A little time has passed since we had a thread on "which monitor to get".  Well, mine is really getting ready to bite the dust.   Twice in the last 6 months color has altered on its own...I go to the graphics card(a good one) and correct as well as I can.  Now, whites are not white and have a very slight touch of blue I cannot cover or remove.

So, now that some time has passed and  you might have experience with modern up to date monitors, please let me know what you think of the equipment out there.   My budget is limited but I am not going to suffer color rendition for that reason.  Somthing middle grade, whatever that might be will do just fine.

This is an old CRT, and I like ctrs but will have to move on to a flat screen now.   I cannot risk not knowing what color my images actually are when processed.

Thanks for your thoughts.            Tom.

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktop-monitors/lcd/pro-series/

http://benq.com/products/LCD/

Hi Tom,

My flat screen has been in use for some time and I am quite happy with it. What I see on the camera matches what I see on the screen and what my printer prints for me (I own a small publishing company). I have an HPvs17. I have never had any color issues at all, so I would buy HP again. Hope this helps!

Wayne

*"What I see on the camera matches what I see on the screen and what my printer prints for me"

*If you have achieved this without calibration and profiling...then, you have just experienced a miracle...

Been using the same Apple Cinema display for several years. If you leave screens open for a while, you get the occasional slight ghosted image when you open something new over it, but it fades quickly. And that is a recent development. Otherwise there is very little reason not to recommend it.

Attached Link: http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/lcd-panel-types.php

A link for reference.

QAll the suggestions are great as are the links...so much to see to make a decision. To each his or her own, I suppose.  I do know the basic stuff I need now to see what will offer it at a price sill allowing us to eat regularly while feeding 5 cats.         Thanks Joe.,  thanks all and any more comments well welcomed.       Toml

Tom,
Kind of saying the same thing as whaleman above...I've had different monitors since 1996 (actually since 1991 but I only used my first Apple monitor for text). I switched to an HP w2207h flat panel in June or July last year and am extremely pleased with it. Got mine online through Amazon.com. It is 22" diagonal, widescreen with 1680 x 1050 screen resolution. I'd buy HP again.

I always buy, HP, in fact my PC moniter and printer are all HP. 

Attached Link: Best Monitor for Graphics

Hey Tom, more links to make you choice that much harder. We also have a Samsung Syncmaster 213T in my office and it is easy on the eyes and has great color fidelity and detail rendering. What size(s) are you considering? Or should I say what fits in with the cat food budget? ;'] Don't skimp, you'll (hopefully) be looking at this monitor for a long time to come. I used to have a very nice LaCie blue CRT. When I got my new iMac the 24" Monitor blew it away. The brightness is amazing, even too bright perhaps. And the graphics card and connection type plays a role too, don't forget.

I am actually considering the regular old fashioned aspect ratio, not wide screen.  I like the resolutuion available.  Then again, I have to do some pitter patter of these feet to see what can be seen locally then start getting real serious.

I do want to be able to establish  a color profile and have color as accurate as I can produce.  It seems once you sell a few prints and a have a few more on order, then it does become more important to be able to be consistent in the future with new gaphics stuff.

All my thoughts can change quickly with actual exposture to some of the better monitors out there. While Samsung has some marvelous devices, my price is a bit lower than the really attractive model.   At least for now, my limit is lower.

I am not literate on the connection types needed or now available. My monitor is an NEC Multisync CRT.  My graphics card is a better Radeon one, albiet a few years old and should be up to the task.     Tom

A few points to add;

1. Typical consumer grade LCD monitors are only capable of producing an 82% color gamut....better models (more expensive) will give you up to over 120% color gamut.
2. If you are truly concerned about color fidelity...remember to consider the cost of a hardware calibration device into your budget
3. Be wary of the "high gloss" LCD screens...they can be difficult to accurately calibrate.
   4) You may have some difficulty being able to find a 4:3 aspect ratio model out there...unless it is old stock....

My husband and I both have HP flat screens (I got his old HPw2207 when he upgraded). I love it!
So far I have been able to adjust and compensate ever so slightly and get  the camera to monitor to print colors almost exact WITHOUT calibration! I'm sure the price has gone way down too, so it's probably an even better deal now.

Now, my serious search and decide begins...thanks to all for the input.        Tom.