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This year is the first time in 10 years I've missed Soxfest, so I'm missing the feeling of baseball in January, but it sounds like a good time. In the past it's been good catching up with Brian26, Chisoxgirl, and Tebman, just to name a few. Guess I'll just have to go to a few more games this year.
I haven't been to SoxFest for a number of years. It just isn't the same at the Palmer House than it was at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Soxfest 2013/Saturday
I had a wonderful time today at Soxfest. It was jam packed with people. Most of the seminars I went to were SRO.
Haven't been able to go to Palmer house for stories. Who is this years "lost 20 lbs and in great shape" story? Anyone look noticibly larger for the thinly veiled "gained 10-15 lbs of muscle", when really out of shape?
Do the white sox know that it is Designated Hitter, not Designated Out?
Friday was indeed crowded for at least the second straight year. Gone are the days where you could go from autograph session to autograph session without much waiting on opening night. The reason? It's pretty clear that Friday is not only for hotel guests despite what's advertised. A significant number of season ticket holders and perhaps others were issued Friday-only passes. Buying a weekend hotel package no longer gives you a great opening night of autograph collecting. It merely gives you another day to collect autographs.
It was nice to see so many retired players brought back. I think this year set a record for former players in attendance. I hope a similar number are booked for the future.
Saturday's after-hours party left a lot to be desired. No ample supply of pizza like last year. Mini-Jimmy John's sandwiches ran out in a hurry, leaving a couple sad tables of chips and dip left for people who didn't arrive for the party's opening.
In a welcomed change from some previous years, players arrived for their autograph sessions on time from my experience. Lots of players were great with fans. Paul Konerko and Frank Thomas are phenomenal with all fans, even the wacko ones. They get what a fan fest is all about. They're extremely respectful and accommodating regarding specific requests. Tom Paciorek was very friendly and downright jovial with everyone.
On the negative side, Jermaine Dye jagged me once again when signing a bat, purposely signing it way off center. It's too bad he feels the need to be like that. But Dye pales in comparison to Steve Stone, who belongs in his own Jag Hall of Fame. He singlehandedly ruined hundreds of dollars of baseballs by signing every ball on its side panel. Whenever a fan asked him to sign on the sweet spot as is the standard practice, his stock answer was, "No, you're just going to sell it on eBay." Really? If you wanted a picture signed, he'd personalize it, as if there's a big market to sell Steve Stone photos. Someone asked him what he thought of Chuck Tanner. "Overrated," Stone said with relish. The Sox need to end his autograph duties. He does way more harm than good with his swarmy, combative attitude.
The autograph lines were well-run. The kids working them did a good job. Things ran smoother than usual. I didn't see/hear any of the usual complaints. The one thing I'd add is the MVP speed pass didn't look so speedy anymore because of the number sold.
The Garage Sale was a mixed bag. Rios bats were only $50. Beckham bats were $50, too. I picked up a well-worn Baines jersey for just $100. Plenty of '72 throwback items were available. They were a bit pricey, but many fans love those uniforms. Vizquel autographed balls for $200 were ridiculously overpriced. So were lineup cards at $125 a pop. Mystery bags for $20 featured better-than-average items including player bobbleheads and World Series baseballs.
A few random bits of info from my player interactions...
Rowand has watched the '05 World Series DVD "quite a number of times."...When asked if Rios was going to bat third, Ventura said, " I just hope he shows up to spring training." I could be wrong, but it sounded as if he was taking a dig at Rios for his Soxfest absence...The Big Hurt has yet to start writing a Hall of Fame speech...LaRussa displayed his three World Series rings at his signings. I commented on how it would have been nice to have an '83 ring. That triggered a burst of passion. "If Dibber didn't screw up on the bases," LaRussa said. "And it wasn't just his baserunning blunder. He screwed up the bunt, too!" Whoa!...Peavy expressed confidence in Flowers, but said the team will miss A.J.'s bat. "We need a left-handed bat!" Peavy said...I commented to Baines that nearby LaRussa was his best manager. "That's a fair statement," Baines said...I told Konerko he should retire with the Sox. "We'll see what happens," he said in the most unsure way possible.
This Soxfest had a low-key vibe. The team's 2012 fade and a relatively uneventful offseason have expectations at a modest level.
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Good stuff BainesHOF. I know I shouldnt but I laughed out load about Stone. He is such a money monger.
Or are you saying he should continue to be a jag and start a side business on ebay of selling his sweet spot signed balls? Baines already explained to you that those wouldn't sell for the price of a new unsigned ball. Look up Joe Charboneau memorabilia and get back to me.
All that said, he was friendly with me for a couple of moments and claimed he never wanted to leave at the end of last year FWIW.
Stone is garbage. He doesn't no good for the White Sox organization. I would gladly trade his "knowledge of the game" for someone with some personality. I know there are a lot of Hawk bashers out there as well, but at least he gets what promoting an organization is all about. Steve Stone is the same guy that only signs baseball cards in pen...might as well throw that garbage away. It's an eye sore to display and it flat out ruins the card. He is so stuck on the fact that he was a Cy Young winner that he fails to acknowledge the rest of his career.
I actually had the complete opposite response from Dye when I went through his line on Friday and Saturday. Friday I had him sign an 8x10 of the World Series GW hit photo that I never had signed and then Saturday I had him sign a World Series ball. Both times he gladly signed WS MVP on it. Sorry to hear he didn't sign your bat where he should have. I know you were talking specifically about Dye, but most of the players are pretty wise to that stuff and usually ask where you want "bigger" items like that signed.
In between autograph lines, I was able to check out the seminars with the guys from the 83 team (which was entertaining) and the one titled, "Pen Pals" with Thigpen and most of the relievers that were there. I thought it was great that Matt Lindstrom was there even though he just officially signed on Friday. It was a pleasant surprise when I went to get an autograph from Nate Jones yesterday morning and he sat in next to him. I also liked his response during the seminar when a fan asked all of the players what their favorite uniform was and he responded without hesitation, "The one I"m about to wear!" Thornton said he was excited about wearing the 83 unis on Sunday and Thigpen said the same since that was the uniform that he came up wearing.
One of the big highlights for me this weekend besides meeting Tony LaRussa happened when I came back from watching the Hawks game at a bar Saturday night and Goose Gossage walked into the lobby with Roland Hemond. He stopped and talked with fans and signed a few autographs. I guess he was in town because he was being inducted into the Lou Boudreau HOF for the Pitch and Hit Club that Hemond is a board member for.
