Postcscript: Hi-tech Accessibility Catch-22
- From: "Peter V Rawlings" <peter_v.rawlingsSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:37:50 GMT
"Peter V Rawlings" <peter_v.rawlingsSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Michael Searle" <searlecom@xxxxx@M.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> My sight is not as bad as your but I have just got myself a LG L1915S
>> from PC World. For £189 its a great 19" LCD screen it has many built in
>> modes i.e. day text, night text, night photo which adjusts the brightness
>> and contrast for you. I think maybe you should take a look at it.
>>
>> The nice thing about PC World is if you take it home and don't get on
>> with it you can take it back for a refund. Just remember to ask the
>> person who sells it to you if you can indeed bring it back, if not to
>> your liking and ask then for their name, just in case.
>>
>> Good luck in finding your new screen.
>>
>> Mike
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>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Thanks for the recommendation! I took your advice - on a generic basis! -
> and recieved a 'Samsung SyncMaster 913N' from Microdirect.com earlier
> today.
>
> The results are superb! Whilst this 19" LCD is a top-flight (today!)
> 700:1 contrast ratio model, the first thing I did was to turn down the
> brightness from the '80' default, to a mid-range '50'. As I mentioned in
> my opener, the vertical and horizontal viewing angles are a limitation
> when compared with a conventional screen, but the other contrast and
> sharpness parameters are so well met that the dimming toward the edges is
> a minor trade-off. The off-axis dimming only becomes an issue at closer
> than around 300 mm viewing distance. For most folk, that would be wholly
> satisfactory.
>
> It's an analogue-only input, which saved a lot vs. the DVI or dual-input
> standard units - plus I didn't have to buy a new graphics card (got an
> NVidea GeForce4 -based 64MB interface already). Clearly, I'm well-pleased
> with the purchase - a gnat's under £200 delivered.
>
> What would be nice is to be able to re-calibrate the Sony CPD E400 before
> I mothball it. Unfortunately, it's one of Sony's later CRT and actually
> needs a dedicated software application and interface to sort it properly.
> No doubt, the app and jig would cost more than the super new LCD!
>
> More landfill? :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete.
>
Having used the Samsung flat panel for a week now, I am still eulogising
over its advantages vs. the flat CRT monitor I used before.
For folks with severe vision loss, I can only see it as a great improvement
over the equal-sized conventional screen. The screen is bright - without
flaring-out at black-white transitions and so the effective resolution -
although 'on paper' seeming to be less acurate than the CRT - is effectively
much sharper! ZoomText works fine with it - but any other software screen
magnifier should be transparent in this respect, too.
So, I give the 'thumbs up' to the Samsung, but feel sure that many of the
latest high-brightness, high-contrast, high speed, high angle panels are
likely to be as good! Plus, I find that the old analogue connection is
fine - and a worthwhile cost-saving, probably.
Cheers,
Pete.
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