New monitor?

Hi,

With my birthday coming up i'm thinking of spending some money and getting myself a new monitor. It will be used for editing photos (my laptop is only 15"), watching dvds and a little gaming. I'd spend £200 at the most. At the minute i'm looking at this one which seems to get great reviews:

http://www.ebuyer.com …5099/show_produ​ct_reviews

If anyone has any advice / suggestions please go ahead and say.

Adam

I got a new monitor in January and I was torn between that one you are looking at and the Dell 22", I ended up getting the Dell because of the reviews I read refering to different panel types which scared me off, It might have been nothing but it was enough for me to go for the Dell, not sure about now but at the time they were almost the same price.

Mork350D wrote in post #5859542
I got a new monitor in January and I was torn between that one you are looking at and the Dell 22", I ended up getting the Dell because of the reviews I read refering to different panel types which scared me off, It might have been nothing but it was enough for me to go for the Dell, not sure about now but at the time they were almost the same price.

Ok cheers, i'll have a look. Reading the reviews on ebuyer it sounds like the different panel type issue has gone now.

Also if I go for the Samsung I could be tempted to upgrade to the Pebble style for just £20 more:
http://www.ebuyer.com …ifications#spec​ifications

At the time it just put a doubt in my mind, it seemed like they were using different panels from when the monitor was originally getting great reviews and some people were claiming they were inferior.
One thing though, I did see a Samsung in PC World and it did look very nice as well, if I didnt read the reviews I would probably have bought one and been perfectly happy with it.

A lot of info and recommendations (post 2) here

Mork350D wrote in post #5859670
At the time it just put a doubt in my mind, it seemed like they were using different panels from when the monitor was originally getting great reviews and some people were claiming they were inferior.
One thing though, I did see a Samsung in PC World and it did look very nice as well, if I didnt read the reviews I would probably have bought one and been perfectly happy with it.

Cheers for the info. I'm not sure yet but will read more into the panel issue. Quite alot of the last reviews dismiss the issue though.

René Damkot wrote in post #5859714
A lot of info and recommendations (post 2) here

Cheers Rene.

i think you can get the Samsung or LG I bought for around that much in the US now $300. The 22 inch monitor works great with my 17 inch laptop screen. I use both most of the time.

Being a TN panel, it is the worst of the panel types for photo editing. IPS and variations of MVA are better, with IPS being the best. It doesn't mean that all TN panels are horrible, just not ideal for photo editing.

Unfortunately nobody makes 22" IPS panels.

bohdank wrote in post #5864093
Being a TN panel, it is the worst of the panel types for photo editing. IPS and variations of MVA are better, with IPS being the best. It doesn't mean that all TN panels are horrible, just not ideal for photo editing.

Unfortunately nobody makes 22" IPS panels.

Officially it seems so from what i've read, although people like Suzy find them fine. Problem with the proper photo editing monitors is that they are very expensive.

You cannot go wrong with a SamSung monitor . I have the SyncMaster 932BW and i love it !! Paid $220. @ BestBuy sale . Actually SamSung is #1 in TVs' , monitors at the moment .

Celestron wrote in post #5876950
You cannot go wrong with a SamSung monitor . I have the SyncMaster 932BW and i love it !! Paid $220. @ BestBuy sale . Actually SamSung is #1 in TVs' , monitors at the moment .

Good to hear. Do you find it colour accurate for photo editing?

Celestron wrote in post #5876950
You cannot go wrong with a SamSung monitor . I have the SyncMaster 932BW .

Has a TN screen as well.

You get what you pay for still applies...

If budget is limited, why not look into a used CRT. I did, and bought a used LaCie 22".
Way better then any TN panel and cheaper as well

René Damkot wrote in post #5881449
Has a TN screen as well.

You get what you pay for still applies...

If budget is limited, why not look into a used CRT. I did, and bought a used LaCie 22".
Way better then any TN panel and cheaper as well

Yeah seems that they are alot better. I'm not sure about a CRT as it will take up alot of space. Need to decide how much it's geared towards photography editing as well as being used for films etc.

That's a consideration you'd have to make... The LaCie I mentioned is about 30kgs

I have the SyncMaster 226BW Samsung, beautiful and no matter which monitor you buy, have to calibrate.