Recommend a LED/LCD 24" Monitor please.

Liber8or

Looking for some advice from the professionals on this forum. Can you please recommend to me an excellent photo editing monitor from 0 to 350 euro in price?

LCD/LED.
24 inch.
Perfect for professional photo editing.

I have had a look around but there are many factors involved and plenty of choices at hand. Brand does not matter as this is an important birthday present for someone who is a professional photographer.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading!

Heebie

For starters.. NOT one of the pieces of crap that has the ultra-glare finish. (they don't call it that though.)
The ultra-shiny finish on it tricks you into thinking there's more contrast than there actually is, and causes eye strain, and make sit nearly impossible to work with any lights behind you.

Nforce

Try to pick up a second hand Dell 2407/2408WFP monitor. I'd 4 of them over the years and found them to be excellent.

Hugh_C

I have the Apple 24 inch LED, great display, maybe out of your price range though.

stcstc

have a look at TFTcentral

they have a very clever system for looking at monitors


if you want a pro monitor

look at

lacie
nec
ezio

they are the real monitors to use at the high end


BUT some do cost a fortune though

your looking at 1K plus

stunt_penguin

I second the Dell 2407 opinion, but they're at least €500.... damn, it's very odd to me to expect a good monitor for under €350 The really excellent Apples cost €1k+

stcstc

i actually have 2 of the dells, i bought them when they first came out and they cost 950 each

Liber8or

Appreciating all the responses guys and I am started to accept the fact my budget will have to stretch... :P

Currently looking at the HP LP2475w at the moment. Looks very promising...

Gonna check out the Dell now.

CabanSail

stcstc wrote: »

i actually have 2 of the dells, i bought them when they first came out and they cost 950 each

Would you recommend them?

qpd

Hi Liber8or,

There is an ad for 23" and 30" apple cinema displays for sale on gumtree, don't know anything about them condition-wise etc or even if they're still available but if you want a high quality display in your price range this might be an option. Blow your budget and get the 30"... best birthday present ever

http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/64/63243764.html

To be honest I would recommend buying a new panel before a 2nd hand one as panels do fail - even apple branded ones (the panels are actually manufactured by samsung/LG.Philips) so a long warranty is important.

No Budget: Lacie 324 / Apple 24" led* / Dell U2410
*prefer the older 23" matte screen but it's getting old.

On your budget - look at the samsung SM2443DW (under €300 new), recently got one of these on a printer rip at work and it's actually a very good quality display for the money! Wouldn't have an issue with it as a main display.
(graphic designer/photographer in a print company)

h.t.h.
QPD

alexlyons

I'm looking for a similar monitor for a similar budget

Just wondering about opinions on the HP 2310ei are? I'd link but I'm on the iPad and it's giving me a mobile site

Liber8or

I think I am going to go with theHP LP2475W as it gets great reviews from TFTCentral

Any other input before I order this?

alexlyons

ye, send one my way while your at it

Nforce

stcstc wrote: »

i actually have 2 of the dells, i bought them when they first came out and they cost 950 each

I bought 4 of the 2408's when they came out (had a couple of 2407's before that). Sold them for about €350 ea on Adverts after a few months and bought a couple of Dell 30" monitors instead...that seems to be the going rate for used 2407/2408WFP monitors.

alexlyons

Posted this in the computers and technology section with no responses yet. Would love to order it this evening if there are no major issues with it.

I'm thinking of getting this monitor for my new Mac Pro.

What are the opinions? The budget doesn't really allow for more than this. I mainly do photography, but not majorly intense colour work.

Mainly looking for thoughts on it, but one question. It says it has a max resolution of 1920x1080. It says in a few places that this is the max. How would this affect me?

dazftw

Dell are are usually good. Iv'e been using one for the last few years and the colour has been spot on whenever I printed anything.

copacetic

it's a good display for the price. Personally I don't like TV resolutions on a computer display.

If you could stretch this one is a massive step up
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&sku=294438&~ck=dellSearch&baynote_bnrank=0&baynote_irrank=6

but is in price also. 1920x1200, IPS panel.

alexlyons

copacetic wrote: »

it's a good display for the price. Personally I don't like TV resolutions on a computer display.

If you could stretch this one is a massive step up
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&sku=294438&~ck=dellSearch&baynote_bnrank=0&baynote_irrank=6

but is in price also. 1920x1200, IPS panel.

what do you mean tv resolutions on computer displays?

and buying a mac pro, that monitor is waaay out of my budget!!

copacetic

1920x1080 is HDTV resolution, 1920x1200 is WUXGA a computer resolution. Generally only cheaper displays have the TV panels.

alexlyons

ah i see...

Nforce

IPS > TN panels when it comes to monitors


PS: There's a similar thread here

dazftw

copacetic wrote: »

it's a good display for the price. Personally I don't like TV resolutions on a computer display.

If you could stretch this one is a massive step up
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&sku=294438&~ck=dellSearch&baynote_bnrank=0&baynote_irrank=6

but is in price also. 1920x1200, IPS panel.

That's a good point I never thought about that. hmm its basically more of a TV than anything.