What's a good monitor for processing?

[gregbradley]

I am looking to get a nice monitor for image processing. I use an i7 laptop but the new laptop I am switching to doesn't have the best screen. My older laptop screen was pretty good but I really should be using a calibrated monitor.

Any suggestions? I am not wanting a huge monitor but say something around 15-17inches perhaps?

Greg.

[Peter.M]

Benq make some really nice 8 inch LEDs but you are going to get aperture fever with that really fast. I have seen a 17 inch dell LCD f8 monitor going somewhere, but its very expensive and probably not a good match for your camera pixel size (you will be oversampling). What do you want to do with it because if its galaxies or nebula that will effect which one I recommend (no monitor is best at everything). Best bang for your buck is always going to be the humble CRT but they do require collimation to be kept performing well .

[Octane]

Eizo. :)

H

[pluto]

If money's no object then like H said get an Eizo.

Otherwise have a look at these:
http://www8.hp.com/au/en/products/monitors/product-detail.html?oid=5367302
I use one at work and it's by far the best no pro monitor I've used and great bang-for-buck IMO.

[Slawomir]

Hi Greg,

I have been using 23" HP Pavillion for a few months and it works very well for me.

They are cheap too: http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/hp-pavilion-23fi-23-monitor-led-silver-hpc7t77a2

[LewisM]

I process on my mobile phone. Seems to be just fine for me :P

[Peter.M]

WOW, I retract my comments, you should get one of these, I mean the specs are something someone who watches a current affair like me cant turn away from.

Arcenic-Free Glass (I don't know what this is)
Mercury-free LED backlighting (i'm always scared about my fluorescents)

[jase]

Yep +1 for EIZO.

I have a 24" CG series (ColorEdge) which has never missed a beat. Its hardware calibrated every two months. All the buzz around 4k and 5k doesn't mean anything for high quality imaging work if the monitor can't accurately display colours. I have a couple of friends using the NEC PA series. Similar characteristics to the EZIO CG series with a high bit depth at a lower cost. They are great monitors as well so worth a look.

A good read - http://www.imagescience.com.au/kb/questions/120/Monitors+For+High+Quality+Imaging+W ork

[gregbradley]

I ended up ordering one of these from Scorptec computers in Melbourne:

http://www.presscave.com/top-best-monitors-for-photo-editing/

This monitor came up a few times as one of the top 5 photo editing monitors on a few sites.

The other was the Asus PA248Q. That is being replaced soon and was out of stock at a local supplier though.

Greg.

[glend]

Those five look great but beyond my budget.

Is there a good budget IPS version? I'd like something up to $250 that will be better than my laptop screen, it doesn't have to be large (ie above 24").

[Shiraz]

Glen, the Pavilion 23fi that Slawomir mentioned is an IPS.

I have a couple of them and they are very effective and excellent value - they don't support the very high screen resolutions and bit depth of the pro/semi-pro units, but colour and linearity/dynamic range test out OK using the on-line test patterns - and the IPS gives stable image quality as you move around. They are streets ahead of any of my laptop displays.

[DarkKnight]

Here is another alternative.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-UltraSharp-22-Multimedia-Monitor-UZ2215H-IPS-2-0MP-HD-Webcam-Ultrawide-HDMI-/390919893905?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item5b04a43391

If I'm reading this right the 22" Ultrasharp is $329.00 - 20% = $263.20

I have a 25" Dell Ultrasharp and it is really ultra-sharp.

[glend]

Thanks Ray, I decided to buy a 23" BenQ IPS that looks to match specs but was slightly cheaper.