tradergeorge Loc: Newport, Kentucky

Just about any modern monitor can be calibrated to be withing the detectable range. I use a reference print from each of my cameras printed out on the printer I am using. I then use a calibrator to match my screen output to the reference photo....Not perfect, but very usable and will usually allow me to see what I will be getting from my printer...

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

I was just at Bestbuy but they did not have many to choose from in store. This is the one I am looking at online right now, what are your thoughts?

http://www.viewsonic.com/us/vx2370smh-led.html

RedIris Loc: MN, USA

right now, I'm using two Samsung 22" 5:4 monitors.

They are great for photo viewing and editing at the same time.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Looks like a decent monitor. Viewsonic has been around a long time. I'd use either the DVI or HDMI interfaces though if your video card will support it.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

My laptop only has HDMI connections, how do I find out if my video card will operate with this monitor?

loveandpeace Loc: Southeast Iowa

An honest response. When it comes down to it, we behave according to what is in our genes, what we're comfortable with, what does the job for us. In my world, bigger is better, maybe because I'm a child of the 60s, where we worshiped Cinerama, Paragon speakers, Cadillacs. Just because I endorsed my Mac Pro and Dell graphics monitor doesn't mean I believe everyone should rush out and buy them. I know people who happily sail into Photoshop in their tiny 13" Macbooks. We ask for opinions on Ugly Hedgehog, something clicks, and we have our answer. Or maybe we don't . . .

Gobuster Loc: South Florida

It is the camera! No point spending big bucks on a monitor when the camera can't use the better resolution and dynamic range to produce an image! :D :-D

Fun and joke aside, I've seen quite a few monitors that really degrade the quality and sharpness of an image and wonder if some folks blame the camera when, in fact, it is the monitor! I find that having a calibrated, hi res, IPS monitor has really helped me to make better prints by reducing the variance between print and screen.

Ernie Misner Loc: Lakewood, WA

Get a NEC 27" with Spectraview calibrator unit and you will be set.

tradergeorge Loc: Newport, Kentucky

I have not used an NEC since the old CRT monitors..Do you have any specs on their later models (or the one you are using)? I have used the SpectraviewII...It seems to work the same as most of the sampling type calibrators. As I said in a previous post, using something like this with a reference print from your printer should give you a good representation of what to expect. If you are just producing for the web, the results are not nearly as critical...

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Best Buy is usually pretty cool if you are serious about buying it. Take your laptop to the store and tell the guy in the computer department you want to see if your laptop video will power the monitor. Just grab a HDMI cable at the store, since you will have to buy one anyway. HDMI cables are usually NOT supplied with the monitor. If you have an extra HDMI bring it along.
When you go in Best Buy have the "door man" put a sticker on the laptop that shows it was yours That way it doesn't look like you are trying to "lift" it.
Also that way if you don't like how the Viewsonic looks you can browse around and try another monitor.

PhotoArtsLA Loc: Boynton Beach

Well, my trusted Apple Cinema Display finally died, that is to say, its outboard power supply died, and only used, non-guaranteed power supplies are available... thus it is in search of a new monitor...

So, I do a lot of pre-press, a lot of photo editing, and a lot of video... what to do?

Maybe the NEC MultiSync EA244UHD 23.8" 4K IPS LED Monitor

which has 3840x2160 resolution, 99.3% of Adobe RGB accuracy, 100+% of sRGB accuracy, and important to me, 94.8% accuracy in the NTSC (video) color space.

I was thinking of the Dell Ultrasharp series, because they are fairly cheap and get fairly large, but these do not boast of video (NTSC) color accuracy, just ordinary RGB.

The NEC is the ONLY monitor, short of the $2,500+ range of pro video monitors, which I find speaking of NTSC color accuracy. The Sony color grading monitor I am looking at for Davinci is over $20,000, so the computer monitor needs to be decent, but not at that level.

If anyone has had any experience with this NEC monitor, chime in!

I am stuck with ASUS and Samsung for the time being.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

I'm using a 23" Acer that I've had for about 4 years but it's not attached to a laptop. It's very accurate and crisp and I didn't need to calibrate it to have excellent results. If I were going out for a monitor today, I'd probably look carefully at the new Samsung monitors which are supposed to be as good or better than an Apple Retina display according to them. If I found that to be true, I'd go with a 27" and move this 23" over to my right side to run two monitors simultaneously which my graphic card can do with ease.