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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:31:11 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-22 21:35:54 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>
>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 22:27:59 +0100,  wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-04-22 20:41:31 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> You mean 60Hz.  I always used 90Hz, but I still didn't like them
>>>> bright.  If I set a CRT and an LCD side by side to both be comfortable
>>>> to work with, the same photo on both displays looked completely
>>>> different.  The CRTs didn't seem to have a linear output, so the darker
>>>> areas of the photo were not visible on the CRT.  If I made the photo
>>>> look correct on the CRT by brightening it in Photoshop, it looked
>>>> washed out on the LCD.
>>>
>>> It doesn't sound as if you are using any sort of color management at all.
>>>
>>> I would start by obtaining the tools to calibrate your displays. Done
>>> correctly you will find that display calibration will/can be adjusted
>>> in realtime for changes in ambient and/or room light. Consider
>>> something such as the calibration tools offered by X-Rite.
>>> <http://www.xrite.com/categories/calibration-profiling/colormunki-display>
>>
>> A calibrated display isn't necessarily nice to use.  Anyway, CRTs are
>> now obsolete, so it doesn't matter.
>
> Nice hasn't got anything to do with it. Correct color does. Just
> tweaking the display settings so that it is "nice" for you doesn't mean
> that the display color is correct.

But you've got to live with it.

> ...and who said anything about CRTs?

I did up there.

> Calibration is needed for all displays including LCDs, and you sound as
> if you have some seriously uncalibrated displays.

I have them set so they're comfortable to use.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-30 18:02 +0100

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