Laptop screens are designed to conserve the energy in the battery not
provide the best image. Restraining the angle of view to a small one
is one way to do that. Most are so narrow that you can scroll a large
image and watch its brightness and contrast change as it goes from
the top to the bottom of the screen. Even though I have a PB with a
better than average screen, during the initial D200 banding furor I
frequently could not see what they were talking about unless I used
my desktop machine with its LCD display.
Stand alone LCDs are indeed much better, but not uniformly so. So
either evaluate in person yourself or buy one with a favorable review
in a magazine.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On May 24, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Richard Lovison wrote:
>
> My wife just got her new D*ll Inspiron laptop with a 17" wide screen.
> Beautiful computer though I still don't like the fact that the
> "sweet spot"
> your head needs to be in in order to get the best view of the
> screen is so
> small. I wouldn't use it for doing work within PS. I never looked
> at a
> stand alone LCD for desktops. Are they any better? Otherwise I
> better run
> out and get a new 21" CRT before they're history.
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