1920*1200 monitor as introductory model
alaios
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Hi all,
I am looking for a decent but not very expensive monitor that can support 1900*1200 resolution and can support close to 100% srgb. Price wise I guess 400 dollars or 350 euros would be the limit
The main reason for bying this is to have something that would allow me to do image processing. What do you have to suggest me?
Regards
Alex
P.S Forgot to write that I have external calibration tool.
I am looking for a decent but not very expensive monitor that can support 1900*1200 resolution and can support close to 100% srgb. Price wise I guess 400 dollars or 350 euros would be the limit
The main reason for bying this is to have something that would allow me to do image processing. What do you have to suggest me?
Regards
Alex
P.S Forgot to write that I have external calibration tool.
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I think you will enjoy this website:
http://www.prad.de/new/monitore/testberichte.html
When reviewing that list, there are some monitors with a "Good" rating that are worthy but try to stick with the "Very Good" rated models.
At the budget end, one of the most popular is the Dell U2412M. It can often be found for $239 USD/CAD in the USA & Canada. Not sure what it will be in Europe. It is an "old" model, having been around for a couple of years - there have been many advances in monitor design since it was first released. I think today the reviews would not rate it as highly as when it first came out.
There is an ASUS model that is very similar, the PA249Q, but it is not highly rated. Maybe the ASUS PB248Q may be preferred for more $$$ with its' Sehr Gut rating.
The NEC P242-BK is worth a look.
http://www.prad.de/new/monitore/test/2014/test-nec-p242w-bk.html
One to definitely look into is an EIZO EV series 24" - perhaps the EV2436WFS-BK.
Another website with great reviews is TFT Central.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews.htm
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Sorry.
I will have a look on the web site and I will let you know
Alex
Hi thanks, the prices seem to be on my range and thanks a lot for that.
I wonder though which one I should prefer and what are the parameters one needs to prioritirize over for image processing.
What would you choose? What would be your criteria? In which of these monitors you can buy external shades to protect from external light sources. I guess all these monitors can be calibrated too.
Regards
A
I have a four years old laptop that I connected on a 24inches monitor I have on my working desk. My laptop was able to give, over normal-blue vga port, 1900X1200 resolutiion. A friend informed me to avoid the ASUS model PA249Q
as it uses low frequency PWM and he suggested me to see only flicker free monitors.
I did not think that technology can be that complicated when you want to buy something decent
If this is a concern the database at TFT Central is a useful reference:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/flicker_free_database.htm
Another point on PWM.... many monitors use it, even some very highly rated models, but note that PWM is not usually an issue where the switching frequency is high. Prad discusses the PWM issue in the "Backlight" section of their reviews.
Another useful forum is this one where monitors are discussed in some detail. However, bear in mind most of the commentators here seem to be driven by needs for gaming which are not always complimentary to needs for image editing.
http://hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=78
As to which model I would seriously consider, probably one of the NEC PA series or EIZO EV's if I had a larger budget than I have allowed myself in the past and the EIZO's were easier to find here, which they are not.
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The minimum brightness should be somewhere below 60 cd/m2. If you edit in a normally lit room (one or two 800 lumen bulbs) in the evening, after the sun is down and there are no outside lighting influences in the room, you will probably have your monitor calibrated with a brightness at about 100 to 120 cd/m2. But if you are one of those people that like to edit in a pitch black room (imho you should not do this) then you may need to set the brightness of your monitor between 60 and 80 cd/m2.
Maximum brightness is not so important as most monitors can attain brighter than 230 cd/m2 and even the brightest office probably would not require more than 160 cd/m2.
There are monitors currently for sale that are not able to adjust their brightness lower than 105 cd/m2. So check this out.
Illumination uniformity ensures the screen is evenly lit. Some monitors have chronic issues with edge bleed or flashlighting in corners so you should avoid these. Most IPS LCD panels have issues with a glow that can be seen when viewed from the side in a DARK room - not usually noticeable in a room with lights on. Most of the best monitors currently use AH-IPS panels so you cannot avoid this except by finding a monitor with an AH-MVA or S-PLS panel.
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first I have to say thanks because you really know this stuff and you feel free to share this knowledge. I am coming from a computer science background and in the past it was butter and bread to read about technical reviews and decide. My current realiy is trying to finalize my PhD (in a german university) support my wife with her studies and take part of the wonderful development of 16 months old daugter.
Why I share this because I wanted to explain why I do not have the time to keep looking for a good monitor that I can keep in the coming years for photoediting (the serious kind).
I am currently looking to buy one that would do the job without looking too much on the internet.
Perhaps I can spend even more money if I am gonna buy something good that I would forget I would need upgrade in the coming years.
Do you think that there is then a decent 24 inches screen for photoediting up to 450 usa dollars and spend no more time looking on the limitations and problems a monitor have ? (well you can always argue about problems even the most expensive models have,,, but there is a point that 95% of the people would say "yes this is not a bad toy")
P.S How much difference in terms of desk space a 27 inches and 24 inches monitor have? (I have a small desk surface to put the laptop atop)
HDMI is said to be able to handle this resolution but I've read enough posts on HDMI ports on laptops not being able to do this that I say do not trust this technology on an older laptop.
I use matte screen IPS LCD paneled Dell U2412M and 2209WA monitors for photo editing and I'm happy with them for all their flaws. The IPS LCD panel solves most of the color uniformity issues I see with cheaper gaming type TN paneled monitors and both are vastly superior to any CRT monitor I've ever owned in the past. The most important tool on my desktop for photo editing is my calibrator as neither of these monitors were close to acceptable fresh out of the box.
I also use a Dell S2240L 22" 1920x1080 IPS panel glossy screen monitor via HDMI port with my business laptop and would gladly use that monitor for photo editing (after calibration) - it cost me $129.99 CAD on sale. In fact, in some ways I like viewing images on it better than the other two.
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How bigger their stands are when it comes to size? I guess that 24 is good enough size for photo editing any way