Digital BW, The Print

Peter, I recently went through the whole monitor thing, when I upgraded
operating system to windows 7 and upgraded Photoshop to PS 6.  I had put
this monitor decision for many months waiting to make the above upgrades.
The delay actually gave me a lot of time to investigate what for me would be
the best all around value for my situation.  Finally, my choice was NEC
PA241W with spectraview.  I could not be happier.  The monitor is superb and
the calibrations are very simple to do.    My only regret is not doing it
sooner.

 

Good luck with your choice of a new monitor.  Best, Phil

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 11:28 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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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