http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/ Engadget Comments for HP gets color-critical with 24-inch DreamColor LP2480xz LCD http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 12th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/It doesn't matter how good the panel is if the backlight is poor quality - patches of the screen which are brighter/duller since this means you cant actually tell how saturated the colours are - making it pointless for colour critical work...but then at 3500 you would hope all the parts were top notch! ]]>Jun 10th 2008 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/
It's ain't perfect, but it's better than nothing. Besides, you can still see the style/layout/colour of the actual device and crap like that.]]>Jun 10th 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/
Oh. Right. I see your plan there....]]>Jun 10th 2008 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Doesn't LP2480xz suggest 24-inch?
Just a thought]]>Jun 10th 2008 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Very very few IPS / PVA monitors hitting Joe User at retail.]]>Jun 10th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/
Eleven. That's how many superior 24" monitors I could buy with this kind of money.]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/11 is the number of chiropractor visits required after install.
11 is the multiple of your current electricity bill after install.
Awesome picture, everything else sucks about the fw900]]>Jun 10th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2008/connecting/ds_ws_lp2480z.pdf

I wonder if HP has addressed the gap between the colors you see on the screen and those you get from the printer?]]>Jun 10th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/
Each printer has a different profile due to the mechanics on the way it lays down ink, the colors of the ink (not everyone's Magenta is the exactly the same), and the media your printing on.

So, if you have a color accurate monitor that is also calibrated, then at least you know one side is somewhat stable. You then have to get a calibration of your press/printer to find what its profile is. Many printers have icc profiles you can download that get you 90% there.

With the printer profile, you then assign that to your job in an app like Photoshop as your working color profile. The picture is adjusted to look the way it will print.

My tip working this way is to work in a neutral profile with your calibrated monitor. Then, right before printing, save a copy of your work, apply the printer profile, then adjust the final color settings so that it prints great. If you work with your printer profile in mind the whole time, sometimes you get a nasty surprise when you switch to a new printer and find that, say, your entire piece is shifted blue with heavy gamma. So the more your source files can stay neutral the better.

Finally, many professional press outfits will take the time to calibrate their presses so that they print accurate as well. For instance, if I design a magazine ad to place in multiple magazines, I am not going to ask for a color profile of their press, rather I will trust that their press will print a picture properly. It is home printers that have the biggest calibration challenges.]]>Jun 10th 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/382087-382087-64283-72270-444767-3648397.html

Yep, it's a 24" monitor. Hope it's really pretty for 3K+. But I wouldn't turn down a couple of free ones.]]>Jun 10th 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 10th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/
The backlight is an LED based array. This allows the 30 bit panel to display a color gamut beyond that of most printers CMYK standards. I've seen this monitor and it is incredible from a color accuracy standpoint but that only affects developers. Users only interest would be seeing any content in the same way the artist created it.]]>Jun 11th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Jun 11th 2008 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/
害我高興了一下下就被嚇的吐出來]]>Jun 13th 2008 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/Aug 20th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-gets-color-critical-with-30-inch-dreamcolor-lp2480xz-lcd/
Remember that the video-card is 8 bit, so it is only the internal rendering or calculations which are done in 10 or 30 bits.
It doesn't automatically give a larger color-gamut. How large is the color-gamut?
Eizo and NEC has surpassed the Adobe 98 color-space.]]>Jun 21st 2008 11:21PM