Good LCD Monitor?

pschwart

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Quick response, USB hubs, and speakers are not the criteria for a good editing monitor. Far more important are the panel type, color gamut, off-axis viewing rendition, and effective calibration. The Acer may be a fine monitor, but last time I looked a good 22-24" editing monitor started around $600.
 

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Having joined the conversation on p.3, with recent posts, including yours, Don, and another member posting a reply to Sandy on 12/14, I assumed it was a current post- quelle faux pas
Since the reply is basically, I don't know, but this can't be any good, to each his own. I don't get paid for this, just passing along something that sounded like it could be worth a look (yes, I know USB hubs etc have little to do with editing). As I noted in my OP, Acer would not have been on my "list", but I'd be open to taking a look if I were buying a new monitor. And not everyone has $600+ to spend on a monitor- should they just forget about it and move on to another hobby? Everyone should do what they please- I personally don't care what someone else uses, and wouldn't be offended if they edited on an iphone
 

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Fair enough. If you can provide the model number I'll have a look. I borrowed a Dell 2208WFP but the off-axis viewing is so bad I will keep using an ancient Sun CRT for my editing.
 

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Perhaps the best LCD screen on the market. We use these at work for highly critical color work. They are the industry standard in movie post production. Great monitor, but not exactly cheap.

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I have an NEC PA241W and the NEC SpectraVision calibration kit. The images are stunning, it's fast and easy to calibrate, and the gamut is wide. Highly recommended!
 

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I have an NEC PA241W and the NEC SpectraVision calibration kit. The images are stunning, it's fast and easy to calibrate, and the gamut is wide. Highly recommended!

Ditto that. I love my NEC Spectraview monitors used with the Spectraview software. Monitor calibration, profiling and IQ have never been so good.

Don
 
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