Hi, I'm going to treat myself to a new monitor and my head is hurting from reading all the reviews and pro and con stuff. The 24" is in my budget range and down to these 3 unless there is something better in this range
Asus PA246Q
Dell U2410
HP LP2475
** Is there any reason not to pick one of these ?
Will my eyeone display 2 calibrate all of these ?
You folks input will really be appreciated !
Thanks, Mike
Hi Mike- look at any thread on monitors with my name attached, you can learn a lot. Unless you like a blindingly bright screen, I'd avoid the ASUS. I'm not an expert as you may see but feel free to PM me if you have specific questions.
The EyeOne Display 2 isn't equipped with the necessary filter matrices for wide-gamut monitors, and officially doesn't support them except when they've been customised in pairings with NEC models. The net result of this may be that the white point is slightly off in calibration, which needn't be disastrous.
There's always a reason not to pick a display if you have an unlimited budget. None of these screens have a programmable internal LUT, for instance, so even though they're high-bit the adjustments you make go through the graphics card LUT - generally a less desirable solution than with high-end models (or arguably the NEC P221W-BK).
Mike, +1 on Sharona's advice to check out her threads here (at least 3) -- a lot of good advice in these.
For a great wide gamut and budget price/performance solution, and if you can live with 22", I recommend the NEC P221W-BK that gdh66 mentions. I got mine from B&H with Spectraview II for $589 ($419 w/o Spectraview II, but you will appreciate NEC's latest calibration solution -- a steal, I think, for effectively $170. Take some aspirin and read about it). In this size range, stick with 16:10 vs. 16:9: more screen real estate.
