http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/04/wacom-cintiq-tablet-displays-sexy-but-not-sexy-enough/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/04/wacom-cintiq-tablet-displays-sexy-but-not-sexy-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-351730 kav Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:59:18 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/04/wacom-cintiq-tablet-displays-sexy-but-not-sexy-enough/#comment-351730 220 cd/m2 is bright enough to hurt your eyes if viewing for extended periods of time. Regardless of maximum brightness, professional use needs 100 to no more than 140 cd/m2 as a white point depending on the nature of its use. At 550:1 that means you get a black of .4 cd/m2 which isn't bad but if it's to simulated printed work, .25 cd/m2 would be the gold standard. At the time the 21UX debuted 1600x1200 panels were still extremely expensive. Now that they've come down, that could use a shifted price rather than cheaper models used to reduce the point of entry. 220 cd/m2 is bright enough to hurt your eyes if viewing for extended periods of time. Regardless of maximum brightness, professional use needs 100 to no more than 140 cd/m2 as a white point depending on the nature of its use. At 550:1 that means you get a black of .4 cd/m2 which isn’t bad but if it’s to simulated printed work, .25 cd/m2 would be the gold standard. At the time the 21UX debuted 1600×1200 panels were still extremely expensive. Now that they’ve come down, that could use a shifted price rather than cheaper models used to reduce the point of entry.

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/04/wacom-cintiq-tablet-displays-sexy-but-not-sexy-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-350783 Meh Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:53:12 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/04/wacom-cintiq-tablet-displays-sexy-but-not-sexy-enough/#comment-350783 And the company's pronounced 'whack-um' though many people think it's 'way-calm' And the company’s pronounced ‘whack-um’ though many people think it’s ‘way-calm’

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/04/wacom-cintiq-tablet-displays-sexy-but-not-sexy-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-350762 Anonymous Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:56:39 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/04/wacom-cintiq-tablet-displays-sexy-but-not-sexy-enough/#comment-350762 It's pronounced sin - teek' It’s pronounced sin – teek’

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