I also agree about Friday no longer being for hotel members only and the Saturday night dinner being a disappointment, but overall I had a great time as usual. Very happy about seeing some new faces. My one suggestion for the future would be to have the Sox bring in some of their top prospects for Soxfest. I realize this might bring on a few jokes about not having any, but Jared Mitchell, Trayce Thompson, Keenyn Walker, and Courtney Hawkins would be cool to see. Introduce the "future" to the fans!
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Steve Stone
I met him when he was playing for the White Sox. I didn't like him the first time I met him and I still don't like him. Granted he is a decent announcer, but I wouldn't care if he was replaced by somebody else. The best word I can use to describe him is arrogant. He comes off to me as if he's a no it all and he's too good to talk to you. I think he ought to count his blessings that he's had alot of success as an announcer. I would make a pretty good guess that he has made more money as an announcer than what he did as a player. That being the case he should be a little bit more fan friendly than what he has been.
I don't really care how arrogant Steve Stone is...he's a great color commentator. It's refreshing to hear some quality baseball analysis in between Hawk's blabber.
I was at SoxFest all weekend and I also appreciate Stone's ability to conduct an insightful interview with players and coaches. In comparison, Ed Farmer hosted a session with Thornton, Jones, Linsdstrom and Thigpen and it was horribly awkward. No one knew if he was making a comment or asking a question...so many awkward pauses.
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BainesHOF- good stuff man.
I was there Friday night and also thought it was really busy for "hotel guests only". I wasn't staying there, but my ticket rep got me some passes. I was #129 in line for Konerko and it still took 2.5 hours to go through the line. I was pretty burnt by that experience, meeting Pauly was great, but the wait was just brutal. I did catch Sale and Flowers pretty quickly on Friday, so that was fun.
Saturday I decided that it just wasn't worth it to wait in line. My dad and cousin were in so we pretty much camped out and listened to all of the seminars. That was fun.
On Friday, there was a guy in front of me that had 3 MVP passes and one was for his 5 year old just so he could get 3 autos each time he was up there. I guess I don't understand having multiple autographs of the same player on assorted items unless you are selling it, which he assured me he doesn't. Any insight BainesHOF?
I am not a collector though, so maybe that is the draw. I relish the experience more than the product. I do like bobbles though.
I thought it was fun, well run for a Sox event. I never count on the Sox to run something right but this was pretty good. Kids seemed to be having a good time, and that is usually all that matters.
The garage sale is pretty hit or miss, in all 3 that I have been to the selection is poor but there is usually a couple of things that are worth it. $10 new fitted caps were a great deal.
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Around the Liberty League... The Liberty League posted 4-4 record last week with three teams posting an offensive explosion. RPI lead the way with 56 points in a shootout win over Castleton State while Springfield needed all of its touchdowns in a 49-42 victory over Mount Ida. This week's slate features all eight league members squaring off in conference openers. Other match-ups include: Rochester at Springfield, WPI at RPI, and Union at St. Lawrence.
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Steady Stidham… Quarterback Luke Stidham (Baltimore, MD), who stepped in for injured starter Alex Coviello (Cape Coral, FL), did not miss a beat in the Mariners 19-14 victory over Maritime (NY). Stidham totaled 134 rushing yards and another 55 passing yards while scoring both USMMA touchdowns. He has averaged 4.4 yards per carry in 2012 and his 9-of-17 for 144 yards through the air this season.
Spreading Around the TD's… Despite only Stidham crossing the goal line against Maritime (NY), USMMA has boasted a very balanced attack in 2012. For the season, seven different Mariners have combined for the teams 11 total trips to the end zone.
Don't Forget About the Pass… Despite operating in the option offense, Merchant Marine has struck for a big pass play in each of the first three games of the year. Last time out it was Richard Lyons (Virginia Beach, VA) who hauled in a 33-yard pass deep in Privateer territory. Earlier in 2012, Connor Kennedy (Bellerose, NY) brought in a 56-yard pass and Christopher Cook (Ventura, CA) recorded a 44-yard touchdown reception.
"Stone" Cold Defense... Freshman cornerback Skyler Stone (Glen Allen, VA) has accounted for both of the Mariners interceptions this season. He made a superb diving pick that halted what had been a promising looking drive for the Privateers at the end of the first half.
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I just bought one today - seems fun.
The instructions that came with it suggest a few exercises - balancing, shifting balance fron side to side, shifting balance from fron to back and putting hands on it while doing press ups.
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KAANAPALI - Continuing the story of the popular, master chef who had starred on the U.S. Mainland, in Asia, and more recently at The Westin Maui, CJ (Christian Jorgensen) one night in 2003 mapped out a concept for his new restaurant. The idea was it would be called CJ's Comfort Zone Deli and Diner and offer comfort food at reasonable prices.
CJ drove by the newly opened Fairway Shops along the main highway near Maui Eldorado in Kaanapali every day on the way to work, and it had space. The chef wanted to offer foods like his grandma used to make but with an international flair.
Equally important, being on his own - even in the demanding restaurant business - meant he would have more time to spend with kids. It was actually line two of his written business plan, and amazingly, he has been able to pull it off.
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CJ Jorgensen, a man of many talents, gives a nice talk at a Rotary Club of Lahaina luncheon.
He and a partner poured half-a-million dollars into the Fairway Shops business, spending $80,000 alone for a state-of-the-art ventilating system.
"When we first opened, we had a bakery, but we produced too much dough or two little dough, so we shut it down," said the quotable CJ in front of an egg croissant recently.
"My only home run has been the Hana lunch box, $12 a person. You get a sandwich of your choice, a quarter of pineapple, bag of Maui chips, a drink and a Hana Bar (a blend of chocolate and other ingredients CJ won't specify." All come in a returnable cooler.
"If people call up ahead of time for a lunch to take to Hana, I tell them, 'Sir, we don't do pre-orders. We make it right in front of you. You just come by between seven and eight," he explained.
Customers, he noted, often buy a cup of coffee and egg sandwich while they are waiting, "and when they return the cooler all tired at the end of the day, we sell them dinner. So in one day, we sell them breakfast, lunch and dinner."
