Best LCD monitor?

jeffery1964jeffery1964 Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
edited December 14, 2005 in Accessories
Is there a "Best" LCD monitor in the $500.00 range?
Maybe a 19 inch?

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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2005
    jeffery1964 wrote:
    Is there a "Best" LCD monitor in the $500.00 range?
    Maybe a 19 inch?
    bump . . . and I'll add this: I used to have a cheap dell 17" CRT and never had any color matching problems with ezprints, costco (with a reliable person who has worked there for about 5 years), WHCC, and others.

    Now I have a cheap Dell 19" Flat panel and I'm all over the place. Always problems - not so much with color tint but with with brightness and contrast.

    I could swith with my mother in Utah - her new Dell package came with the better 19" UltraSharp flat panel (and she can't even use the digital inputs). Not sure if it's worth the shipping to trade.

    Saw a upgrade Princeton 19" ,800:1, contrast at costco for $400+.

    Like Jeffery, I'm not sure the route to go. Can't afford an apple cinema display. Also looking around the $500 target and the flat panel sure works better on my desk than an old-school CRT.

    Or a calibrator but Baldy seems to think they cause as much trouble as they help.
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2005
    Hope I'm not teaching my grandma to suck eggs here but most of the problems with my matching my TFT with the my prints were resolved by using quickgamma
    gubbs
    gubbs.smugmug.com

  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2005
    gubbs wrote:
    Hope I'm not teaching my grandma to suck eggs here but most of the problems with my matching my TFT with the my prints were resolved by using quickgamma
    I've downloaded and tried quickgamma but things got worse. My prints were washed out from at least two sources. I have a real problem adjusting the left hand "gamma bar" - I can't figure out what i'm supposed to be seeing when it looks right. Things got better when I went back to the default settings.

    I'm usually pretty good at things like this. I did quality control and color balancing of a whole plant full of photo printers for a couple of years while in my college years. That's why I'm so bugged about it right now! Old Age . . .
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2005
    I didn't mean to hijack this thread with my wishes and needs - just also looking for a better but affordable monitor!
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • chrisjleechrisjlee Registered Users Posts: 384 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2005
    Cnet.com
    jeffery1964 wrote:
    Is there a "Best" LCD monitor in the $500.00 range?
    Maybe a 19 inch?
    http://cnet.search.com/search?q=lcd+monitor&nodeid=3174&format=customlayout&channel=2&cat=313&mode=products&allfields=0&k=98968350&ob=7eRating


    Thats your best place to look.
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    Chris
    Detroit Wedding Photography Blog
    Canon 10D | 20D | 5D
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2005
    wholenewlight wrote:
    I've downloaded and tried quickgamma but things got worse. My prints were washed out from at least two sources. I have a real problem adjusting the left hand "gamma bar" - I can't figure out what i'm supposed to be seeing when it looks right. Things got better when I went back to the default settings.

    I'm usually pretty good at things like this. I did quality control and color balancing of a whole plant full of photo printers for a couple of years while in my college years. That's why I'm so bugged about it right now! Old Age . . .
    I find it easier to use the individual RGB adjusters. Take one colour eg red and look at the red band's full width. At the bottom you should see the red band is split into 5 distinct columns. At the top the red should be even across the whole width. Look for the point that the 5 columns blend together and use the red adjuster until this point reaches the desired gamma level. I use 2.2
    Repeat for the green and blue. You may then need to back and make minor adjustments.
    gubbs
    gubbs.smugmug.com

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