Thanks to our online jury test participants , we were able to determine the best scanner for Web content producers. We also timed the scanners to test their ability to support a demanding production schedule. Bold type denotes first place. Low scores are best.
High scores are best.
We timed the scanners' prescan and fine-scan times. There is a myth that if you just need to produce images presentable over the Internet, you can get away with using a bargain-basement scanner. Our jury's large size helped us gauge these units accurately. We observed this consistency despite the wide variety of viewing conditions likely to exist on our jurors' PCs. We did give jurors the option of downloading the PC Magazine edition of DisplayMate Technologies' monitor-tuning utility if they wished.