Despite inflation, the restaurateur says he has managed to keep the average price of an entree to close to $10 by maintaining a small staff and not using servers, busboys or expensive-to-clean dishes (he uses paper plates). Customers pick up the gourmet food at the cash register.
The menu includes more than 65 items posted on a colorful blackboard listed in orange chalk. Top sellers include Eggs Benedict, coconut prawns, mochiko chicken and mahi mahi, often served with roasted or mashed potatoes or homemade potato salad.
Expanding over the years, CJs also operates a successful catering business that has provided thousands of meals the last eight years for the Hyundai PGA golf tournament in Kapalua and the Maui Invitational Basketball Tournament.
CJ spends about an hour a day sourcing and changing recipes.
A sous chef arrives at 5 a.m. to order produce and other perishables.
As a top chef, CJ said he has received numerous offers to join elite resorts or restaurants, as well as to do TV. He has appeared on the cable TV Food Network and feels he could have given "Top Chef" finalist Sheldon Simeon a run for his money, had he chosen to compete as well.
Earlier this year, CJ had a major setback. Playing soccer on vacation in his native Denmark, he injured his back. It led to major complications. Hospitalization for two months followed. Wife Marilyn, who has been part of the business from the beginning, pushed up her hours to keep CJ's going without seeming to pause. CJ is on the job again and trying to slow down a bit.
Perhaps it is fitting CJ named his place the Comfort Zone. The master chef from Denmark is as comfortable as can be living on Maui. He is comfortable at home, too, cooking dinner almost every night.
"Everybody knows me as the 'hardest working chef' on the West Side. On Saturdays, I'd get to the restaurant at four in the morning, (later) pick up a couple kids and drive to Kihei for a soccer game, drive to Central Maui for a second game, and get in the car and come back to cater a wedding. And I barely missed any practices." CJ was the coach, and he taught Marilyn - who had never held a soccer ball - to coach, too.
Though he is proud of the success both of them have enjoyed, he is the proudest when people greet him simply as "chef."
(CJ now appears on the cover of a new special edition of the "Maui for Millions" book available at the zone. Check out my daily photo blog at http:wordpress.com or write voices@ voicesofmaui.com.)


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While the enemies of Islam and Iran magnify the limited protests of a number of young people to unemployment, the Iranian people with support of the supreme leader and the government, broke the enemy's conspiracy.
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The foreign enemies of Iran, like the United States, Israel and Al Saud, also happily fueled these movements and interfered in Iran's internal affairs.
In response to these actions, the heroic people of Iran once again with a massive presence on the scene, defeated the enemy's conspiracy.
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Della Ellen Anderson, 94
Della Ellen Anderson, 94, of Van Wert, died at 6:18 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at Van Wert County Hospital.
She was born on March 14, 1918, in Parma, Mo., the daughter of Laura (Riggs) and Leonard Martin, both of whom preceded her in death.
On April 21, 1945, she married Sidney E. Anderson, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 9, 1992.
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Phil Anselmo's inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival has just gotten more brutal! The horror gathering already boasted a solid lineup of all types of heavy bands, but Anselmo has just announced an updated lineup that is absolutely must-see.
When it comes to bands, Anselmo unveiled in April that Down, Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, Crowbar, Eyehategod, Warbeast were set to occupy the Housecore bill. In a massive update, the lineup has been 100-percent completed, with metal royalty such as GWAR, Goatwhore, Pig Destroyer, Whitechapel, Repulsion, Pallbearer and many others confirmed to perform at the three-day event.
Along with great music, over 70 screenings of horror film classic will be showcased. "One thing that is really exciting about it is that we are showing a lot of real golden oldies," Anselmo told us at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods Awards. "Good ones, great ones. But what's really cool is all the new submissions we're getting — shorts, full length or even medium length film. There are some really creative artists, directors and even actors that are really trying to change the game instead of the cut-and-paste remake generation of whatever. There's some really great submissions and for a guy like me who has no interest in making horror films, I just like watching 'em, I love it. That's another first-round knockout. I love it man."
The Housecore Horror Film Festival will be held in Austin, Texas at Emo's from Oct. 25-27. Check out the event's official website for all the ticket info and further details.


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Reina demands improvement
Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina admits it is currently impossible for them to compete with Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea and stressed things have to improve if they are to hold onto their star names.
Early-season struggles have left the Reds in ninth place in the league, prompting speculation about the futures of star names Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Reina himself.
"We have to finish this season in a better position than we are at the moment and make sure we build for the next years and try to be competitive," said the Spain international. "If not, it's going to be difficult for them to keep these kind of players."
He added: "We have to be sure that we deliver better performances otherwise it's going to be really, really, really difficult (to finish in the top four).
"We are not probably as strong as Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham can be so that's why we have to make sure we build a better squad.
"At the moment, it's almost impossible to compete for nine months against Chelsea, for example, and that is what I want.
"The clubs all around England are building proper squads. We have to do the same and we have to be able to compete."


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A group of Italian scientists launched a test of two driverless vehicles yesterday that actually fits nicely with a recent report from the Volvo Group (NYSE: VOLVY.PK) suggesting driver interaction with trucks may not be as prevalent years from now.
The test by the Italians involves driving two vans equipped with lasers and cameras from Italy to Shanghai, a trip expected to take about three months covering 8,000 or so miles. The vehicles will be powered by electricity generated by solar energy.
"What we are trying to do is stress our systems and see if they can work in a real environment, with real weather, real traffic and crazy people who cross the road in front of you and a vehicle that cuts you off," project leader Alberto Broggi told the Associated Press.
It's an ambitious goal, of course, but safety has not been set aside. According to the team, a vehicle with technicians will lead each of the two vans to fix glitches and also to intervene in the case of an emergency.
"We will definitely need some help by humans. It is not possible to have 100% driverless. This is why I call it a test, not a demonstration," Broggi said.
The technology was developed by Vislab, an artificial intelligence company run by Broggi at the University of Parma. According to the Associated Press, Vislab is working with Caterpillar to develop unmanned vehicles for mining applications.
The project is being funded from a $2.3 million grant from the European Commission's European Research Council.
The company has set up a website to allow people to track the vehicles' progress through the test. The site has information as well as live tracking capabilities. Click here to follow the test.
This project may seem futuristic, but the brilliant engineers at Volvo also think it may have practical applications in the future. A few weeks ago, Volvo unveiled its Concept Truck 2020, a futuristic look at technologies, both those available today and possibly in the future, and concepts that may change the look and productivity of trucks.
