Monitor differences
Last night I had to turn on my old upstairs computer to retrieve something off it. I took a gander at my recent photo uploads and images on the old monitor and thought, “Ugh!” Most of the images are about 6 shades darker than on my LCD screen. It appears that middle tones don’t show up on the LCD screen when I’m processing. For some reason, when I process images on the old CRT monitor, they translate well to the LCD screen. But the reverse is definitely not true. This is very disappointing.
Just thought I’d share. 
I love the flat LCD screens. Just love ‘em. But darn it, I don’t like compromising image quality when half my photos are marginal to begin with. I wonder if the newer LCD screens are better. This one is about 4 years old. Not that I’ll be replacing either monitor any time soon. I suppose the solution is to process images on the old computer. The CRT is definitely better for viewing any kind of image. I wish they weren’t so big and bulky.
Posted by Kate on 11/21/06 at 11:51 AM
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It generally seems to be conceded that CRT monitors represent colors more accurately than other monitors, though it’s been so long since I’ve used a CRT that I can’t personally vouch for that.
I don’t even want to think about what my photos might look like on different monitors across the country after trying to make prints that actually look like the images that appear on screen.