SNAKEY opened this issue on Apr 05, 2006 ยท 10 posts
LostPatrol posted Wed, 05 April 2006 at 3:41 PM
The native res on a 17" TFT is always 1280 x 1024 and anyother res is an emulation and will result in quality loss. I have to agree that something such as a Spyder from Pantone is the best way to go, depending on your monitor controls. I use the Spyder 2 and cant really fault it. To use hardware calibration you need at least IMO a monitor that has RGB controls, and pref gamma control. Some TFT monitors tend to be a bit in the bright side out of the box. Software calibration relies too much on what you see, that can differ in different light and times of the day, still it is better than nothing at all. Congrats on your new monitor, a 17 TFT has much larger viewable area over a 15 CRT and even a 17 CRT as the screen measurements are done differently.