Retouching photographs on my 15 inch Macbook Pro, drives me nuts. First of the screen is to small, and once calibrated some tones gets a cast, but overall better then without.
Now of course I want something larger, better and more soothing for my eyes.
I will mainly use the monitor for Photography; where color, blacks and luminance is very crucial.
My budget is in the "Dell u2410 range".
I personal think the u2410 monitor is an old model, it was released in 2009, its 2011 now and there must be something better at this time?!
I want a 24", it should have a Display port.
I will calibrate it will an Eye One display 2.
Thats a lot of sentences started with "I". Wink
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As you know there is no successor for the U2410 yet, unfortunately. I think it's still pretty good value for money though, but so is the HP LP2475.
Do you have a preference for the vertical resolution? One of the important reason why I considered the two screens mentioned above was the 1200px vertical res. I didn't want only 1080px, which most new screens have unfortunately.
@EB-1: It is when you need to have a displayport connector (for a MBP).
@jlw82: If you're going for a 1920x1080 screen, it's worth looking at 22-23" screens to get a finer pixel pitch. IMO 1920x1200 is too low a resolution for 24", which makes the pixels too big. I liked the small pixels with 2560x1600 so much more on the ACD 30" that I used to work on.
Dell U 2711H is simply amazing and it is not too expensive. If you want something even cheaper (a lot cheaper) but still very good for what you want- Dell U 2311H. You cannot go wrong this any of these.
I just picked up this monitor about a week ago and as my first "real" monitor, I'm very happy. It's much better than my HP w2408h, which I use as the 2nd monitor in a dual monitor setup, but I prefer to just leave the HP off and use the Asus.
U2711 + Eye One possibly wont work. Check out the limitations of this sensor thoroughly on the web, in the context of your chosen monitor, before purchase.
Colour space is an issue, do you need wide gamut or not?
A 27" monitor will be harder for your MBP to drive.
The AOC IF 23 is an excellent IPS panel for cheap, if you can manage without the extra inch.
Also look at the new 23" IPS from NEC, supposed to be very good.
I know you are wanting 24 inch in the price range of the Dell U2410 - the HP LP2475W and the Dell are both quite good as far as software-cal monitors go.
I'm also still debating abt monitors - similar-ish price bracket. I'm likely to go for the NEC P221W - seeing that I feel that hardware-cal and wide gamut are both very important! Resolution is a bit lower (1680x1050) - so if this is a deal-breaker for you, the only other one I'd be looking at is the NEC PA241W (also hardware-cal, but definitely far more expensive than the older 22 inch).
If you're happy with software-cal, then that's fine. I jus don't know how well that ends up working with the i1D2 that you have, alongside your MBP as your second monitor.
Re: the lack of displayport, get a MiniDP to DVI cable, should work very well.
The Dell Ultrasharp line are probably some of the best monitors on the market right now for the price. Just watch the specials since they change them weekly and sometimes daily. For instance right now the small business section has the U2410 for $479 but the home section has it for $499 and as low as $449. The U2711 was on sale on the 1st for around $800. There is also a coupon code to get the U3011 for $1024 and free shipping. Dell is one of those companies that tells nothing of deals to the customer but there are a ton out there. I know personally if the 30" goes for under $1k I am all over it.
Another monitor to consider if you want to go big is the HPZR30w.
Ive seen a few neat eizo monitors, not made for photography, but get great calibration reviews, and no adobe rgb. I might not need adobe rgb, I do print, but most of the time I colorcorrect for screen usage - thats wierd. Its that thaaaaaat much difference between srgb and adobe rgb, in my opinion.
jlw82 wrote:
Ive seen a few neat eizo monitors, not made for photography, but get great calibration reviews, and no adobe rgb. I might not need adobe rgb, I do print, but most of the time I colorcorrect for screen usage - thats wierd. Its that thaaaaaat much difference between srgb and adobe rgb, in my opinion.
You might change your mind about that once you get a larger monitor although I think a 24" IPS is certainly adequate with out wide gamut.
That ASUS looks incredible. Going for less than $500 on Amazon right now. I'd pick that up over any alternative in that price range. I'm in the market for a good display since working on my Lenovo 1680x1050 on a 15.4" is just too small for me.
