[all2ofme]

I *think* I've noticed laptop screens get dimmer as they get older before, but this may have been down to getting used how bright the screens were (and wishing they were brighter).

I'm considering buying one of the 20" Apple screens (unless I can find another company which sells one around this resolution at a comparable price) and wonder how it will age.

I'm going to be using it for photo editing work and it'll need to have good colour reproduction. I'm not going to be doing colour-controlled studio work, just that I want to be able to calibrate it well for predicable use with my printer at home.

Do screens get dimmer as they get older, and if so, will this affect the fidelity of the colours I see on mine?

Another question - my last screen was a 19" CRT which was fine for most purposes, but since I ran it at 1280x1024 I had to put up with reducing the width of the picture in order to get my photos to return to their proper proportions (since at 1280x1024 I was getting a 5:4 aspect ratio instead of 4:3). People looked s t r e t c h e d in photos. Will this be an issue with either the 20" or a 1280x1024 LCD?

Thanks in advance for any help,
Ben

Edit: added q about aspect ratio.

[bradoesch]

It's the backlight on LCD screens that get dimmer with time, or perhaps even burn out after long enough.

[all2ofme]

Thanks for the reply.

Do you know how this affects the colour?

I think the only reason this might bother me is that while a similar thing might happen to CRTs they don't cost nearly as much!

[MaxPower2k3]

why dont you just get a good CRT? they have the best color reproduction, higher resolutions, and cost less than LCDs (and possibly have a longer life).

[all2ofme]

I'd rather have an LCD because they don't hurt my eyes or take up too much space.

I have a really good 21" CRT at work, but aside from desktop space even the screen on my Ti is a welcome relief when I get home.

The money isn't so much of an issue, I'm going to use it a lot and I don't mind spending extra. If LCDs last even close to as long as a CRT then I think I'm sold.

That's *provided* that things don't look squashed or stretched on the LCD the way they did on my last CRT at 1280x1024. The more I think about it the sillier that problem seems - a square pixel's a square pixel, right? Can anyone confirm that this won't be a problem on a 1280x1024 LCD?

Originally posted by MaxPower2k3:
why dont you just get a good CRT? they have the best color reproduction, higher resolutions, and cost less than LCDs (and possibly have a longer life).

[all2ofme]

Ah - answered my own question re: 1280x1024.

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...20815_8230.htm

Now how does this influence a resolution such as 1680x1050? Will it be stretched in a similar fashion?

[tomra]

I can´t back this up with anything but from what i´ve understood LCD´s have much longer liftime compared to CRT! Can anyone confirm or dismiss this?

[all2ofme]

I've assumed that it'll be much the same with LCDs or CRTs when it comes to a working life for them, just that it costs so much more to replace the LCDs, but I've found nothing so far on the net which backs this up or disputes it.

Kul att se någon däruppifrån

Originally posted by tomra:
I can´t back this up with anything but from what i´ve understood LCD´s have much longer liftime compared to CRT! Can anyone confirm or dismiss this?

[jamez bond]

det er flere, men jeg bor i england for tiden...bergen, norway her

[tomra]

Maybe it´s just wishfull thinking
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[all2ofme]

Undrar varför min fråga är mer attraherande att svara på för norrmän än för de som har svaret

Jag är inte en av de där grannarna men min flickvän är därifrån. Jag är från andra sidan av jordklotet där pingvinerna bor...

[Vanquish]

I understood that last part really

I just love those scandinavian languages, but sadly I don't speak them. I'll learn it someday.