X-Warrior
28th of April 2009 (Tue), 13:14
Topic title says most of it already.
I'm mainly looking for a proper monitor for my photography work. This 'work' involves mostly displaying things on my website. Maybe a few prints for myself every now and then. No commercial stuff. Not yet anyway, but I'm not excluding anything from the future.
However, I'm perfectionistic enough to want something proper to work with. It's just not right spending thousands of €'s on gear and forgetting about the final bit: post processing.
Sooo... this one looks quite nice:
http://www.eizo.com/products/graphics/cg222w/index.asp
...but comes with a serious price tag. And I may not be needing a massive Adobe RGB coverage. Or do I ? On the other hand, I did pay €750 for my current screen and it's worth every cent. Rather strange that €1000 (?) would suddenly be too much these days :confused:
I heard that NEC also produces some interesting screens as well ? Might be an interesting direction to look at.
Of course it would be good to also hear about other good brands in this area.
Anyway, a small list of what I'd like to see:
- Wide viewing angle. 178º or something like that. I believe IPS displays have this ?
- Good colour reproduction - equal throughout the screen. As little variations as possible.
- 20" and up will do, along with appropriate resolutions of 1680x1050 or 1920x1200. The former would actually be preferable due to my PC performance, although 1920x1200 wouldn't kill it outright.
- Hardware calibration - does this mean I don't need to have software running in the background all the time ? If so, want!
- Must not be of hideous design. Though most models should be alright there. Preferably something compact, relative to screen size. Good looking gets favoured.
- DVI connection, future compatibility by other connections (HDMI / display port ?) would be given extra consideration.
I will also require a calibration tool. Suggestions are welcome.
Budget is whatever I think a display of a certain performance is worth.
Alternively, I could be talked out of this if anyone can convince me my current Philips Brilliance 200W will do a great job, if only I took the effort to calibrate it ;)
Thanks in advance :)
I'm mainly looking for a proper monitor for my photography work. This 'work' involves mostly displaying things on my website. Maybe a few prints for myself every now and then. No commercial stuff. Not yet anyway, but I'm not excluding anything from the future.
However, I'm perfectionistic enough to want something proper to work with. It's just not right spending thousands of €'s on gear and forgetting about the final bit: post processing.
Sooo... this one looks quite nice:
http://www.eizo.com/products/graphics/cg222w/index.asp
...but comes with a serious price tag. And I may not be needing a massive Adobe RGB coverage. Or do I ? On the other hand, I did pay €750 for my current screen and it's worth every cent. Rather strange that €1000 (?) would suddenly be too much these days :confused:
I heard that NEC also produces some interesting screens as well ? Might be an interesting direction to look at.
Of course it would be good to also hear about other good brands in this area.
Anyway, a small list of what I'd like to see:
- Wide viewing angle. 178º or something like that. I believe IPS displays have this ?
- Good colour reproduction - equal throughout the screen. As little variations as possible.
- 20" and up will do, along with appropriate resolutions of 1680x1050 or 1920x1200. The former would actually be preferable due to my PC performance, although 1920x1200 wouldn't kill it outright.
- Hardware calibration - does this mean I don't need to have software running in the background all the time ? If so, want!
- Must not be of hideous design. Though most models should be alright there. Preferably something compact, relative to screen size. Good looking gets favoured.
- DVI connection, future compatibility by other connections (HDMI / display port ?) would be given extra consideration.
I will also require a calibration tool. Suggestions are welcome.
Budget is whatever I think a display of a certain performance is worth.
Alternively, I could be talked out of this if anyone can convince me my current Philips Brilliance 200W will do a great job, if only I took the effort to calibrate it ;)
Thanks in advance :)