Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" <trboley@...> wrote:
>
> Hi John, well, I did not explain myself well. I certainly did not pay
> $2k for this monitor, I think only around $350 on sale. I meant it was
> hard to swallow the idea of spending that much on a really good one,
> which seems to be the prices, on something not quite as good as my old
> CRTs.
> I'm having trouble with the evolution in general, from CRTs, and was
> wondering if my experiences were unique.


Oh sorry...misunderstood you regarding the price. Good you only paid $350.00.


> The settings on this thing right now are-
> Contrast- 71
> Brightness- 100
> Color tone- Warm1
> gamma- -0.1
> color weakness custom2

Holy Moly that's some messed up info! Warm1? Color Weakness? Crud!

Have you tried setting the Contrast to 100% and just use the Brightness setting to lower the luminous? Is there a way to 
reset to default setttings or zero out the settings?
 
> lord knows what much of that means or how I even arrived at it. There
> must be some kind of law that new products must not adhere to excepted
> industry wide and well known settings nomenclature. Color temp? Why
> have that?
> It's probably just not a very good monitor, and will get relegated to
> a lesser box.
> Still, it doesn't make me feel real comfortable about the move to LCDs
> in general...

Yeah the Apple LCD seems very good to me. I've heard some good things about NECs. I have used Eizo ColorEdge 
LCDs...really nice just too dang pricey.

I have a cheap 19" Dell that does OK...the shadows block up from 91% to 100%...only notice when doing low-key B&W. 
Also if I change my viewing angle (45 degrees sideways) I can see to about 97%. I'm sure that doesn't instill confidence 
in LCDs!