Flatscreen vs CRT pixture quality

[gumboot]

I've just transferred wedding photographs from a PC attached to a LCD monitor to another PC with a CRT. The photos are very much darker when viewed on the CRT screen. The photographs taken outdoors are visibly darker whilst people's faces are not recognisable at all on the indoor ones taken in an evening disco.

The brightness settings on the CRT have been adequate to date and I can't understand why there's a difference. Is this something to do with the LCD monitor being backlit? Is this simply a question of fiddling around with the CRT monitors brightness/contrast settings or is there something else I'm missing?

Thanks.

[Buenchico]

Many people who work professionally on image editing prefer to stick with good, old-fashioned CRT monitors for the quality of colour rendition (and contrast ratios) that they offer. Others might disagree but there's certainly no reason to assume that a CRT screen should be inferior to a TFT or plasma screen.

Most people have the brightness and contrast settings on their monitors (irrespective of the monitor type) set far too high. If they're set correctly, all of the numbers, from 0 to 10, should be clearly visible on the bottom two lines of this test card:
http://www.reeddesign.co.uk/testcard.htm

Chris

[ChuckFickens]

Just to backup what Chris has said...

I work for a company that is involved in the broadcast industry, and all monitors that are used in a broadcast environment are CRT monitors, as Chris mentioned LCD or plasma still can not match the quality of a top end CRT display (though the CRT displays we use... well all I say is a HD 17inch CRT broadcast quality display will cost far more than a 50inch home plasma or LCD screen)

[ACtheTROLL]

Just to backup what Chris and Chuck have said...

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/viewing.htm l

so you can do it by eye or if you are going to get fanatical about it - the pros use the kit shown at the bottom of the page.

[fo3nix]

If you start doing this kind of stuff semi-professionally (or just a keen amateur), then consider investing in a Spyder-type monitor calibration device.