snapshot1 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I'm getting a new PC system at work & need a good monitor for photo editing, design, etc. I can spend up to $2,000.00. I'm looking for at least 21in (CRT currently using) & maybe widescreen (with same vert space). Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapshot1 Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 I forgot to state I am looking for an LCD monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfrey Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 You can't go wrong with an Apple Cinema Display 23". Very high quality, very adjustable and stable display. Check it out on the Apple website and determine whether you have the right video card in your PC to handle it, that's all. Of course, you did say "huge". There is also the Apple Cinema Display 30" ... ]'-) Godfrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 This ought to do it: http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/09/panasonics-103-incher-up-close-and-personal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico_digoliardi Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Apple 30" display. Or better two linked side-by-side. They are actually designed to do that. The thin frame makes it very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric friedemann Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Ditto Pico. I have a 21 inch CRT with a smaller CRT next to it to put my Photoshop and scanner tools on. Its sweeeeet to have the big monitor clear to display the image without obstruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauser Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I have a SAMSUNG SyncMaster 243T, 24 inch monitor which I can pivot for Portrait works. Google on "review SyncMaster 243T" and you will find loads of stuff. Today, LCDs are a better choice than CRT and I wouldn't for anything go back to my 21" CRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 For that sort of money you can get something far superior to a cinema display - check out Eizo, Quatto or the NEC lines of IPS panel based screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_hardy1 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Go to an Apple store if there is one close to you. Look at the 20" at $799, the 23" at $1299 and the 30" (oh yea, it's big) at $2500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_schafer1 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Push your limit to $2400 and look for a deal on an Eizo CG 210. I'm using it now for close to a year (after shooting more and more digital) and see it used by some of the very high end capture/digital companies and Retouch studios in NY who work on international ad campaigns as well as national magazine titels and stories. You'll probably use it longer than your new computer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serge c Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 If you buy an LCD you probably want one with 10 or more bit internal LUTs and a calibration solution that will work with it via DDC/CI. If you are willing to spend $2,000 it's definitely should be first on the list of your priorities. So no Apples. Look at Eizo, Lacie and NEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtree007 Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Like a few others, although I love the apple displays they have become over priced and out dated. So if you are looking at the Apple displays... then take a look at Dells LCD's.. many are the same or more advanced versions of the same panels or go the the true high end and go with a 10bit Eizo or Lacie (not a big fan of NEC's high end LCDs). I would not though make a decision until the end of the second week of August... New Apple displays could be announced at Apple's WWDC (Aug 7-11). There has been a little bit of speculation that they there will be new displays along with a new Tower to complete the intel transition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric friedemann Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 If I win the lottery, I'm going to buy a pair of these new NEC MultiSync 2180WG-LED monitors for $6.5K a pop: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/nec-2180wg.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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