Monitor for editing: According to a search, the most recent thread on this topic was in 2015. I need to buy a good monitor. I’ve been using an Eizo at work but was laid off from what I...

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

According to a search, the most recent thread on this topic was in 2015. I need to buy a good monitor. I’ve been using an Eizo at work but was laid off from what I thought was a secure job and can’t afford the high price for my own. Any recommendations? Asus seems to have some great reviews. Any steals out there? I have an XRite calibrator.
Thanks!

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Hope you find a monitor that works well for you, buddy. Was myself the victim of a “corporate restructuring” layoff after 16+ years, but I left with a small monthly pension for life. So far I’ve collected well over $105k, so maybe I got the last laugh.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

rjaywallace wrote:

Hope you find a monitor that works well for you, buddy. Was myself the victim of a “corporate restructuring” layoff after 16+ years, but I left with a small monthly pension for life. So far I’ve collected well over $105k, so maybe I got the last laugh.

Thanks, Ralph.
Sounds like you got a good deal.
I could just retire but my dear wife wants me out of the house....and I agree.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Thanks, Ralph.
Sounds like you got a good deal.
I could just retire but my dear wife wants me out of the house....and I agree.

They always say that.

Anyway, Labor Day is just around the corner and every Tom, Dick and Best Buy will have sales on monitors. Personally, I like a 27" wide-narrow format that allows you to have two application windows side by side without Alt-Tabbing yourself into carpal tunnel syndrome.

TBerwick Loc: Houston, Texas

Benq makes some nice monitors that aren't outrageously expensive. I have the BL2710 & love it. Running currently with a fairly high end graphics card at what they call quad resolution with might be 4K.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

They always say that.

Anyway, Labor Day is just around the corner and every Tom, Dick and Best Buy will have sales on monitors. Personally, I like a 27" wide-narrow format that allows you to have two application windows side by side without Alt-Tabbing yourself into carpal tunnel syndrome.

I usually have a 2 monitor set-up but would love to go with a wide single. Yes, Labor Day sales will be something to look forward to. Thanks.

BebuLamar

GoofyNewfie wrote:

According to a search, the most recent thread on this topic was in 2015. I need to buy a good monitor. I’ve been using an Eizo at work but was laid off from what I thought was a secure job and can’t afford the high price for my own. Any recommendations? Asus seems to have some great reviews. Any steals out there? I have an XRite calibrator.
Thanks!

You didn't bring a couple of those home when you got laid off?

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

BebuLamar wrote:

You didn't bring a couple of those home when you got laid off?

Tried.... I get to hang on to the previous computer I used from work.
No video editing software on it though.

RolandDieter

LG has a wide 29" monitor that lets me put two copies of the same image side-by-side. I do the RAW editing on one and leave the other as a JPEG. The JPEG gives me a constant reference to compare multiple changes against. Another thing I like about it is that the screen in a mat finish rather than shiny ... no annoying reflections that distort the color corrections.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

RolandDieter wrote:

LG has a wide 29" monitor that lets me put two copies of the same image side-by-side. I do the RAW editing on one and leave the other as a JPEG. The JPEG gives me a constant reference to compare multiple changes against. Another thing I like about it is that the screen in a mat finish rather than shiny ... no annoying reflections that distort the color corrections.

Thanks, which model are you using?

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

GoofyNewfie wrote:

According to a search, the most recent thread on this topic was in 2015. I need to buy a good monitor. I’ve been using an Eizo at work but was laid off from what I thought was a secure job and can’t afford the high price for my own. Any recommendations? Asus seems to have some great reviews. Any steals out there? I have an XRite calibrator.
Thanks!

Goofy, I have this one bookmarked and thought it to be the one I might get as my next one - as it had been recommended from somewhere - I cannot remember exactly where tho - https://www.amazon.com/Dell-SE2717HX-RVJXC-Full-Monitor/dp/B01LXTK4T6

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RolandDieter

It is model 29UMS7-P. It is at least two years old, so the model designation may have changed if they upgraded it. These are often on sale at Best Buy -- I got a great open-box price.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

...I went through the agonizing process of reading, re-reading about, and researching monitors last year and ended up with 3 Ben-Q 27's...all with 100% RGB color and one with 100% Adobe Color. I use two of them on my primary editing machine and one on a mac. Price was definitely a factor, so I chose the brand I thought would give me the most bang for the buck. These are great monitors...definitely the best in my house. Heh...

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

chasgroh wrote:

...I went through the agonizing process of reading, re-reading about, and researching monitors last year and ended up with 3 Ben-Q 27's...all with 100% RGB color and one with 100% Adobe Color. I use two of them on my primary editing machine and one on a mac. Price was definitely a factor, so I chose the brand I thought would give me the most bang for the buck. These are great monitors...definitely the best in my house. Heh...

Was it this model.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/benq-sw2700pt-27-inch-qhd-professional-monitor,4374.html

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Was it this model.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/benq-sw2700pt-27-inch-qhd-professional-monitor,4374.html

...yes, that's the one with Adobe Color gamut. The others are GW2765's...all are performing with greatness.