24" iMAC: Is the Glare that Bad??
jdryan3
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I have an 18 month old 15" MacBook Pro (matte) that I use with a 24" S-IPS monitor (3-4 years old). My wife needs a new(er) laptop and bigger monitor, so I was going to give her this setup. And then get the 24" iMAC. The reason I would like to go this route is it saves $1000 over a 17" MacBook Pro for the "recently-laid-off-back-to-consulting-damn-my-G4-MacBook-is->6yearsold!" wife. She needs portability - I like it every so often.
But I am leery about the stories I hear about the glossy screen. I calibrate my monitor and the room I do my photo editing in is a dark cave with grey walls, so not a lot of ambient light falling on it. I have heard that the calibration is a little tricky, but all panels seem to be compared to CRTs.
BTW - Just how much different is using the glossy screen compared to the old ($2K+) Sony Trinitron?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
But I am leery about the stories I hear about the glossy screen. I calibrate my monitor and the room I do my photo editing in is a dark cave with grey walls, so not a lot of ambient light falling on it. I have heard that the calibration is a little tricky, but all panels seem to be compared to CRTs.
BTW - Just how much different is using the glossy screen compared to the old ($2K+) Sony Trinitron?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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We have the 20", which is not as good as the 24", display-wise. It seems fine, but it's my wife's. I never really use it other than to help her out. It's definitely better than using my older LCD MacBook Pro. I can't compare it to the newer LED laptop displays, but I would much prefer to work on the iMac to the MBP, if that helps at all.
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It does. Thank you for the feedback.
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I bought Nightingale ( my spouse ) a 24 in iMac for Christmas, and it has the mentioned glossy screen. I prefer the matte screen myself, it just does not show the reflections of the glossy screens. The iMac is not too bad really.
Now the 13 inch MacBook I got for myself for email and such is horrible - I see every venetian blind in my office when I use it.
The glossy screens look cooler short term - more saturated ( less shadow detail ), deeper blacks ( poorer gray scale) - but are much harder to live with long term for image editing in my opinion.
Neither comes close to my matte Cinema Displays!
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It's not that the screen on my Macbook Air is so glossy as to be frustrating (unlike David's MB), it's that it lies to me. Color correction on that screen is a total waste of time because I'm just going to have to re-do it when I get to the desktop.
I never do any serious editing anywhere other than my 30 in Cinema Display ( also calibrated with my Spyder2Pro). My prints are a match for desktop's screen, so I know what I am doing ( I think anyway:D )
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Mine's the older matte screen, so it's not the gloss that's my problem. I just don't like the display for correcting.
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More feedback is welcome, but I think we have a plan in the short run to get us through. And it does allow for waiting for the new iMACs to come out. Plus I may be able to swing it so that I can get a 24" iMAC in here next to my current setup. Looking at one in the store just won't cut it.
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my main concern would be color correction, how well does it work? Also, the 24" at 0 brightness... was far too bright. That actually bothered me more for the short time I used it.
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At home I pull the blinds behind me and open the ones to the sides...
Is it worth it? Yes! The screen is ultra sharp and as long as you can control the light, it's fantastic IMO.
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Does anyone have any further input into the color accuracy of the iMac? Is there any way to 'desaturate' it to compensate for the effect of the glossy cover? Or is it not a huge issue?
I am not actually selling any photographs or printing for anything terribly serious, so it's not a huge concern at the moment. But I would eventually like to try to make a bit of money to fund a new lens or two with photography, so it would be good if this monitor would be adequate.
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PS - I'd also be looking to upgrade from CS2 for Windows to CS3 or CS4 for Mac. If anyone has any experience with upgrading cross-platform and has any information on cost/etc. (or whether Adobe even does this), I'd appreciate it. A PM would be fine so as to not derail the thread.