Widescreen Lcd

[Uncle_Ho]

Hello All ,

I am planing to buy a widescreen samsung LCD

http://www.thanni.com/index.php?main_page=...roducts_id=4011

Just wondering is it worth it for photo editing & video editing .. people keep telling me the pictures will be distorted in size ..say if i open a pic from my "my pic" folder and preview it .. will it automaticallly adjust the size according to the pic or will it expand sideway according to the screen ..

will i have problem using photoshop , premiere pro etc

i think i have a wrong impression about the widescreen ..

[Pomthai]

You will not have a problem as long as you set your graphics card to a widescreen aspect ratio.

1152x864 or 1440x900 or 1680x1050

I am currently using 1680x1050 on a 22inch widescreen LCD very nice size to work with.

[Crushdepth]

The 226bw is a great monitor, love it. You can get them for a bit cheaper than that link (I think I've seen them for 11,500 in the smaller retailers in Fortune). Others have said even cheaper in Singapore, if you are passing that way.

[Firefoxx]

Then those "people" are wrong. What they say is only true for when you set up the screen wrong (which is typical for stores that display the same picture signal in both a normal screen and widescreen monitor, maybe leading to these "people" thinking this way), or when you use an alternative input, for example a composite input (which the 226BW doesn't have, but you can see on LCD TVs, again maybe misleading "people"). For a widescreen monitor, you will get more pixels to the sides... the pixels aren't stretched. If you like to look at portrait-oriented pics/docs, then you might not be that happy, but generally it doesn't change how you work. You just have more screen real estate to the sides.

The 226BW (like nearly all LCDs) is a bit of a pain to get calibrated properly by hand for true colors/saturation/gamma, but if you're serious about color you probably already have a tool like a Spyder to calibrate it.

[JustAnotherFarang]

Setting up the monitor calibration is important because this monitor display looks washed out and the colour blue is far too high. But help is at hand and its relatively easy if you check Google for answers........ once thats done, it really does look superb

I got mine for about 11,600 inc vat..........excellent buy

JAF

[A_Traveller]

I've noted that a number of the windscreens are arriving here now with glossy panels, though I'm not sure they've changed model designation.

Regards

[Crushdepth]

The monitor does come with colour calibration software by the way, but if you're using vista you'll need to download a new version from the Samsung website.

[Firefoxx]

NVidia video drivers also come with monitor calibration tools. Thing is, these sofware-only solutions aren't that great. They'll help, but don't expect accuracy.

Samsung and Acer have both come out with new glossy 22" LCDs, and from what I've seen, they're both available in Thailand. It's a personal preference... I prefer glossy, but alas I already bought the matte panel some time ago.

[Uncle_Ho]

Thank You Everyone ..

I will buy it ASAP ..

Cheers !!

[p_brownstone]

I have an Acer AL2216W Widecrenn Monitor set at 1680 x 1050 and 24 bit colour (highest I can get with this Monitor (?) ) with a refresh rate of 60 Hz but it goes blank for a few seconds sometimes when I am working.

Anyone have any suggestins as to why this is and how to fix it? I have a feeling it's the refresh rate but not at all sure.

I am using a Matrox Millenium G45 DualHead Video card with an Acer AL1916W Monitor as the secondary Monitor - that's set at 1440 x 900 pixels, 32 bit colour and 60Hz refresh rate - this Monitor gives me no problems.

Using Powerstrip to set the Monitors.

Patrick

[Tywais]

people keep telling me the pictures will be distorted in size ..say if i open a pic from my "my pic" folder and preview it .. will it automaticallly adjust the size according to the pic or will it expand sideway according to the screen ..

A more technical explanation as to why they are wrong. Windows operating systems operate with 'twips' and not pixels, the below are the two definitions.

"What are Twips and Pixels?

Twips are screen-independent units to ensure that the proportion of screen elements are the same on all display systems. A twip is defined as being 1/1440 of an inch.

A Pixel is a screen-dependent unit, standing for 'picture element'. A pixel is a dot that represents the smallest graphical measurement on a screen. "

This is why the proportions are maintained correctly with different resolutions and aspect ratios. Windows checks the current screen resolution and applies a calibration number to convert to twips and uses this for displaying applications accurately.

I do a lot of graphical programming and often have to convert between the two depending on my application.