Among the items the Concept Truck 2020 project addressed is driver interaction. That is addressed in the idea that trucks travel long distances in "trains" where vehicles are linked together electronically.
"This will be possible when the transport sector's vision of green corridors becomes reality," says Rikard Orell, design director. "Here heavy goods vehicles are separated from other traffic, driving in their own lanes, like a railway but without rails."
Advantages to this, the report notes, include road safety, decreased costs, less wear and tear on roads, lower fuel consumption and a drop in CO2 emissions due to reduced drag as trucks are slipstreamed together.
The other advantage, the company says, is the driver may be able to rest behind the wheel as "the truck drives itself. If this is counted as idle time, transport times can be cut, deliveries will be made more quickly and drivers can get back to their families and friends earlier.
"Progress is getting ever faster," Orell says. "Because of this our vision for the future is not that far away. Much of the technology in the Volvo Concept Truck 2020 is already available; other technology needs to be developed. One needs to dare stride firmly into the debate, demonstrating what one can and will do. Just tinkering at the edges runs the risk of progress slipping away."
How soon will we see any of this become everyday reality? It will probably be a long time given that scientists had predicted years ago we'd be travelling in flying cars by now – Jetsons style – and that has yet materialize.
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Bill Roggio at the Long War Journal tells us that the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group, has taken control of the last major Syrian Army base in western Aleppo. The base is believed to be involved in Syria's chemical weapons program. Agence France Presse (AFP) reported last month that the base "contained clandestine scientific research whose purpose was unknown even to the rank and file," according to a Syrian soldier who defected. Last week, moreover, the Al Nusrah Front took control of a chlorine factory in Aleppo.
It thus appears that this al Qaeda-linked group will get its hands on at least some of Syria's chemical weapons sooner rather than later. And these weapons may well fall into the possession not just of homegrown Syrian jihadists, but also foreign ones. According to AFP, many of the Al Nusrah fighters are from other Arab countries and Central Asia.
The successes of the Al Nusrah Front highlight the fact that it has become the dominant force in the Syrian insurgency. Its fighters are better organized than those of their rivals, and have expertise from waging jihad in Iraq and elsewhere.
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But never fear. Roggio tells us that the administration is contemplating adding the Al Nusrah Front to the list of global terrorist groups. That will show them.
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1. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 9, 2011 11:02 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
As I've come to conclude, buying a monitor is risky business. Too many things hinge on good quality control, so maybe brand name does play a part. Some seem to take their reputation more seriously. But I've always thought of Asus as a "good" name.
I've ordered an HP 2475W for the credit note I got for the Dell failure. I'll report back when it arrives, but it may take a few weeks. None of the dealers in this area actually stock these things, they all have to be ordered, so there's no way to look before leaping.
I would prefer an Eizo too, but this particular dealer doesn't do Eizo. Too bad.
2. Re: MonitorsDonald Reese Nov 9, 2011 11:15 AM (in response to D Fosse)
I have the dell 2410 for the last year and like it. when i bought mine,I had seen there were various revisions of it,so i made sure i got the latest revision.
3. Re: MonitorsTLL... Nov 9, 2011 11:22 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
While I'm certainly not a purist and not much of a numbers guy but FWIW I like Samsung. Have a 3yr old T260 @work and a trio of even older 21.5s @home. All still rock solid and calibrate nicely with my Spyder 3...
4. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 9, 2011 12:59 PM (in response to TLL...)
I did a bit of surfing and came up with this review on Amazon:
Second one down. It's long enough to actually get feedback.
Seems like Asus also has teething pains. Lots of reviews stating bad pixels, screen flashing etc.
Oh well.....
I use Samsung at work at times. Seems stable and has neutral gray scale.
5. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 9, 2011 1:54 PM (in response to Hudechrome)
I believe Samsung makes solid products. But they're the main supplier of PVA panels (as LG is for IPS panels), and use them in their own product line. It's precisely in the Zone III and II grays (yes, I used the zone system for a while!) that PVA panels are somewhat less reliable than IPS.
I worked with an Eizo with PVA panel for a long time, and it was an excellent monitor. But it was my uneasiness with those dark grays that led me to look for something else.
BTW, I hear Samsung is working on a new panel technology that is supposed to be at least as good as IPS.
6. Re: MonitorsNoel Carboni Nov 9, 2011 4:37 PM (in response to Hudechrome)
It's a bit late to ask, but what size/shape monitor are you looking for?
7. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 9, 2011 4:55 PM (in response to Noel Carboni)I am limiting my choices to those 10x16 proportion, (1900x1200) rather than 9x16 (1900x1080). More room and 10x16 is an almost exact Golden Mean ratio (10x 16.18, for the anal!)
Wierd, but my typing is comming out italics but that isn't selected.
And now it is underlined, and I can't cancel it! Except for this line.
8. Re: MonitorsNoel Carboni Nov 10, 2011 5:30 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
I used 24" 16 x 10 (1920 x 1200) Sony monitors (giant beasts) for a long time before moving up to LCDs back in 2004. It's a nice, pleasing size.
I take it a bigger one is above budget? I've been seriously looking at the Dell U3011 myself, and every time I look I like what I see better and better. 16 x 10 at 2560 x 1600 and 0.2505mm pitch (101 pixels/inch). So far the thing I like the most in the ones I've seen is that the colors don't change per changes in the viewing angle.
9. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 10, 2011 7:00 AM (in response to Noel Carboni)
That is in the price range of the Eizo Flexscan Sx 24" models, and frankly, given Dell's attitude about rainbowing dark panels, I won't go near it.
The other consideration is the way gray scale is handled. At the moment, it's front and center, as most monitors in the graphics class handle color very well.
An interesting site:
It is a huge disadvantage that we are unable to directly compare instrumrnts in that class, providing our own files for comparison. Even the distributor for Eizo or the source for Lacie, which is in Hillsboro near Intel, do not have showrooms.
10. Re: Monitorsemil emil Nov 10, 2011 7:56 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
Hudechrome wrote:
That is in the price range of the Eizo Flexscan Sx 24" models, and frankly, given Dell's attitude about rainbowing dark panels, I won't go near it.
