The PC Magazine review says this output for this machine has sub-par photo quality and so-so graphics. Does anybody have feedback on this?
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I bought this printer and found that the print quality was terrible - what you'd expect from a dried up inkjet printer. I returned it and bought an HP M375nw and I am very happy with the print quality.
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I am very happy with this printer. When they refer to subpar for photo and graphics, they are comparing it to ink jet quality especially for photos. For general use and office it is very acceptable. The average person will be quite satisfied.this is not meant for professional graphics use. I recommend you go to a retail store and check out some sample print outs. That's the only way to know for sure. All I can say is that I am quite satisfied.
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I'm running PSP Photo X2 under Vista on an HP Slimline with 2 gigs of RAM and I have had no problems. However, I've read about some bad experiences that other people have had running PSP under Vista. I don't know for sure what the problems are, but I'd highly recommend a clean install of the Paint Shop software if at all possible. I'm in the same boat you are with regard to level of expertise (or lack thereof). I do have a lot of photos on my computer and I ran several of my problem photos through PSP Photo X2 and applied the "quick fix" button. The photos were all improved considerably with zero effort and knowledge. I'm pretty sure that with a little practice with the more complicated features I could do more. I have also used PCP Photo X2 do so some web graphics, and the support for layers, JPGs, GIFs, PNGs, and the RGB color model are more than sufficient for my needs (I used Photoshop in college and Print Shop works essentially the same way Photoshop did for the tasks I need it to do). I also tried Photoshop Elements, and the web-centric features of Print Shop Pro seemed far more robust to me than the ones in Elements. In my opinion, nothing even comes close to Print Shop Pro for the price. Finally, if you are interested in doing some detailed research before you buy the software, get Diane Koers's book "Picture Yourself Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro X2" and read it. It will tell you all the things you can do with the software and it's surprisingly inexpensive, especially for a Course Technology book. The best part is that after you read it and decide to buy the software (which I'm betting you will), the book will continue to be useful to you as a reference.
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I have been building systems for years. I had a spare Quad Core 2.5 with 4GB of RAM so I built it up as a 'proof of concept' test system. I was able to get everything installed and configured but the performance was terrible--even with a single channel. The images were badly pixelated and unwatchable. I ended up building a new i5 system with 16GB of RAM and it could not be better. I was able to view and record all 6 channels at once without glitches. So, IMHO, processor performance is a critical factor here.
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Scotty picture is excellent, I use it for gaming combined with a GTX780 video card, and it rocks. I find 3d pretty much worthless, at least for gaming.
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Yes, I'm using it for that reason as well. I have an Nvidia GTX 550 ti graphics card that I use and the image is perfect.
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What I noticed most was the text quality. With the VGA connection, text on the 906BW had a smudged, almost shadowed look. On DVI the shadows were gone so the text looked clean and clear.
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Yes. I have it in my PC and I use Photoshop, various 3D modelling programs, and games extensively. My setup is benchmarked at >1800, iirc, and handles most games at >100 FPS. Doesn't flinch at my other utilities either. I do have a lot of other powerful stuff in here though.
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the cace is great, it is strong, and i do not problem with that, in general i am so happy with this computer, and help me alot with my job as wedding photographer, photoshop, dark room, light room is running very well, i recomend you to by this, with this price is owesome. at last the decision is your, good luck
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Have you tried any older systems to see if they look okay/have lag?Anyway, thanks for the info! I may have to go for this, although I'm a bit nervous not being able to return it if there are dead pixels or whatever.
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it certainly doesnt have the same quality as ones such as Retina Displays or the new galaxies but its damn close. make sure you set the settings on both the monitor and the computer display or else the monitor would continuously try to adjust color because it the settings aren't set right.
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I have to agree with A. Geib I bumped up the phyical memory, used quality paper printed at the highest resolution and got very good resultsIt is abit slow on the first thing printing and sounds like a jet when I turn it on, but it was worth the money so far, I also have a Brotherat work and its a workhorse.I've used HP's Lexmark, Cannon, Epson it compares to them all, the interesting thing for me is watching the sell price move up and downI may start tracking it for fun.
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Hi, I bought this for a custom laptop we built for a customer. I haven't heard of any problems or complaints at this time. He seemed very pleased with the machine. I'm not using it of course, but he is a younger "gamer" type user, and I'm sure if there was an issue with it he would have brought it up. Hope this helps,Martin
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Yes. It works fine. Even though the resolution is low at 1000 fps it looks good if you use a strong light souRce or work in direct sunlight. If youndo not use that it is very noisy, grainy and disappointing.
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How are the graphics for Photoshop work. I'm looking for true color and tone. Does the display have a wide viewing area that stays relatively the same?M Chelini
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I don't know. I'm satisfied with it. Sorry, but I haven't done anything very demanding with it to really comment on its performance quality.
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I'm playing Skyrim on it right now. Runs at pretty much full res with no problems or lag. I've also played Far Cry 3 at full settings on it with no problems.
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I'd say look more into the new r9 graphics line that recently came out, i believe they arent that much more but otherwise it works great for me, all the power I require