Best Bang for the Buck - High End CRT Monitor.

[genec]

I am in the throes of making a buying decision re. a new monitor. I

have researched it thoroughly and have reached some obvious (to me)

conclusions.

 

The very best of the contenders is the Sony Artisan. Number two

would be the LaCie 22" with built-in calibration. Third place would

seem to go to the Sony CPD-G520P which I think is the Sony Artisan

less what makes it so special :). And fourth to the NEC/Mitsubishi

DP2070SB; basically the LaCie less on board calibration.

 

At this point my research ends because I don't have the ability to

actually see these monitors in action. I have boiled my decision

down to choosing between the Artisan and the CPD-520P. What I hope

that some of you fine folk can help out with is opinions as to

whether the Artisan is $800 better than the CPD-520.

 

I am an advanced amateur with aspirations :) but I am extremely picky

and am becoming steadily more so as my skills are enhanced. I am

willing to pay for the Artisan but I would expect that for the

considerably greater investment that there would be a very

detectable improvement in quality.

 

I am presently working with a calibrated (iOne Display) 19"

Trinatron and printing to an Epson 2200 with ImagePrint. What I see

on the monitor is close to what comes out of the printer but it is

not completely consistent and close is no longer good enough.

 

Thanks,

Gene

[ellis_vener_photography]

Sony Artisan

[ashtonsmith]

I second that. Sony.

[nathan_o]

If you're on a tight budget the Sony CPD-G520P is the best bang for the buck, at less than half the price of the Artisan.

 

The Sony GDM-F520 was one of the best reference monitors available, but after seeing the Sony GDM-C520K (Artisan) specs I can only guess that Sony have outdone themselves again. If you can afford the $1,700+ pricetag on one of those two, and need the utmost in quality for reference, go with the new artisan.

[eric merrill]

Gene:

 

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I have had the Sony G520P for about a year and a half, and I'm really

happy with it. I don't do much color work, let alone critical color.

Probably 95% of what I do is black and white. For me, the G520P

performs extremely well. I was curious about what the Artisan has

that mine does, so I did a google search and found this link:

 

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<a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/sony-artisan.shtml">http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/sony-artisan.shtml</a>

 

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It contains a test to see how well your monitor differentiates dark

shades. I can see the difference between coal-mine-at-midnight black

and illuminated-by-a-pen-flashlight-2-miles-away black on my setup. I

haven't had problems of being surprised by what I print vs. what I see

on the monitor. I have had some people comment that some of my

images, <a href="http://canid.com/">http://canid.com/</a>, appear too

dark. In some of them, I can see details in the shadows on my monitor

and in prints that I can't see on my wife's monitor. In other words,

I'm happy with my G520P.

[genec]

Thanks for the responses. It is the Artisan by a landslide - oh well, it's only money :).

[steel_kane]

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