated display solution
> >engineered to deliver stable, accurate and repeatable color results
> >for design applications, demanding creative
> >
> >$ 1,799.99
> >as low as $45.00/ mo
> >Financing Details
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Specifications           top of page
> >* Artisan Color Reference System Display
> >* CRT Type: FD Trinitron\ufffd CRT
> >* CRT size: 21
> >* Viewable image size: 19.8
> >* Cabinet Color: Neutral Gray (L50), Metallic Gray, Dark Gray
> >* Screen Coating: High Contrast, Anti Reflective
> >* Maximum resolution: 2048 x 1536
> >* Recommended resolution: 1600 x 1200 @85Hz
> >* Aperture Grille Pitch: 0.24mm
> >* Horizontal scan range: 30-130kHz
> >* Vertical scan range: 48-170Hz
> >* Video input connectors:
> >HD15
> >HD15
> >* Color Temperature Control: 11000K-5000K
> >* Display Product measurements:
> >Weight: 67.1 lbs.
> >Dimensions (WxHxD): 19.6 x 19.8 x 19.3
> >* Display Shipping measurements:
> >Weight: 81.4 lbs.
> >Dimensions (WxHxD): 26.0 x 30.3 x 26.0
> >* Supplied Display Accessories:
> >AC power cord
> >Warranty Card
> >Users manual (English, French, Spanish)
> 
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
> The move from 24 to 22 is nothing compared to moving to an LCD with
respect
> to sharpness...have you seen a high end CRT next to a high end LCD
display?
> They are sitting in front of me...and I can tell you there is no
comparison
> with regards to sharpness.

>I'm thinking hard about getting one of the new Sony Artisan
>(GDM-C520K) monitors, but I also think Sony has a strong in-house
>competitor in the GDM-F520 (no "K"). It's not new; it's
>second-generation. It's sharper (22mm vs 24mm dot pitch), removing
>some of the advantage the LCDs have in that regard. Some of us
>already have a way to profile it so don't need that feature on the
>Artisan and don't know how good it is anyway. Also, the no-K F520 has
>BNC connectors as well as HD15, its accessories are more extensive,
>and it's $100 less.
>[snip]
>
>Sam
>
>Sam McCandless         samcc@...

On 2/2/03 12:17 PM, "Bob Frost" <bobfrost@...> wrote:

> Robert,
> 
> I've got a 21" Mitsubishi 2060u CRT sitting next to my new 20" Formac
> Gallery 2010 LCD, and it's like chalk and cheese. Everything about the
> Formac is better (except the price), and the sharpness is amazing. The
> minute icons on the Windows taskbar at 1600x1200 are pinsharp; I never knew
> they were that detailed before.
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
>> The move from 24 to 22 is nothing compared to moving to an LCD with
> respect
>> to sharpness...have you seen a high end CRT next to a high end LCD
> display?
>> They are sitting in front of me...and I can tell you there is no
> comparison
>> with regards to sharpness.
> 
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>
> So what I'm after is any migration / set up problems I might encounter. My
> system is using a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200 FWIW.

>Dave Dahlberg followed up on a problem with Sony's high-end Artisan display:
>
>Sony has fixed the Artisan's $1,800 calibrated display's USB issues 
>under Mac OS 9 (unplug 2 USB cables, reboot, plug in cables, rerun 
>software, hope for no errors). The updater is at:[GDM-Cxxx Display 
>Support]
>  Incidentally, your pre-press readers may be interested to know 
>that this monitor was architected by Karl Lang, formerly the 
>architect at Radius who designed the Industry Standard Pressview / 
>Colormatch reference system for pre-press. He's brought his years of 
>calibration expertise to the Artisan and it shows.
>  This is not some puck attempt at calibration of any monitor. The 
>software directly controls the video circuitry of the display, 
>including blacks, like a $5,000 Barco, and supports the different 
>colorspaces of D50 (print), D65 (photo) and Web. I replaced a 
>Pressview and couldn't be happier (especially with the USB bugs 
>fixed).



>I don't disagree with Robert about this:
>
>At 7:12 PM -0800 1/31/03, Robert Morrison wrote:
> >The move from 24 to 22 is nothing compared to moving to an LCD with respect
> >to sharpness...have you seen a high end CRT next to a high end LCD display?
> >They are sitting in front of me...and I can tell you there is no comparison
> >with regards to sharpness.
>
>but I wasn't trying in the post quoted below to argue about that.
>What I was trying to argue is that the Sony "Artisan Color Reference
>System" (GDM-C520K) has some stiff in-house competition from Sony's
>other high-end CRT, the GDM-F520.
>
>This is irrelevant, of course, unless you think you might need or
>want a CRT. I don't, particularly, but then I also don't want to have
>to replace my video card, add an adapter, and worry about OS9
>compatibility issues. And I do want to be able to use my next monitor
>with the notebook I'd get to use with a digital camera. But that
>notebook would I think be the 12-inch PowerBook, and it's
>incompatible with the Apple (LCD) Cinema Displays. So ... :
>
>At 2:47 PM -0800 1/31/03, Sam A. McCandless wrote:
> >I'm thinking hard about getting one of the new Sony Artisan
> >(GDM-C520K) monitors, but I also think Sony has a strong in-house
> >competitor in the GDM-F520 (no "K"). It's not new; it's
> >second-generation. It's sharper (22mm vs 24mm dot pitch), removing
> >some of the advantage the LCDs have in that regard. Some of us
> >already have a way to profile it so don't need that feature on the
> >Artisan and don't know how good it is anyway. Also, the no-K F520 has
> >BNC connectors as well as HD15, its accessories are more extensive,
> >and it's $100 less.
> >[snip]
> >
> >Sam
> >
> >Sam McCandless         samcc@...