What monitor to buy for PS Editing?

[amk1977]

Mark,

After doing much more research on the various monitors available, my next purchase will be a Dell Ultrasharp IPS panel monitor. The reason being is the viewing angle, which is 178 degrees, meaning that you get very little in the way of colour and light/dark variation like you do with TN panels, relative to head position.

Currently on my Samsung T240 (which is a few years old now), I think the viewing angle is 168 degrees and if I move my head 2" inches higher or lower, I get very noticeable changes in colour and brightness, etc. After talking to my brother-in-law who works in a major marketing/publishing house, he informed me that they all use IPS panel technology in their departments.

Have a look at the Dell U2410 amd U2412 models. They are around the £300 mark but will reward you with far greater colour accuracy, which can be crucial if you print your images.

[Markulous]

Originally Posted by markgozz

Hi Daniel
Sorry to jump on your thread but I need to replace my monitor after my Samsung packed up on me , and would like to ask about the pros and cons of LCD vs LED for image editing any advice gratefully received .

Mark

LCDs are older technology and gradually being replaced by LEDs but have been cheaper

LEDs last longer, have better contrast (and better true black) and use less power - being newer, "better", greener technology the manufacturers are concentrating their development on LED

Quality-wise I'd say that LEDs are now on par with LCDs (apart from top-end LCDs) - and I say all this as someone who has a Dell Ultrasharp LCD (which continues to give me excellent results over the years I've had it)

[markgozz]

Thanks a lot for your advice I really appreciate it .

Had a look at a few reviews and was quite taken by the Viewsonic VP2365wb IPS panel monitor , may not have the fastest response times or all the extra bells and whistles but the colour and contrast tests are very good and for £200 ish it's in my budget .

Mark

[markgozz]

Just got my ViewSonic VP2365 LED back lit monitor and I must say what a stunning monitor , the colours the contrast and the sharpness put my now dead 20" Samsung into the shade by miles . With the IPS panel I can walk right off to one side without any change in picture quality , viewing my pics was was great the macro shots really came into their own with more detail than I'd ever seen before I can highly recommend this monitor and at £207.60 it's a snip .

One other thing I can highly recommend is Ebuyer , placed my order at 16.28 , confirmed at 16.30 , dispatched at 20.42 delivered to my door 10.45 the following morning all on free delivery .

Thanks for everyone's advise

Daniel if you haven't got your monitor yet then please take a close look at the ViewSonic .

Mark

[wavemachine]

My 24" DGM monitor has started playing up so I have just been looking for a replacement, with Xmas coming up my budget was tight aroud £160 I have opted for one of these I did find this site pretty handy as well.

[OldBoy]

Originally Posted by wavemachine

My 24" DGM monitor has started playing up so I have just been looking for a replacement, with Xmas coming up my budget was tight aroud £160 I have opted for one of these I did find this site pretty handy as well.

I've never had a monitor play up and still have my OLD 14in CRT up in the attic.

[wavemachine]

Originally Posted by OldBoy

I've never had a monitor play up and still have my OLD 14in CRT up in the attic.

First time for me as well, about 9 months out of waranty the whole think keeps freezing chucking random lines everywhere and going green a few minutes later is sorts itself out again and then at a random interval goes again, swapped leads and tried a different graphics card to be sure.

Most of my old monitors have been passed down or sold.