It is a huge disadvantage that we are unable to directly compare instrumrnts in that class, providing our own files for comparison. Even the distributor for Eizo or the source for Lacie, which is in Hillsboro near Intel, do not have showrooms.
Well, I don't know how it is in other countries but in Canada Dell gives 30 days no question ask return policy for their high end monitors. This was the main reason I got Dell. I was very close to buy a Nec model but the fact that I have to buy it in order to see and can't return it if I don't like it, turned me away.
11. Re: MonitorsBart Cross Nov 10, 2011 9:15 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
I've used Dell Ultras for three years without any issues. Calibrated with Monaco.
12. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 11, 2011 1:27 AM (in response to Bart Cross)
Most units from any manufacturer are probably perfectly OK. I think the main issue is that in this market segment (pro gear for critical work), prices escalate fast, because volume is relatively small. IPS panels are expensive to begin with, much more so than consumer/office TN panels, so with the low volume the only way to cut prices is to accept the C and D batches and loosen tolerances.
Eizo Color Edges and NEC PAs get the picks (and that's what you pay for) - while Dell, HP, Asus and the others get what's left, at a discount.
I think this explains why you see defects on a Dell U2410, which is after all a pretty expensive piece, that you never see on a cheap gaming or office screen. I have looked at a lot of cheap monitors, and I have never seen uneven color of this magnitude. Never, ever.
Here's Dell's official word on the U2410 (Chris M on the Dell forum):
All received captures were tested and are within manufacturer specifications for Color Gradation. Because this is a normal panel characteristic and not a hardware failure, exchanges will no longer be offered (...)
BTW, the U3011 isn't entirely free from problems either. One person went through three replacements, this time one side of the screen was yellow. Same answer from Dell/Chris M:
Dell monitors do not have 100% color uniformity specification. As long as the exact center point of any monitor meets x=0.313 and y=0.329 (6500K), it meets our specifications to the manufacturer. So, the center point may be 6500K, but the sides and corners may not which is why you may see that one side or corner is different than the others.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/p/19396929/19929076.aspx#19 929076
I am now awaiting the HP LP2475W with almost zen-like calm. I don't expect much. The price tag is a little higher than the U2410, and it uses a different panel version, so hopefully it will be usable. In any case it was the only real option I had.
13. Re: MonitorsPaulo Skylar Nov 19, 2011 8:25 PM (in response to D Fosse)
In catching up on posts this past week or so I thought I would add some thoughs to your useful posting about monitors.
"IPS panels are expensive to begin with, much more so than consumer/office TN panels" .
This is probably a good place to start. If one looks at the fundamentals that influence cost there is no reason for IPS panels to be significantly more expensive. Currently they are more expensive, but not by very much and that is primarly related to the economics of low volume production and that will change with time. Consider already that the new Kindle Fire, frequently cited for its surprisingly low price, has a 7" IPS panel. It should also be mentioned, though probably evident to most, that the LC panel price for a high quality monitor, such as is being discussed in this thread, is just a fraction of the price of a complete monitor. This is especially true for monitors engineered for high color uniformity (low Delta E) as that comes from adaptive (to a particular panel) electronics in the monitor and not raw performance of the panel. The number of LC process parameters that have to line up to have uniform color across a large display is staggering. By and large it does not happen.
Consider the main comparative costs that go into an IPS LC panel.
- Are the material costs for an IPS panel significantly different than in a TN or VA panel ? the answer is no.
- Are the IPS processing times for each step significantly different than for a TN or VA panel? the answer is no.
- Are the number of the all-important photomasking steps for IPS panel different than TN or VA panels ? the answer is no, each requires 5 photomask steps.
- Are there basic factors that significantly decrease the IPS panel yields compared to TN or VA panels ? The answer is no.
- Is the cost for the required polarizers (external to the panel) different from the polarizer costs of TN and VA panels? The answer is no.
- Are the requiremetns for the Si drivers, which apply the voltages to the array of LC cells much different than for TN or VA displays. The answer is no. However, the IPS panels allow more useable colors making 10-bit drivers a possibility and if so implemented carry a higher price not only at the panel level, but also in the monitor support electronics.
- Is there anything in the physics of the electro-optical performance of IPS panels that merits a price increase ? Yes there is, but its cost increase is modest. The IPS geometry, which has both electrodes (opaque) on the same glass plate instead of one electrode on both the front and rear glass plate (aligned with each other), necessarily has a lower transmission than either TN or VA displays, somewhere in the range of 25% reduction. This means that for the same front-of-screen luminance the display backlight has to be brighter. This translates into a higher price for more LEDs & DBEFs (brightness enhancing films) in the backlight. As you may know, most current displays already are too bright for design professionals and using the same backlight may not be a problem for our use. It would be a hit in the display specs, however, and that affects volume, so typically a higher price backlight is engineered.
- Are ther other factors affecting the relative cost if IPS displays? Yes, though they are harder to quantify. The main inclusive factor is time in production (TIP). Modern quality TN displays have been in production for about a decade. IPS panels are relatively new. Process control, uniformity, defect reduction, engineering revisions are all slow ongoing activities that results in cost reduction. TN panels benefit greatly from long TIP. IPS panels will eventually reap the same rewards and will also benefit from larger volume production. VA panels are in between.
LC display panels are all manufactured from 2 pieces of "mother glass" and after complete processing the mother glass is cut up into numerous displays. The fundamental cost of LC panel manufacturing is the cost to process a piece of mother glass. If N displays come out of each mother glass, then each panel's cost is 1/Nth the fundamental cost - approximately. Thus the single most expensive thing you can do is to increase your monitor cost is to say you want a larger display. Each new generation factory handles larger mother glass - that is the main reason prices have been decreasing. Additionally, as in semiconductor manufacturing, there is a yield impact to increasing panel (or Si die) size since every manufacturing system has some number of defects per unit area. Increase the area and defects go up and the corresponding yield goes down.
The current sate of things is that well engineered monitors using either IPS or VA panels can perform equally well - it takes a pro to "see" the difference and those differences occurr under conditions in which a designer/photographer typically does not work. Both types of monitors are expensive because of the engineering and the low volume. The future hold promise for IPS monitors as they have better electro-optical performance supporting 10-bit color and, eventually, lower prices. Finally, given the current state of the technology, for high performance/cost ratio for one's studio consider a small great monitor (say 24") and one or more additional monitors for the non critical parts of your work.
14. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 20, 2011 4:01 AM (in response to Paulo Skylar)
This is very interesting, Paulo, and exactly the kind of background information that is hard to come by through the "normal" channels. In fact I had secretly hoped that this thread would stay afloat for a while, to shed some more light on the underlying mechanisms.
What started me on this whole thing was a seemingly simple question: How much do I have to pay for a monitor I can rely on? I wasn't asking for perfection, just predictability. Naively, I assumed that price/quality was a linear relationship, and that by studying the specifications it would be possible to determine the sweet spot.
Not so. It turns out that specifications mean nothing in themselves. What matters is how those specifications are met. In other words, quality control and tolerances. This is what you really pay for, and moreover, this is what it's really worth paying for.
Not to beat a dead horse, but receiving a $550 monitor and discovering that it was a worthless piece of junk was a shock to me. It never even occurred to me that such a thing would be possible. And an even bigger blow was the manufacturer coolly shrugging the whole thing off (as in what do you expect for $550?) And this from a highly respected, leading brand. The whole experience was so mind-blowing that I had to find an explanation. The one I've come up with so far is the same as yours, Paulo: low volume. Time in production is another that I hadn't thought of, but it makes sense.
The lesson to be learned from all this is to be extremely critical of where you place your priorities. What is essential, and what can you do without? For me it boils down to three things:
1. Predictable contrast and gamma response once calibrated. This translates to good viewing angles: minimal shift across the screen, or as you change viewing position.
2. Screen uniformity. Uneven brightness is bad enough, but uneven color renders the screen unusable.
3. Color depth. A true 8-bit screen should ideally show all 256 levels clearly distinguishable, with no banding (adjacent levels melting into each other). 10-bit is even better of course, offering 1024 levels. To bring cost down, many screens use 6-bit plus frame rate control. Intermediate levels are achieved by rapidly "flashing" neighboring levels. In theory this works well, but in practice it's difficult to achieve the necessary precision level. The result is visible banding.
The problem is that the specifications tell you next to nothing about any of these (although panel techology more or less determines the viewing angles). All you have to go on is the price. You have to assume that you get what you pay for.
The thing that seems the least important is size. I'd rather have a good 22" than a bad 27". And as you say, for the same price you should get a huge increase in quality.
BTW I cancelled the order for the hp. I don't want to risk the same story all over again. I finally managed to get my money back from the dealer, and at the same time decided to lay som more cash on the table, so I'm currently looking at Eizo again. The ColorEdges are probably still just out of reach, so I don't know what I'll end up with. In the meantime, the "low-end" Eizo EV2335 tided me over nicely. But I still want something better.
15. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 20, 2011 5:06 PM (in response to D Fosse)
The cost od Si for both AMD and Intel is about the same, but viva la difference! (or is there?).
So far as Eizo, if you want to go that way. look at the Flexscan SX models. They are just a cut under the Color Edge, but at a much better price point..
FWIW, I find that, except for the curious problem of the tainted edge colors of a particular brand, the basic color differences are minor, for what I do. But the big difference is in the grayscale capabilities, as is/was the case for printers. So my final decision will be based on that.
16. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 21, 2011 12:19 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
Correction: I paid the equivalent of $800 for the U2410, not 550. That's just the exchange rate, I don't know what the actual US price is. But we need to keep the correct perspective.
17. Re: MonitorsLawrence Hudetz Nov 21, 2011 10:30 AM (in response to D Fosse)
There is more to this than meets the eye. For reasons I won't go in to, this weekend I did a complete re-installation of both OS's on my system. New HD and all. After weathering all the update stuff, I had to re-install the i1 software then re-calibrate.
You would have thought I have a new (or at least, newer) monitor. Previously, the best I could do with luminance was about 43cd/m^2 and maintain color accuracy but not shadow detail in either a color or more importantly, B&W. I've had this for some time, as witnessed by the excellent separation of the same values in the print, which I chalked up to a plethora of reasons.. But this time, with room to spare, I am up to 65cd, with color dE of 1.75. That is a decrease from 1.1 or less but frankly, it looks better and better tracks color variations between print and screen.
If I have to trace it to one thing it is likely to be that updating the i1 software when I downloaded the Win 7 version, but without running the updated against the earlier one I cannot say for certain. I can push all the RGB guns like never before, and no artifacts like pink edges on menus do not show up.
So, before trashing your monitor for failing presentations, be absolutely certain that your system is optimal. It takes some doing and frankly, if there was a better way than complete re-install, I would do it, but my investigations over the problem leading to mandatory re-install got no significant answers.
18. Re: MonitorsLawrence Hudetz Nov 21, 2011 10:31 AM (in response to Lawrence Hudetz)
Hmmm, now I am Lawrence and not Hudechrome but with only 55 posts. Well, so be it.
19. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 21, 2011 10:53 AM (in response to Lawrence Hudetz)
Now the log -in says Hudechrome.
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20. Re: MonitorsPaulo Skylar Nov 22, 2011 2:45 PM (in response to D Fosse)
...But I still want something better.
It sounds like you have done your due diligence in preparing to buy a monitor.
Specificantions do mean something, but you have to make sure you understand the specification and how it is determined. Display producers are notorious for specsmanship. Most reputable panel manufacturers do meet their specs, though you can be pretty sure the panels do not exceed those specs. The monitor producers have a somewhat poorer reputation, though still pretty good. The key issue with the specs are that you i) have to understand the spec & how it is measured and ii) make sure that the characteristic that you care about HAS a specification - you cannot just assume.
The sweet spot may exist for high volume products. When you get to things like uniformity, stability and other measures of high quality I am not sure that there are obvious winners. Your best bet is going with monitor producers who service a professional base like NEC and Eizo (and others). From them you can pare down your requirements (smaller size, 8 bits not 10 bits, built in calibration vs external calibration, .....) and hope something within your range exists. I think your decision to cancel the HP monitor was a good one.
Sometimes you can get very good info on competing displays by checking with a provider of display & color solutions, say Chromix as one example, and tell them what you are looking for and they usually know what is wrong with monitors that compete with the ones they sell. They can also give you a realistic price point for the features you indicate you want. Unfortunatley, today if you want color uniformity all over the panel you are going to have to pay (the monitor maker) for it since the panels do not inherently come that way.
21. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 22, 2011 4:45 PM (in response to Paulo Skylar)
"and they usually know what is wrong with monitors that compete with the ones they sell".....
But they won't likely tell you what's wrong with the ones they do sell.
22. Re: MonitorsPaulo Skylar Nov 22, 2011 5:22 PM (in response to Hudechrome)
True enough! Usually.
So it also helps to check with a few places to get a balanced opinion.
23. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 23, 2011 4:03 AM (in response to Paulo Skylar)
Paulo Skylar wrote:
if you want color uniformity all over the panel you are going to have to pay (...) since the panels do not inherently come that way.
That's where I was naive. I thought that was a given, sine qua non so to speak...but apparently not.
So to anyone else in the market for a new monitor: Don't take anything for granted. If at all possible visit a showroom and see for yourself (after carefully setting up a list of what specifically to look for). But in these days of online shopping that may not be possible.
24. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 23, 2011 6:08 AM (in response to D Fosse)
Buying LCD panels is like buying lumber. If you want straight, true 2x4's, you inspect the shipment, select the pieces you want and send the rest back. Now the guy getting the leftovers probably will complain about the poor quality of his shipment, which will consist of a far greater percentage of twisted 2x4's, but hey, he got it at a discount!.
(Everything I needed to know about Q.C. I got from my Dad, a great finish carpenter)
25. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 23, 2011 6:55 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
Hah! That's what I wanted, the monitor equivalent of a good straight 2x4. You can learn a lot from good carpenters...
26. Re: MonitorsPaulo Skylar Nov 23, 2011 7:21 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
Interesting analogy becasue I had thought of using a related one.
If you build furniture and want to get some good boards (timbers) you might think at at 8 USD/bdFt you would get some very good material. This is usually not true since the really good logs have all been purchased, at high price, for veneer making. While annoying for the traditional woodworker, it is ecologically a much better use of the log.
27. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 23, 2011 9:18 AM (in response to Paulo Skylar)
The good logs have been purchased, at high prices, and shipped to Japan China.
28. Re: Monitorsjoker0253 Nov 24, 2011 6:56 AM (in response to Hudechrome)
Does anyone have any comments on the LG 22" LED IPS Monitor. Best Buys has them at a reasonable price, just wondering what everyones thoughts are on LED monitors
29. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 24, 2011 7:20 AM (in response to joker0253)
LED is just marketing hype, it doesn't make any practical difference. A monitor can be wide gamut or standard gamut regardless of backlight technology. And it doesn't do anything for backlight uniformity.
There is a "new wave" of small, relatively inexpensive IPS monitors. Aside from screen uniformity, I believe the main risk with these monitors is posterization/banding, because most of them are not true 8-bit panels. Instead they are 6-bit plus frame rate control (a sort of dithering).
The best advice I can give is to see for yourself, if that's possible.
30. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 24, 2011 7:41 AM (in response to D Fosse)
One essentail difference is power requirements. A number of LED units show a power need which is less than the conventional units, some by a factor of 3 more.
There is an interesting discussion of the ways that LED's are implemented, and the trade-offs.
As you can see, it's far from marketing hype.
31. Re: MonitorsChris Cox Nov 24, 2011 11:35 AM (in response to D Fosse)
LED backlit displays can have a better color gamut, in addition to running cooler.
Those with white LEDs tend to be similar to using fluorescent lamps for the backlight. But those with RGB leds can adjust the white point more efficiently, and give much more saturated colors while still using less power.
32. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 24, 2011 1:56 PM (in response to Chris Cox)
OK, point(s) taken. I've got nothing against LED, I have one . I just haven't seen any real differences in terms of display quality.
33. Re: MonitorsPaulo Skylar Nov 28, 2011 9:13 AM (in response to D Fosse)
Yes, the dispay uniformity that you may be looking for is not solved by LED backlighting - but it may help in the future.
LED backlighting is indeed a real and substantial development in LC monitors as other have already suggested. It enables thinner, lighter, more rugged, longer lasting monitors. It also eliminates high voltage and the inverter that produces it from the monitor. Over the life of a large screen LCD television the LED backlight represents about a 50 % power savings. The color gamut and the saturation are also improved.
Like many other developments how things get implemented varies with manufacturers. the LEDs can be placed along one or more of the four sides OR arranged in a low density array. LEDs are high frequency devices whereas CFLs are only practical as continuous light sources. TV manufacturers have already offered units taking advantage of this by dynamically varying the backlight to pump up their instantaneous contrast ratio - increasing the back illumination during high key scenes in a movie, for example, and decreasing the illumination for night scenes.
With array LEDS once can do the same, within certain limits, for a static image. That is control the illumination spatially as contrasted with the temporal example just mentioned. One can imagine some level brightness uniformity correction of a monitor using this approach.
"Instead they are 6-bit plus frame rate control (a sort of dithering)."
With regard to frame rate control (FRC), this is not a fundamentally bad approach - it depends how it is implemented and I have seen some impressive examples. The basic notion, however, is that it is a temporal modulation to produce tones between those offered by voltage control and Not a spatial technique such as you suggest - Some use both FRC and dither or error diffusion. I cannot be certain about this, but I believe that Eizo uses a touch of FRC in their high end monitors. This is not to gain 8 equivalent drive bits from 6, but to control the tones available from the 8-bit drivers they use. ..... OK, maybe strickly speaking it is a way of getting somewhat more bits than 8. Your original advice is spot on - LOOK at a display before you buy. Things as elementary as how smooth or diffuse the front surface treatment is can make you love or hate a display.
34. Re: MonitorsNoel Carboni Nov 28, 2011 9:43 AM (in response to Paulo Skylar)
All incredibly interesting comments... Thanks, guys!
One thing that hasn't been mentioned is longevity...
Back at the end of 2003 and in early 2004 I bought the two monitors I'm currently using: 20" Dell Ultrasharp 2001 FP (20" diagonal 4:3 ratio) displays with 1600 x 1200 pixels. Back then they cost me $900 and $600 respectively (I didn't buy them at the same time).
And here they are working almost as well as the day I bought them. Uniformity is good, though not perfect, and there are no bad pixels.
