Re: Monitor Needed
Re: Monitor Needed
- Subject: Re: Monitor Needed
- From: Peter Karp <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:57:09 +0200
> And the HP monitors?
> I'm not referring to high end Dream Colors, but the to mid range...
> On Sep 25, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Peter Karp wrote:
>>>> A new 23 inch or larger monitor for non-critical work. Will be
>>>> calibrated with Eye-one display 2. Emphasis leans toward price
>>>> rather
>>>> than high quality. Located USA. Thank you for any suggestions.
>>
>> Dell 2209WA [might be good low-budget monitor...]
I don't have experience with the HP monitors (neither with the Dell).
But maybe it's a good idea to explain why I suggested the Dell which
from the reports (like from prad.de) seems to be good value for money.
When looking for a low budget monitor -- I assume for non-professional
use (otherwise you might want to have a look at the larger and often
calibratable monitors with wider gamut aimed for professional use) --
it's pretty simple to constrain the search. In my experience all
monitors with TN-panels will not be "good enough" to judge colours
(even for non-professinal use at home) because of the very limited
useful viewing angle (if you look only at the center of the screen on
a 5x5 cm² area a TN might suffice ;-)).
So my personal advice is to look for monitors with non-TN-panels such
as (S-)PVA, MVA, S-(IPS) and the like. Those displays are (at least at
the moment) more expensive then displays with TN-panels, but even for
home-use I would not buy a current monitor with TN-panel if you ever
want to view or judge photos.
The mentioned Dell 2209WA 22" is not aimed at professional users, but
offers an e-IPS panel which should have a much better viewing angle
then monitors with TN-panels. As far as I know this is currently one
of the fewer low-budget monitors with a non-TN panel. Of course other
monitors from HP or any other manufacturer offering a PVA or IPS-like
panel will also be interesting for "advanced home use" when you care
about colours. The best option is always to have a look in a store and
maybe take some test pictures with you. To judge viewing angle a
simple repeated photo-pattern will help you much. Besides that you can
try to find out if the low-budget monitors you are interested in offer
a "good" OSD where preferably the luminance is only changed by means
of the backlight and not by the monitor LUT. Even if it is you can
have a look at some artifical R/G/B/Gray ramps for example to judge if
dimming affects the tone levels and causes banding (which of course
should not be the case).
Hope this answer gives a better idea when looking for a
non-professinal monitor for "colour use" (in contrast to gaming or
other main purposes).
Best regards
Peter
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