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honestly, get to a gym and do some basic strength training (squats & deadlifts are a good start). I recommend starting strength, and reading/watching anything Mark Rippetoe has to say on the topic
One of the (many) benefits of improving strength is being able to handle the almighty FW900 with ease!
I will be getting a dolly because I've been working with 32-inch + Trinitrons myself and I can't keep asking friends to come over to help all the time.
The 36-inch wasn't quite 300 lbs but it did weigh ~ 220lbs. Yikes!
The easiest way to carry them, believe it or not - is face down. That's where all the glass is, and its weight is more evenly distributed face down.
Wow now that is interesting. Does movie industry still use CRTs? I doubt they cannot afford absolutely top-end LCD or OLED displays. Could you shed some light on it?
Jeez I hope someday soon I would be able to afford to trip to your workshop UV and see all your magic you have in there
You need a spectro if you want truly accurate results on a wide gamut monitor.
The default tables in the i1Display Pro are okay, though it should be much better if the manufacturer provides an OEM version with tables specific to their own displays.
Since consumer-grade spectros are not very good at low-light measurements, if you're buying one you will also need a good colorimeter profiled off it.
So you really need both an i1Pro and an i1 Display Pro.
Displays should be calibrated to D65, not 6500K.
Unfortunately 6500K is not marked on this image, but we can use 5000K as an example.
5000K is anywhere along that line. It can have quite a strong green or magenta tint.
D50 is a neutral point in the center, approximately where the 5000K line crosses the planckian locus. (curve)
It is not a matter of preference. Photographers may use D50 or D55 because they are dealing with print work; whether that is books, magazines, or selling prints of their work.
Displays used for graphics work, or for viewing games/movies etc. should be calibrated to D65.
Just to be clear, the hues in your "EDID Correction Disabled" image are correct.
The hue position is determined by the opposing primary and the white point.
Basically draw a line from red through the white point; that is where cyan should lie, and so on.
P.S. You should switch HCFR to display uv plots rather than xy plots.
They are far more perceptually uniform. xy plots tend to exaggerate errors with green in particular.
I wouldn't call that a preference. More like a requirement of the task they are using the display for.
EDIT: But, in the Nvidia Control Panel, it's easy to turn off scaling so that the video card doesn't treat your CRT like an LCD. Oh and I forgot one thing - disable Cleartype and see if that sharpens text.
I couldn't sleep so I read the entire drama/fiasco of a guy named Jonathan here in Sweden with a brand new FW-900 that was shipped to him from Unkle Vito. A few takeaways
1) What idiot spends nearly $6300, yes $6300 that includes tariffs, taxes, shipping, the monitor itself and etc?? My jaw hit the floor when I saw it! That is just...wow...I really have no words.
2) I am convinced the voltage may have played a role in certain irregularities in the picture, especially if its running at 230V. From my understanding Sony sold these monitors only to countries that had a residential voltage of 120 and below. Then again later on Jonathan confessed in a message that his monitor was badly damaged upon receiving it which leads me to my next point...
3) Why on earth would you spend $6300 to have a single monitor shipped halfway across the globe, knowing that the package is very heavy and fragile, that your risk of damage is exponentially increased. That amount of money is not worth the risk, I don't care what you are buying...but especially in this case, what utter foolishness.
4) I sorta get why Vito stopped shipping these monitors himself, I couldn't imagine what it would be like dealing with a 16 year old Swedish kid. Vito went above and beyond to rectify the problem. The kid sounded like a spoiled brat.
Just a wild story all around, I wish Vito never shipped a brand new one across the globe though. No offense to those not living in the States
I have a GDM5402 on the way in from California, arrives this Thursday.
I spent 90 dollars for shipping, it's brand new.
Hopefully this fills the void for the Artisan. The issue with getting an FW-900 is the shipping itself, how well its packaged and how I'm going to move it around if necessary. I wish it didn't weigh 92 lbs and all that weight is in the front...
I agree with what's in bold/underlined.
Was searching this thread and found this old post. This is actually a Hansol brand monitor, it appears its a 720E model. I have that exact one on my desk as we speak...
They used to make budget monitors, the MFG date is 2002.
Surprisingly the particleboard didn't give in. That case weighs around 70-80 lbs with all the components inside, one of the worst purchases I ever made.
