Looking for a good 24" monitor for photography
any ideas ??
Thanks Emmanuel

Eizo make the best monitors for color critical work....
www.eizo.com

Thanks ...wow $1300.00
Looks good , do you know ware to find one ??

I'm from Australia so you'll have to source them there, most high end photographic and graphic suppliers should sell them, or at least know where to get them. Good luck!

NEC 2490uxi is as good as anything Eizo offers in the 24" range.

Hi Emmanuel,

Some info discussed on the boards here about the NEC monitors...

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/711467/

...and...

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/721077/

...and...

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/746778/

...also, the NEC pages for their SpectraView II line...

http://www.necdisplay.com/Products/Series/?series=f52d7f47-df4d-4223-b75e-c23e8b085ed7

...good luck with your shopping! Let us know what you decide!

Peace,
Jimmy G

the 24" NEC spectraview model is good... although if you can afford it, the NEC LCD2690WUXI2-BK-SV is extremely good, especially for the price...

Leave room in your budget for a hardware-based calibration system--unless you get a monitor that already comes with one.

I would much rather use a calibrated $500 monitor than an uncalibrated $2000 monitor. The latter is basically useless.

cheaper than an Eizo or LaCie would be the NEC LCD2490WUXi or the HP 2475w. Dell also makes a decent 24-incher but I'm not sure of the model number.

Personally I'm an NEC fan but any high-gamut monitor with at least 12-bit LUT capability is gonna be great for graphics, regardless of the panel technology. And if you're spending $1K+ on a monitor you really need to spend a hundred more and get a hardware calibration system.

The best 24" monitor is the 26" NEC 2690.

the Dell model is the 2408wfp I think. It goes for around $500USD, on sale occasionally. basically, you want either an IPS or a PVA panel, and not a TN panel. you can search around on those technologies and get a lot of info. The 24" iMac is a good monitor and it comes with a computer. Their new price is attractive... Apple 24" is also a nice monitor. There are just a few in the $500-600 range; after that, you're in the pro range and the price goes up.

I am also looking for monitor with 1920x1200 resolution, and want to spend about $600-750.
Do any of you know how good are Dell Ultrasharp monitors ?
Thanks.

I am eyeing the NEC LCD2490WUXi2 which can be hardware calibrated using the i1D2 (but u need their SPECTRAVIEWII software). At 1/2 that price, there is the Philips 240PW9EB which has H-IPS panel. I had the Samsung 245T for a week but the unevenness was too much to bear.

What do you recommend for calibrating a monitor?

Greg Feldman wrote:
Leave room in your budget for a hardware-based calibration system--unless you get a monitor that already comes with one.

I would much rather use a calibrated $500 monitor than an uncalibrated $2000 monitor. The latter is basically useless.

One more thing. LCD runs best at its native resolution so make sure your graphic card can handle high res without chugging if you want to run something high like 1920x1200.

mogur2 wrote:
What do you recommend for calibrating a monitor?

Greg Feldman wrote:
Leave room in your budget for a hardware-based calibration system--unless you get a monitor that already comes with one.

I would much rather use a calibrated $500 monitor than an uncalibrated $2000 monitor. The latter is basically useless.


Depends on how much you budget, just like anything else. Higher priced calibrators can also calibrate printers and projectors. For under $200, the Xrite i1 Display 2 is very nice, as is the Datacolor Spyder3 Pro. The older Spyder2 doesn't work that well with newer wide-gamut monitors. If you get the NEC 2490/2690, which have built in color look up tables (LUTs), you have a couple choices, you can get the -BK-SV version which includes the calibrator (a rebranded i1) and the software to program the LUT, or you can get the regular version, buy the i1 Display 2, and then purchase the NEC calibration software for $100. If you do get the NEC, you really should get the NEC software, either way.

use NEC at work, they seem to be pretty good.