Monitors

[BelaMolnar]

<p>Hi Ladies and Gentlemen out there. Anybody can educate me of monitors ? I have a 12" iBook G4, working beautifully, many time my grand daughter running it very extensively, so far, never had any problem with it. The second is a tower G4 867 MHz, 1.5 Gb of memory, ( running with out any hiccup since I bought )PS CS2 & CS3 on it, hock it up to a LaCie photon20vision, 20" monitor. The third one, a MAC Pro 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, . . . . PS CS3, Aperture, Time machine, Microsoft, etc,. etc, ..........., and hock it up to a LaCie 324 monitor. The question is, the older Lacie has a more pleasant look to the eye when viewing, the new 24" LaCie is to bright, working on internet, mail etc, my eye get tired very fast. But not when I working on PS CS3, on images. I have also Blue eye LaCie color calibrator. The photon20vision, 20" monitor has been calibrated long time ago, the new 24" ( LaCie 324, new, cost me, under 1000.00 C$ as a Christmas special for a day.) is factory calibrated and I'm afraid to touch it, because scared of the touch sensitive control buttons on the monitor. Somebody can educate me on the two monitors, or monitors generally. Do I have the best monitor for the Mac and for PS use, and for the price for an average guy, a photographer, not pro, just a semi pro, advanced hobbyist. Thank you, for all of you.</p>

[rainer_t]

<p>-- "the new 24" LaCie is to bright, working on internet, mail etc, my eye get tired very fast."</p>

<p>I cannot comment on a comparison between monitors ... but if a bright monitor is making your eyes tired fast, the usual reasons are a wrong setup of the equipment.<br>

In your case, I would suspect that the background behind/around the monitor is much darker than the monitor itself. The high contrast then lets the eyes become tired faster. The ilumination should be so that there is no high contrast between monitor and its surrounding.</p>

 

[BelaMolnar]

<p>Thank you Rainer. Your answer is the solution. Actually, I have a new office, and somehow I forgot this issue. Yes, I have to do some illumination for the back ground as you suggested. Thank you very mach your advise.</p>

<p>Cheers; Bela</p>