Datacolor User to User Support Group.

In my case with the dual monitor problems there is something the
matter with my video card. In the case of both my Mitusbishi Pro 22"
and the new Apple 23" lcd that I just set up, after booting up I have
to unplug my monitor and plug it back in to see the screen. Otherwise
it is very dark and solarized, almost totally black. 

Also I getting ghosting with the Apple and the previous one that I
retuned because I thought I had monitor problems, which I didn't. By
ghosting I mean when I have a bright page on the monitor and turn it
off I see its ghost burned into the background for a minute or two.
I've never seen that before with Apple LCD.

So, if you have strange things happen with your monitor, it could very
well be your graphic card got zapped by a surge or something. Apple
told me to clean the dust off of it. That didn't do anything.

John


 > 
> No doubt a second videocard (even a low cost one) would do the
trick. But on 
> a Mac as new as a G5 the FIRST videocard should be capable of
providing two 
> calibration slots... so its a mystery to me.
> 
> The warning about CRT/LCD combos is mostly for those using an
expensive CRT, 
> and an LCD as a palette monitor; if the LCD is brighter than the
CRT, it will 
> bias your vision's whitepoint, and the CRT won't look right. Doing
it the 
> other way around, with a brighter calbrated LCD, and a CRT palette
monitor, won't 
> cause that problem, it just looks odd... in terms of the deeper CRT,
and the 
> dimmer CRT screen, and the difference if focal plane and sharpness
between the 
> two. With the cost of a cheap LCD these days, I can't see bothering
with a 
> mix.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
>