Re: filmscanners: RGB gain/bias controls? help

["Karl Schulmeisters" <karlsch@earthlink.net>]

Remmember that Sony is the only monitor that supports the Trinitron mask,
which gives you better image clarity than any other shadow mask technology.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: RGB gain/bias controls? help


> Mitsubishi has an excellent reputation as well, but again I don't know
about
> the gain controls.
>
> Maris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JimD" <rasterdogs@home.com>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: RGB gain/bias controls? help
>
>
> | Sure, but none of the stores had G420's.
> | Searching the specs on the Sony www site
> | yields ambiguous answers. I did find that
> | NEC and Viewsonic monitors offer individual
> | gain control for RGB. So I'm starting to
> | consider those monitors.
> | -JimD
> |
> | At 12:49 AM 8/5/01 -0500, you wrote:
> | >I don't know the answer, but while you were in the stores didn't you
> enter
> | >the menu screens and see if the RGB gain adjustments were available?
> | >
> | >Maris
> | >
> | >----- Original Message -----
> | >From: "JimD" <rasterdogs@home.com>
> | >To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> | >Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 10:33 PM
> | >Subject: filmscanners: RGB gain/bias controls? help
> | >
> | >
> | >| Excuse this off topic post
> | >| It is astounding to me how hard it is to get details on some
> | >| computer products.
> | >|
> | >| I'm looking to get two monitors for a
> | >| dual head display to use for scanning and photoshop.
> | >|
> | >| I'm interested in the Sony 19" monitors.
> | >| After numerous trips to multiple computer stores here in
> | >| silicon valley I think that the 19" Sony G400 monitor does
> | >| NOT have RGB gain and bias controls. I believe that the
> | >| Sony G420 19" monitor DOES have RGB gain and bias
> | >| controls.
> | >|
> | >| Can anyone on the list confirm or contradict this?
> | >|
> | >| I've been using a 21" Sony from work that does have this
> | >| capability and am convinced I need RGB gain/bias
> | >| control for calibrating with my ColorVison MC7 calibrator
> | >|
> | >|
> | >| Walk into your local computer store and mention
> | >| color profiles and see what happens. The most insightful
> | >| response I got was something akin to, "baseball's been
> | >| very, very good to me.'
> | >| Thanks,
> | >| JimD
> | >|
> | >|
> |
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