Would a 30" be overkill for editing?

I've been looking to upgrade my current 23" ips monitor for awhile and not certain if I should concentrate on picking up a 27" ips monitor or streching the budget for a 30" ips monitor.

The Catleaps look like they could be a good investment but always looking for suggestions from you fellow forum members. Any ideas or suggestions anyone?

I should mention the budget is $400-$800.

I went with the 30" Dell last fall and haven't looked back. It was that, or a dual monitor set up. More space to have the tool bars, etc.

OMG no. Go big or go home.

Seriously, I upgraded from 23" to 27" last year, and I can already see that a 30" would be very nice to have.

totally agree,, Go BIG

Bigger is always better for editing, provided the colors are accurate and its a high resolution panel.

I have two 27" 2560x1440 monitors and still wish for more space when I get a bunch of stuff open.

Sounds like I'll be spending a bit more and will be getting the 30" monitor. Going to need to tell the wife a small lie and tell her it's just a 30" television monitor so she doesn't think I spent to much.

Thorrulz wrote in post #17057427
Sounds like I'll be spending a bit more and will be getting the 30" monitor. Going to need to tell the wife a small lie and tell her it's just a 30" television monitor so she doesn't think I spent to much.

Well keep in mind that the 27" and 30" monitors have the same horizontal resolution with the 30" being just 160 pixels taller. For me, that wasn't enough to justify the extra cost and physical space. I'd need a larger increase in resolution to justify an upgrade from my 27's. Two monitors is where its at as far as I'm concerned.

Just gonna go ahead and point out that 30" screens are typically worse in some parameters than equivalent 27" models, in doing research for a monitor for myself I learned that the 30" displays have more IPS glow, worse viewing angles, and less uniformity as well. I would probably look at getting a nice 27" model, like the Viewsonic VP2772 or Asus PA279Q, or something similar. Eventually I went for an NEC PA272W, which it seems is still currently $970 at B&H, killer screen if there ever was one.

I have two monitors at one of my workstations, but my photography workstation has a single 23" monitor and I'm happy with it. The price of a monitor isn't signifcant to me, I could buy a 30", but I find I have to sit back further from it and I turn my neck instead of moving my eyes, so I don't like using them as much.

I say go with the 27", I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

Wow, you guys are making it tough to decide. I guess after 27" that you do need to be careful of the quality control aspect as previously mentioned in a prior post.

Special thanks go out to the posters that mentioned some specific monitors in this thread, I'll be looking into them before making a final decision.

Some good points here! I must admit to having no experience with a 30", and can say that I'm happy with the look of my calibrated 27". Sounds like some extra issues to consider when going beyond that size.

also admit that i have a 27 and no experience actually using a 30" but i would have thougth i would like to have even bigger and 30 would be perfect.

maybe 27 is the way to go