Posted by Rita � Berkowitz on 11/07/07 11:36

Bob Myers wrote:

>> Of course I'm aware of a CRT being an RGB device. That's the point;
>> it generates and projects light in the primary colors. On the other
>> hand an LCD can be viewed as a filter that passes or attenuates
>> certain portion of the light spectrum at any given instance to
>> produce colors and images. Even
>> if your claimed white light source, fluorescent in this case,
>> doesn't have a
>> small portion of the needed color spectrum you will not be able to
>> accurately produce the desired color. All "white" light isn't
>> created equally, hence the crappy and unsatisfactory results one
>> gets from an LCD.
>
> Sorry, but....you're still wrong. The "white light [not] created
> equally" question (whatever you think that means) is not the root
> cause of poor color accuracy in LCDs.

Nobody ever claimed that the light source is the root cause of color
inaccuracy in LCDs, but it is a major hurdle LCD manufactures has yet to
jump over. We both know that there are other issues that make an LCD
monitor a poor choice over CRT. If/when LCD manufacturers develop a
spectrally pure and linear light source they will have 90% of their problems
solved. Then they can start working on economical designs that can increase
reliability and longevity. Right now, compared to a CRT, the LCD is nothing
more than an overpriced novelty.





Rita

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