Christine Nielsen wrote: > Sent: 02 October 2010 15:56 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: monitor shopping > > Hi all, > > I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop & get a real monitor, to > be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids have. Not only > are my back & eyes killing me, but I think I would stand a better > chance of getting some images out of my hard drive and onto paper if I > could get a reliable handle on the color management thing. > > I've done some research, and though I still feel a bit out of my depth > on this topic, my initial inclination is toward a NEC P221W > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=getItemDetai > l&Q=&sku=602072&is=REG&si=rev#anchorToReadReviews > > The price is right, and it comes well-recommended. Anyone care to > disabuse me of this notion? What am I missing by not going with a > $1000+ model, like a higher-end NEC, or Apple Cinema display, or Dell > Ultra Sharp...? Are there others I should consider? (I think we can > safely leave Eizo out of the discussion for now...) > > I'd also welcome any suggestions for other resources (online or in > print) to educate myself better on the whole topic. > > Thanks in advance, > > -c > > ps: thank you to Fernando for raising the calibration question in a > recent thread... I have taken notes... > Hi Christine. I've got an NEC P221W connected to my desktop PC and I'm very happy with it indeed. It works well in my calibrated workflow (I use a Spyder 3 for the monitor).
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