Kristian Loc: Monrovia, CA

I've had great luck with viewsonic products, monitors and a projector. Now I have two 27's. I use Lightroom, Photoshop, usually both open at the same time. I do slideshow style presentations from Bridge. Always get complimentzs on the quality of my images.

Spyder pro is essential. I wouldn't bother to cal the laptop though. It's never going to relate.

Mike Holmes Loc: The Villages Fl

Great info!! I agree about 4K making text to small, What about shooting with camera set to adobeRGB? Can I ask you what specific monitor you are using? There are so many monitors available in the $200 to $500 range that it becomes difficult to decide and it is very hard to do a hand on comparison. Again thanks for your input. Mike

Ron Dial Loc: Cuenca, Ecuador

There is a dilemma you face: A really good monitor on which you can see accurate color that your camera recorded, will cost a bundle probably over $1,200. That is a monitor that can display 32-48 bit color, Dell, LaCie, or HP Dream high end monitor. There are some monitors out there that display 16 bit color that will be OK, but not great. Unfortunately, if you spend low, you will likely only get 8 bit color (like a MAC laptop monitor) or dithered 8 bit color and you will NOT be looking at accurate rendition of color. Apple was the subject of a large class action lawsuit a few years ago over this issue.

What the monitor does, if it cannot display the right color pixel, is choose the one that is as close as it can display. So is the red you want the red you see? And is the brightness correct? Probably not.

You also will need a graphics card that can display the right color gamut (sRGB vs RGB). And a calibration software program to make sure it is tuned correctly.

Before you buy look at this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth. It will show you the difference and explain in detail what you are looking for. At least then you will not buy low and expect high.

NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC

While all the suggestions for monitors are helpful. If you don't have an excellent graphics adapter in your system, you're never going to get the benefit of the monitor. Sort of like a $5,000 body with a $59.00 lens on it and expecting tremendous shots. This is one disadvantage to laptops. Their graphics are part of the main system board and typically can't be changed or upgraded. Where as, a desktop system is typically capable of installing an "above board" graphics adapter.

MrGNY Loc: New York

That lawsuit on the Apple laptops was in 2008.

ChristianHJensen

I am using a 4K monitor - 32 inch (Dell UltraSharp) which ran about $1500 and love it. Works very well with my 4K laptop. Have not had a single application that cannot scale (in Windows 10) so never had any problems with readability on the monitor or on the 15 inch laptop also running in 4K. I am sure there are some old arcane applications floating around out there that will not scale but I haven't run into any of them.

WJShaheen Loc: Gold Canyon, AZ

Thank you, Christian. So, my take-away is if you're going to get a 4K monitor, get a good, large sized one rather than settle for a 24" or 27" (?).

I was hoping the 27" would be large enough.

Thanks, again.

MrGNY Loc: New York

A 27in should be large enough. I do all my graphic design and photo work on a 27" monitor. Personal home computer is a 27" iMac and my work computer is a Dell laptop with a 27" LG monitor, which I only use the 27" monitor on.

WJShaheen Loc: Gold Canyon, AZ

That is very helpful. I can always reduce the resolution for normal use. As it is currently, with my Dell 22" I can only run in 1366x768, comfortably.

At least I'll be able to use full HD (1920x1080).

Thanks for speaking up.

ChristianHJensen

Obviously it's a matter of cost and space but there is nothing like size when it comes to monitors - well within reason off course.

WJShaheen Loc: Gold Canyon, AZ