So I was sat at the train station yesterday, getting increasingly bored while waiting for my train to arrive. So while I waited for my cup of coffee to be made, I popped into WH Smiths and had a flick through Digital Photographer.
What caught my eye was their large feature on two high-end LCD monitors; the LaCie 724 and the NEC Spectraview 2690. Or at least I think it was the 2690. It might have been a new release.
What they'd done is run through a whole gamut of in-depth tests, pitting these two heavyweights against each other. Everything had been covered and it was somewhat neck-and-neck until the final test; colour accuracy.
Surely colour accuracy and gamut coverage are the only reasons why you'd spent upwards of £1,000 on these monitors. Almost £2,000 in the case of the LaCie. So, naturally, they used the industry standard top-end calibration device to test both monitors - the LaCie Blue Eye Pro.
So who wants to tell me what they've done wrong?
Apologies for the crapness of the photo. I'd just heard my train being called and had to scamper off to the platform in great haste.
What caught my eye was their large feature on two high-end LCD monitors; the LaCie 724 and the NEC Spectraview 2690. Or at least I think it was the 2690. It might have been a new release.
What they'd done is run through a whole gamut of in-depth tests, pitting these two heavyweights against each other. Everything had been covered and it was somewhat neck-and-neck until the final test; colour accuracy.
Surely colour accuracy and gamut coverage are the only reasons why you'd spent upwards of £1,000 on these monitors. Almost £2,000 in the case of the LaCie. So, naturally, they used the industry standard top-end calibration device to test both monitors - the LaCie Blue Eye Pro.
So who wants to tell me what they've done wrong?
Apologies for the crapness of the photo. I'd just heard my train being called and had to scamper off to the platform in great haste.