Various Hardware

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 15:11 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Ian Petersen wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Lennart Sorensen
> > <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >   
> >> As for colour matching, I have no idea.  I have seen some awful CRTs
> >> too, so it may be a matter of selecting the right one.
> >>     
> >
> > I think LCDs generally have a hard time with blacks because the
> > backlight is always on and the liquid crystals can't always block it
> > 100%.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >   
> CRTs also have a problem with blacks as the phosphors are not black.  
> Many years ago, a black mask was developed to reduce this problem, but 
> it doesn't eliminate it.  Black is not a colour, but the absence of any 
> colour.   There are not a lot of things that are truly black.

Except the album Smell the Glove by Spinal Tap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlynf--lsxA
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