Re: [FCP-L] Re: OT: Monitors

On 11/27/09 11:26 AM, "oliverpetersvidy" <oliverpeters@oliverpeters.com>
wrote:

> Jim,
>
>> If the LCD screens you work with aren't sharp at non-native resolution,
>> perhaps you need better monitors (or maybe better cables, or something).
>> Jim Feeley
>
> I disagree. I think it's really a subjective issue. They are either sharp or
> they aren't. Lower quality monitors often don't look as sharp at their native
> resolutions compared to better ones, even if the specs are the same. As such,
> the difference between native and a close non-native setting (on a cheap
> monitor) might not be that much different. It really depends on your personal
> perception of sharp and not sharp. When I look at a high-quality Dell versus
> an Apple Cinema - both at the same size and native resolution - I feel the
> Apple looks slightly crisper.

For me the issue isn't black and white...It's 24-bit. Nyuk nyuk. I have a
24-inch Dell, a Apple 24-inch, and a couple other monitors in front of (or
to the side of) me. These are decent "top of the line, but not stupidly
overpriced" LCD monitors. And all are perfectly acceptable as computer
monitors...at least, they are since I exchanged the the large Apple monitor
that became pretty crappy (and luckily purchased with AppleCare).

To repeat, and perhaps trivially modify, my main point: good LCD screens can
be acceptably sharp in non-native modes. At least, I'm able to spend
14-hour+ days working with images and text on a book, modify some code for
some data analysis stuff I gotta do (mainly Python and R for people who
care) that results in tons of kinda tiny lines of code, and work with apps
like AE, FCP, MC, etc...without undue eye strain.

Jim

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