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Crt monitor recommendation for black point
Posted by Author on June 30th, 2005


I bought a Viewscan G70f flatscreen 17 inch crt monitor
recently. Aside from other problems, I cannot get a
black point adjustment with the brightness control.
Can anyone recommend a good 17 inch crt monitor that
can give a black point?

I need black point to properly edit and display my
scanned B&W film negatives.

Thanks for your reply,

George

Posted by CSM1 on June 30th, 2005


"Author" <list@exit7.net> wrote in message
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Go into a computer store or office supply store and check the display
monitors brightness control range and see if you can get black.

Remember, the contrast control will effect brightness and the black point
also.


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Posted by Roy on June 30th, 2005


"CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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I don't quite understand the above comment. Everything I have read about
Calibration seems to state that Contrast sets the White Point and Brightness
sets the Black Point.

Have I picked this up wrongly, or have I missed something out?

Roy G



Posted by Bart van der Wolf on June 30th, 2005



"Roy" <royphoty@iona-guesthouse.co.uk> wrote in message
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SNIP
That's correct.


Posted by CSM1 on June 30th, 2005


"Roy" <royphoty@iona-guesthouse.co.uk> wrote in message
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point and Contrast sets the White point.

If monitors were perfect devices, that would be true, but the fact is the
two controls do interact. If the contrast is turned up all the way, the
brightness sometimes can not extinguish the electron beam. Thereby screwing
up the black point.

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Posted by corplorer@att.net on July 1st, 2005




Author wrote:
If the monitor is brand new, return it. If it is not, the problem can be
due to aging. If you can't adjust black/white points, you can't
calibrate a monitor.

Posted by Roy on July 2nd, 2005



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Roy G