I had thought they were starting to go bad, as some dark blotches had started to appear near the top-left edges (not complete failure, but just a darkening of the display in kind of an analog way), but a few weeks back we had a nice, cool day (air in the low 60s F, which is cool for Florida) and I had the windows in my office open. It got cool in here, and I happened to notice the dark blotching was almost gone... This got me to thinking maybe the problem could be heat related, so I both blew and vacuumed out these two displays through the slots in the back panels, and lo and behold now they look much better even when the room is at the normal 75 F. Heat was simply accumulating because of dust build-up.
I probably shouldn't write this, because I've heard Murphy reads these forums, but I've never had a lick of trouble with these two monitors in daily (long) use for what, 7 years now...
Do new models - e.g., higher-end units - still have the potential for this kind of longevity? I hope so.
35. Re: MonitorsPaulo Skylar Nov 28, 2011 11:23 AM (in response to Noel Carboni)
My guess is that the current crop of monitors are more likely to have lifetimes equal to or greater than the one's you have experienced. I do not have any data at my finger tips to support this.
The LC panel stability and resistance to analog deterioration is strong and modern process control makes it even more so. The drivers and related contacts (thousands of them) which attach to the LC array are well protected these days from static and other over-voltage conditions, the voltages are low and the few hundred MHz clock rates are no big deal these days.
The big improvement is in the back light as your units had cold fluorescent lamps (CFL) and todays monitors have LEDs - really, no comparison. My guess is that the darkening condition you described is almost certainly due to the backlight. CFL's are run at a point of high efficiency for obvious reasons. If you plot the efficiency versus temperature you will find the operating point is on a moderately broad maximum. Lower the temperature, or increase it, from the design point and your light output goes down. CFLs can also experience a darkening of the bulb interior with time especially near the cooler end points of the tube.
Statistically speaking, longevity of new LC monitors should be high. You will need a monitor manufacturer with good manufacturing control, however, to realize it on your monitor.
This is an aside, but one other benefit of the LEDs monitors is that they have no need of a high voltage inverter as the CFLs did. There were several pretty good monitors made which were great except that the manufacturers used cheap inverters which produced an audible complex tone, which would drive you nuts. No way you would see that on a spec sheet - you had to see and hear the display to determine it that monitor was for you.
36. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 28, 2011 11:31 AM (in response to Noel Carboni)
I'd hold on to them for as long as possible. A good monitor is very hard to find these days.
When I have nothing better to do, I search the net looking for peoples' monitor experiences in various forums (my god, there are many forums...). In general, IPS monitors seem very susceptible to uneven color, so much so that I've decided to stay away for now. Dell, HP, Asus, LG, all the mainstream brands. And Apple: one guy had walked into an Apple store and checked all the iMacs and Cinema Displays against a neutral desktop. They all had uneven color, every single one.
Only two brands seem to go clear: NEC and Eizo. NEC seems to be in very high regard among professionals in the US, mainly because most of them seem to consider Eizo overpriced for no real reason. In Europe the two are similarly priced model for model, so it may be different here. Certainly, the NEC Spectraview calibrating software seems very good.
I took the Dell money, added some, and ordered an Eizo Flexscan S2243W. It should arrive one of these days. Yes, it has a PVA panel, which is ironic in a way because I came from a PVA Eizo (older model) determined to get an IPS monitor. But with what seems to be the current state of affairs regarding IPS, I just don't have the nerve. Anyway, I think I've found a trick to tame the PVA "black crush". I threw the Easy-Pix calibrator into the bargain, which will be very interesting to compare with Color Eyes Display Pro. The interesting bit is that Easy-pix allows calibrating to the 10-bit monitor LUT.
And I have the "low-end" Eizo EV2335 IPS to check against. It's good, but I suspect this is one of the 6 bit + FRC panels. There is a little bit of banding in the shadows.
As for LED, I can get environmental with the best of them (currently working on a book about endangered orchid species). In the context here, however, I'm only concerned with image quality. I can certainly see the point in both RGB LED (as opposed to the common white LED) and LED arrays (as opposed to single side with diffuser). But at present both of these are very expensive and found only in extreme high end units, one of which is the hp Dreamcolor. But eventually/hopefully it will drift down into the mainstream segment.
37. Re: MonitorsHudechrome Nov 28, 2011 2:26 PM (in response to D Fosse)
After reading the last comments today, I went off to look at the LED situation. Strangely, Eizo seems to be holding back. Dreamcolor, although expensive, is still less expensive than high end Eizos, most of which do not use LED's at all.
It's easy to spot the monitors using led...look at the power consumption. Full power for Eizo is around 100W for standard illumination whereas leds run 35W max. (It's not a guarantee, of course!)
A factor to consider is exactly how the led's are powered series or parallel? In series, one led goes out and you lose a bunch more.
Still another factor, for which I have no references, is what happens to separation values when the screen is dimmed to say, 80 cd/m^2? If the calibration is speced at a percent of full scale, reducing the brightness brings you into an area where that actual percentage is larger than the full scale number value ( 3% of 100 is +/- 3 units, so at a lower value, like 1/5 brightness=20, will still be +/- 3 units, returning in an error of 3/20 or 15%!)
38. Re: MonitorsD Fosse Nov 28, 2011 10:15 PM (in response to Hudechrome)
Calibrating to low luminance levels (less than around 90 cd/m²) is not recommended with CCFL, precisely for that reason. During my brief struggle with the Dell U2410 I found out that zero brightness setting in the OSD corresponded to about 110 - 120 cd/m².
LED is supposed to behave better in that regard. According to Eizo, the EV2335 can be adjusted all the way down to 3 cd/m².
So coming from CRT, where 80 - 90 is the norm, LED might be an easier transition.
39. Re: MonitorsDave_Evanson Nov 29, 2011 12:56 AM (in response to D Fosse)
I would also recommend the NEC SpectraView Reference series, I recently bought a 271 (27inch 2560x1440) – my only gripe would be the cost around £1600 in the UK. Originally I was looking at either an NEC 241 or a LaCie 324i, both similar price at £1200. Finally decided on the NEC due to the zero pixel defect guarantee, but by the time I decided the 241 was out of stock so took the plunge and ordered the 271.
I had been using a SpyderPro 3 to calibrate my old monitor and the sensor works well with NEC's SpectraView calibration software. That's one point to consider when splashing out on a high end monitor – some include the calibration hardware/software also. There is a customised sensor available from NEC so I may replace the SpyderPro in the future.
When my new PC arrives with its FirePro V5900 graphics card I will see how well the 10 bit colour works on the SpectraView.


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