I have finished my graphic projects.  Sylvia and Bonnie did their presentation last Sunday and the wedding is coming up on Saturday.  I had carefully tweaked about 300 images for the two projects.  When they were finished I looked at them on our big screen TV.  I was not satisfied with what I saw.

I came back to the computer room and worked with my monitor for a bit over two hours.  I just couldn’t adjust the monitor to display images the way they look on the big screen.  It turns out that the nice projector at church agrees with the big screen TV here at home.

I then turned my attention to finding a replacement for my 17-inch LCD screen.  I measured, calculated, compared specs, conferred with my consultant (son) and placed an order.  The new 23-inch LED monitor arrived Tuesday.

When I had installed the wide-screen beauty, I displayed a picture of the old monitor and captured this image:

Don’t let the diagonal measurement difference trick you into thinking that I now have a much larger screen.  Well, it is . . . but the height of the display is less than a half-inch greater.  It seems to be the perfect size for me.

The first think I noticed was how much brighter the whites are and how black the blacks are.  Amazing!  Now I can see the same subtle flaws on my computer monitor that I see on the big screen TV or the church’s projection system.

Other Changes

To celebrate, I implemented a change in my blog template.  I had experimented on this with my wide-screen laptop earlier.  I chose the dandelion background for two reasons.  The blue is very nice and appeals to me, and the dandelions continue a theme that is current. With the change in template, I also increased the width (in pixels) of the blog and sidebar.

Anyway, I hope you like the new look of the blog.

It sure feels great to be back with you and to visit the usual blogs each day.  I really did miss that.