Which monitor

I am looking for a monitor to replace my aging Lacie Photon20Vision II. With my limited budget of 500€ I would like a monitor that can be calibrated, that can swivel vertically and, obviously, that is better than the one I have. I heard good things of a 22' NEC, but I don't remember the model name. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Enrique

The NEC monitor I was told is the P221W. Any good?

Enrique

Here is an up to date list if IPS monitors, the type you want to use for photography.

http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/s-ips-lcd-list.php

Hope this helps.

Sailor Blue said:

Here is an up to date list if IPS monitors, the type you want to use for photography.

http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/s-ips-lcd-list.php

Hope this helps.

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Thanks a lot.

What's the difference between S-IPS (the one I have now) and S-PVA, the NEC P221W, which they tell me it is better?

Enrique

Most people will probably recommend the monitor they’ve got. However, I would like to make a point that I think is often overlooked: the W/H ratio of the usual 16:9 monitors is not ideally suited to the display of photographic images with ratios of 1:1, 4:3, 6:4 etc. For these ratios the screen height is the limiting factor and the screen’s full width may not always be usable.

A 16:10 monitor is better unless you have the money or space to buy a huge 16:9. I recently bought the Dell 2410 and am very pleased with it. A full-screen 6:4 image displays at 45 x 30 cm. This machine comes within your €500 budget (although sites like the one below list it as more expensive). It also meets your other criteria.

You may find this web site useful in your search:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/selector.htm

Good luck.

However, the added width comes in very handy when using PS CS5, etc.

I use the older NEC Multisync LCD2690WUXi2 ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MT4L1S?ie=UTF8&tag=pchahe-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000MT4L1S ) which has been replaced with the newer models.

Michael W00d said:

Most people will probably recommend the monitor they’ve got. However, I would like to make a point that I think is often overlooked: the W/H ratio of the usual 16:9 monitors is not ideally suited to the display of photographic images with ratios of 1:1, 4:3, 6:4 etc. For these ratios the screen height is the limiting factor and the screen’s full width may not always be usable.

A 16:10 monitor is better unless you have the money or space to buy a huge 16:9. I recently bought the Dell 2410 and am very pleased with it. A full-screen 6:4 image displays at 45 x 30 cm. This machine comes within your €500 budget (although sites like the one below list it as more expensive). It also meets your other criteria.

You may find this web site useful in your search:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/selector.htm

Good luck.

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The suggested Dell 2410 is good, and if you want something bit cheaper, Dell 2412M is highly rated and has perfect gamma out of the box, it handles normal hobbyist photo work very well.

Thank you all. I am reading monitor reviews on http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/reviews.html Life is so difficult!

Enrique

dell u2711, dell 24 inch monitor. Nec monitors, eizo monitors.

Sailor Blue said:

Here is an up to date list if IPS monitors, the type you want to use for photography.

http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/s-ips-lcd-list.php

Hope this helps.

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D700 paired with 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200vr f2.8 along with an SB900 to brighten things up a bit....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD has a section on the different panels showing the merits of each.

I have had the P221W for quite a while. I purchased it with the Spectraview calibration bundle. In the UK the calibration bundle is different than the US Spectraview II. See this FAQ here:

http://www.necdisplay.com/spectra-view-II/FAQ for the difference.

I have a 19 inch CRT that is quite worn and no longer suitable for editing. The vertical dimension of the P221W was the most generous of the ones I researched and matched very closely the vertical dimensions of the CRT matching its 4x3 format. I have the P221W set to native 1050 x 1680 @ 60 Hz refresh matching the Win resolution and it functions on the DVI-D second port of my video card to the monitor DVI-I port.

PSE recognizes the window size and nicely fills the screen as does the Canon DPP RAW editor and Corel PSPP3 and PSP 4 as well as QImage all keeping the correct perspective in the WS format.

Enir4 said:

What's the difference between S-IPS (the one I have now) and S-PVA, the NEC P221W, which they tell me it is better?

Enrique

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