Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>> That depends on that you mean by "full color management 
capabilities"; 
> typically CRT users expect all the controls of a CRT on an LCD and 
> are dissappointed to find that most of them have no actual hardware-
> based controls at all, except for a backlight control. Those who 
> love to get  under the hood and mess with things aren't happy to 
> find so little under the hood. For instance, most LCDs have no true 
> brightness adjustment, so you can't match the black point between 
> two LCDs. 
> But since most reasonable quality LCDs have pretty similar black 
> points, its not the end of the world. Typically, with LCDs, you set 
> the backlight to the appropriate level, and let the software 
> control the whitepoint, gamma, and graybalance, and the profile 
> define the color primaries, and that pretty much takes care of it. 
> Not as much fun as the old days when you could change the condensor 
> cap, clean the points, and adjust the spark gap on the plugs, but 
> most of us have learned to live with electronic fuel injection 
> and/or LCD displays. <G>

What I meant by "full color management" (I agree a bit of a sloppy 
term on my part) was a monitor that could be calibrated using 
software/hardware to use in a color managed photography workflow 
where I will be printing my images.  I will be using Photoshop and 
soft proofing on the monitor using printer profiles created with 
Printfix Pro. I want to use a monitor that gets me as close as 
possible to where what I see on the monitor is what the printed image 
will look like (given the difference in the different media).

I have been looking at monitors such as the LaCie 321 and 526 LCD, 
the EIZO CG211 and CG221, and NEC Multisynch LCD 2180WG-LED, 2090UXi, 
2490UXi monitors.

Thanks,
Rollin