LED backlit monitors

[bdial]

Anybody using them?

I am contimplating a new monitor, and it looks like most are LED backlit now.
I have LED monitors on two of my "general use" systems, and the color rendition on both is downright strange, and I haven't been able to make sufficient corrections to make them look right, especially for yellows.
I just live with it, since I don't do photo editiing on either one, but if I invest in yet another I'd like it to be suitable for photography too.
Are there any that are not many hundreds of $'s? Or do I need to bite the bullet and buy something like an Apple Cinima display?

Thanks

 

[SafetyBob]

I have looked at the same subject very, very hard over the past summer. Still haven't bought anything but in my opinion here is what my impression on all this "monitor" stuff is:

A big 24" or bigger monitor suitable for critical photography rendering is going to be around $500+ minimum. I looked really hard at the newer HP IPS based monitors that tomshardware and others spent some time anaylizing. Other than going with the "real" pro monitors for the 2,000 bucks that I imagine many photographers use in the course of a real functioning business, those HP or Apple monitors will probably be good enough for us to use.

You absolutely need to purchase a device to calibrate your monitor. You also will need to get a card that sometimes comes with the calibrator so you can accurately judge that everything is producing or reproducing the same colors. I think it is obvious to the most casual digital photographer who is trying to get accurate colors that a monitor that is displaying the same exact colors as the camera which is then accurately printed out is priceless. This objective can and will take time and effort to make happen too.

About a year or so ago, someone here I believe talked about a generic monitor from China that was either an overrun or slightly blemmished Apple display for half the price or less. That cheap monitor I believe has gotten much more expensive with the dollar loosing so much "value" over the past couple of years.

Now that I think of it, the monitor that everyone was talking about on tomshardware may have been the Dell IPS monitors. Do a little google search and all will be revealed. Dell or HP should be solid monitor with good manufacturer backing.

You may try and "calibrate" one or more of your LED monitors and see if you can get enough satisfaction and not throw alot of money down the photography hole. If I can find some of the articles and test results that I looked at I will come back and give you the links. There is a really good website that critically anaylizes monitors in exhausting detail. As I recall that website gave me really good information inorder to selected a non pro monitor that would be a good choice maximizing dollar cost vs. color rendering vs. everything else.

Bob E.