I'll be interested in the answers to this question as well, insofar as I'm in the market for another Mac set-up in our house.   Mark ________________________________ From: Dean Mackey <dmack@rice.edu> To: ColorSync <colorsync-users@lists.apple.com> Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 2:55:57 PM Subject: Thoughts on new displays for Mac workstations. We are in a position to upgrade our old Mac workstations to new MacPros. As part of the upgrade we are interested in getting new displays along with each station. Currently, it's a bit of a hodgepodge of displays being used across the four stations; hopefully we can purchase the same model for each of them so there can be some consistency in the overall production environment. From a color management stand point, we don't want to just blindly invest in the Apple 27-inch LED Cinema displays if there is something for the same price point that is better suited for color critical work. For example, two of the stations are currently using Samsung SyncMaster 245Ts, and we've been pretty happy with their performance. Does anyone have any thoughts on the suitability of the Apple display vs other displays on the market. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, Dean Dean Mackey Senior Graphic Designer Creative Services | Rice University | Allen Center, Suite 200 - MS 95  | 6100 S. Main, Houston, TX 77005 | Office 713.348.6767 | Fax 713.348.6757 | dmack@rice.edu _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Colorsync-users mailing list      (Colorsync-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/colorsync-users/mgsegal%40rogers.com This email sent to mgsegal@rogers.com

On Mar 09, 2012 at 01:55 PM -0600, Dean Mackey wrote:

Does anyone have any thoughts on the suitability of the Apple display vs other displays on the market. Any advice is appreciated.

I've been very happy with my NEC PA241W. A bit cheaper than the Apple display, though it is only 24". However, it has a couple of nice features built in to facilitate accuracy. One of the features that makes it particularly nice for calibration is the built in LUT. When used with the appropriate NEC software and calibration puck, the calibration numbers are sent to the monitor's LUT instead of modifying the signal that the video card sends. The software and puck do cost extra though...