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| Thread ID: 113707 | 2010-11-01 01:31:00 | Monitor for photography | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 1149347 | 2010-11-08 21:20:00 | If you're serious about your photography do not get any LCDs based on TN panels! Get one based on PVA at least or better still, IPS. ... Get a calibrator as mentioned earlier no matter which monitor you get. SpiderExpress3's are reasonably priced and seemed to do the job. Beat me to it. If colour accuracy/image quality/contrast is important you must avoid TN panels. Pricespy lets you search by panel type. Brand doesn't really matter, LG make the panels that go in all the best monitors: HP zr24w/zr22w/lp2475w/lp2480zx dream colour (designed for dreamworks animation) Dell ultrasharp series Apple cinema display Only the apple has a glossy face, all the other IPS screens have a matte anti glare coating. This is because there is no point having a good quality screen if all you can see is reflections and your own face. tftcentral.co.uk lets you enter in a monitor model and it will tell you who made the panel and what type it is (TN/PVA/IPS). IPS > PVA > TN. edit: the high end monitors used for colour proofing also have a zero pixel defect warranty too. If there are any defects, they will send you a replacement at their cost and you put your faulty one in the same box and send it back for free. That has been my experience with HP's advance replacement. If colour accuracy and image quality are important, you should strongly consider an IPS panel. Go to tftcentral.co.uk and enter the monitor model and it will tell you what panel it is and who made it. |
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| 1149348 | 2010-11-08 21:40:00 | Get this: pbtech.co.nz Just ended up getting one for my wife :) Very nice monitor, especially for the price! |
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| 1149349 | 2010-11-08 22:07:00 | The OP said they need it for photography, which suggests image quality is important. To the OP: there is a lot of information here (probably enough to overwhelm you :p), if you find normal LCD screens are ok, then you don't necessarily need to pay for a premium panel. Here are examples of two different panel types. Sure, they are notebook screens, but the panel technologies are the same for desktop monitors. If they look the same, or the differences aren't that big to you, its probably not worth it to pay double for the image quality... s988.photobucket.com s988.photobucket.com s988.photobucket.com s988.photobucket.com s988.photobucket.com s988.photobucket.com |
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