Digital BW, The Print

Hi Peter..
I would highly reccommend the NEC PA series with spectra view.. However you probably need to stay off the 23 " model.. It's gamut , for whatever reason is on'y 70% of the other monitors in that group. So you'll need to to step up to the 24 or 27 incher.. I guess that's why it's so cost effective.. Check B&H 's prices ..their good on this product.
Since switching to spectra view I am very impressed with it....and the monitors.. Spectra view allows for pre-calibration in several modes and will change the hardware settings of the monitor as you select what you want to work on.. D50, D6500, SRGB, Movie standard etc.. I was scepticle at first but have gotten past that.. 

jimbo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: pdesmidt tds.net 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 12:28 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Monitors


    
  I may need to upgrade my monitor, as I may get a couple of commercial
  retouching jobs. One of them is very picky about color. Currently, I
  have a Dell 2209WA, an inexpensive monitor with an e-IPS panel. It's
  pretty good, but it does lose detail when tone over rgb 250 or so, and
  it's not all that uniform. (I do calibrate and profile it with a
  Spyder 3.)

  I'm considering one of the NEC monitors with Spectraview II software,
  perhaps the PA-231W-BK.
  http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/pa231w-bk . While it
  would be nice to get something bigger, like a PA241W, they get much
  more expensive. I'll use my Dell as a second monitor to hold Photoshop
  pallets.

  While I have a Spyder 3, I've heard that being able to adjust the
  monitors LUT directly is better than calibrating color through the
  video card, hence the Spectraview II software. While the software can
  use the Spyder 3 puck, it might be better to get the recommended I1
  Pro, although I'd probably buy a retail version that can be used on
  any monitor instead of the NEC specific version.

  I'd appreciate comments as to whether this sounds like a good plan, or
  if there's other solutions around the same cost that might be better.

  Peter De Smidt


  
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