[Don Schaeffer]

I recently bought a 32 in flat panel TV so I've been using my 19 in flat panel TV as a computer monitor. It's much sharper than the old flat panel and much sharper than my old CRT monitor. Now when people say I oversharpen I can definitley see what they mean. Apologies for all those oversharpening years.

[Pavel]

Don, in my own experience I find that flat pannel TVs are set up to have a very high degree of contrast and while without callibration they create a very missleading image. I can not watch my photos on a TV monitor because of this problem. If connected to TV, it is possible to use ICC profiles for the device and perhaps to even create your own using xrite or similar. Anyway, if not callibrated, your photos may look oversharpened even if they are not necessarily. High contrast photos may look oversharpened. Pavel

[Keith Alan]

Pavel, just let the man apologize for his over-sharpening if he want to.

Don--I hope the new monitor works out for you. I'm currently using a 17" Dell CRT that I bought used for $10 (tested 6, bought 2) so I'm the last person to give advice or throw stones at someone's screen.
It just looks really good to me and so far is very accurate.

The switch to LCD is something I dread, both from having to learn new stuff to the price.

[Don Schaeffer]

i bought the 19 in as a tv and was watching movies with the thing set up about 3 feet from my face so it gave me a "large screen" effect. Then I graduated to a 32 in tv. I wanted to use the smaller one. Generally I think it works pretty well.

Pavel, I just reduced my contrast and increased my brightness on your statement. It looks better.

[Kombisaurus]

Congrats Don.

I can see where you're coming from about the oversharpening issue. When I first arrived here in shuttertalk I would consistently get complaints of my images being too dark. It was only when I viewed them on a different screen that I realised I had my brightness and gamma too high on the screen I did my photo-editing on. I now calibrate all my screens (including TV) and have no problems.

Next time you're in front of somebody else's computer with internet access (a friend's machine, public library, etc), can I suggest you visit shuttertalk and view your post history and have a look back at the photos you've posted.
That way you'll see what they look like on another person's screen and compare the photos to how they looked on your old screen at the time.
That might help you adjust your new screen and the amount of sharpening you give your photos in the future.

[Pavel]

Good luck Don, I am gald things are working out for you. Pavel

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Kombi--good idea. Ive actually done that a few years ago when I could access internet from my job.

Thanks Pavel