Monitor Suggestions

I've been having terrible calibration problems with the screen on my Thinkpad. In calibrated software, blues are purple, and everything is garish. Otherwise everything looks muddy and washed out. I've pretty much given up on trying to use it for anything other than making sure the photos are framed properly.

I would really like to get a nice midrange LCD that I can use for photo editing. I don't particularly care about having a huge screen, so 20-22" would be fine. Something that will calibrate well (S-IPS panel), preferably no more than $500-600. I live in Canada, so it would be good if I could buy it here, but I'm open to any suggestions.

I've been looking at Dells, but almost all of their smaller LCDs use TN panels now for the low price point. The 2408WFP has an IPS panel that's supposed to be quite nice, but I've read bad things about input lag. I also looked at the higher-end NEC LCDs, but I'm not ready to spend $1200+ on an LCD just yet.

Anyone?

I am in exactly the same situation. I'll be interested in the reponses.

I would suggest you to get Samsung T200 20" and its 2ms Dynamic Contrast 20 000:1
i just bought mine 2 weeks ago and i ensure you that i have and the iMac 20" and they are just the same in picture quality i have calibrated them with the Spyder2Pro and the look same becaue of the high contrast of Samsung it is one that has 20000:1 dynamic contrast so high. and i bought it here in Athens for 295Euro i think it worths the money.
have a look on the internet and you want blame yourself for having this LCD monitor. It is just perfect, cause i am very strict with those things. so get it.
Have a nice evening

EcoRick wrote in post #5635583
I am in exactly the same situation. I'll be interested in the reponses.

It seems to be pretty difficult to get suggestions for an actual model to buy. I am seriously looking at the Dell 2408WFP right now. It is reasonably priced, and covers a very wide gamut (but no 12 but internal LUT). Dell also has a 3 year warranty and zero dead pixel guarantee, which is pretty nice. It is an M-PVA panel, which doesn't have quite the same stable viewing angles as an S-IPS, so it wouldn't be as nice if you'll have clients leaning over your shoulder while you make adjustments.

The only other model I have my eye on is the DoubleSight DS-263. This is a fairly new LCD that uses the same panel as the Planar PX2611. It's new enough that there aren't really any reviews, but the equivalent Planar model has been reveiwed.

Aside from that, there is the NEC LCD2690UXi, which goes for $1200 (or $1400 with the calibration hardware). You really can't lose with this model, but I think a lot of us would prefer to spend $600 on other gear and use a slightly less high-end LCD. I know my work doesn't require such critical colour accuracy. Unfortunately, the market is saturated with lousy cheap TN panel LCDs, and it's getting hardware and hardware to find anything