Dear Paul and Guy,
Ron Myers wrote
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With all due respect to your Photoshop instructor, he may be great with Photoshop, but is likely not pre-cognizant, can't see the future, and is probably not a technical research expert. ... Also, with the advance of technology and resultant products, often old requirements, challenges, or concerns are completely bypassed.
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Paul Schliesser wrote -1
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I think you misunderstand what the Photoshop instructor was saying. The way I read it, the instructor wasn't making predictions about technology and LCD displays in general, but
was pointing out that an _individual_ LCD display has a finite life for critical work and will eventually become useless, because current LCD display cannot be recalibrated like a CRT
as they age and the colors shift.
Dear Paul and Guy,
Been thinking about your response, Paul, to my response about Guy's mention of his Photoshop instructor, TFT technology vs CRT recalibration ability, old versus new, etc., etc. First of all, my apologies if it sounded like I was cruisin' for an argument, which I really wasn't. And maybe I got a bit carried away in my response. (Emails and list exchanges are hard to gauge one's meaning and tenor of thought.)
Perhaps I did misunderstand; however, my thoughts were not directed at the individual fine points or nuts & bolts issues of recalibration -- like on a good CRT, or one product model over another. It was more general in nature, concerning what I said, that many times new product technology R&D often eclipses and leaves old problems and/or concerns in the dust.
Paul Schliesser wrote -2
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I'm very curious about the OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology; this will allow for extremely thin and very bright screens with no back-lighting - current LCD screens need a
light source behind the screen. We'll be seeing OLEDs first on very small color screens for things like cell phones.
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By the way, this new OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology sounds very interesting. Tell me more, if you or anyone else can. I've only heard snatches, bits and pieces.
Best Regards,
Ron Myers
San Diego