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Advice on work monitors

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opt789

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Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I looked through a number of threads and couldn't find an answer to my specific situation.

I am looking for a monitor where gaming, movies, and perfect color are not terribly important. I will be staring at the monitor a lot for work, so I want something easy on the eyes. I wouldn't mind good colors and fast response times, but good viewing angles and crisp clear uniform text, charts, graphs, etc are more important.

I am looking in the 24" to 30" range, and cost is not really a big consideration. I will be needing two of whatever I choose, and I not in a huge hurry so if there is something new about to come out I can probably wait for it. I would also like something that does not get too hot.

I currently have the NEC 3090wqxi on another computer so I know what the "sparkly" effect of the IPS screen is that people refer to. It does not bother me, but I have no idea if it will be strange or bothersome to look at a screen like the 3090 for awhile and then switch over to a different type of screen for these new monitors. In other words, I don't know if it matters what the screen technology of these new monitors is.

Thanks for any help or advice.
 
I've been staring at a Dell 3007 8-12 hours per day as my work monitors for a few years. My firm has most of the 30 inch brands and the Dell is a good work monitor. Some other LCDs are painfully bright like the Dell 3008 for spreadsheet work even with the brightness at zero. I run the 3007 at 30% brightness.

If price is no object some of the expensive graphics oriented panels can also be turned down to acceptable brightness.

The rule of thumb standard is that the brightness from your monitor with a spreadsheet shouldn't be much brighter than a white piece of paper with task lighting.

Personally I use a photometer to make sure I don't run my multiple monitors so hot I get brightness induced headaches (I use for 30" panels)
 
I use NEC 2690 and I'm happy with it :) Nice H-IPS crystals :)
 
Zkv1 and Biges, thanks for the replies.
Can you tell me how hot your monitors get?
 
Any of the larger Dells should suffice.

The ability to rotate your monitor into portrait mode (so its long instead of wide) is a great feature to have when doing any kind of work processing. I find that I work vertically (I prefer multiple windows stacked instead of side-by-side) which is why I find that feature a must.
 
From what I have read the NEC 2690 and 2490 are great monitors, and their high price might be worth it. It also looks like the Samsung 245T and 275T+ (with the Dell 2408 and 2709 being the equivalent) are good choices if you don't want to pay up for the NEC.

Any thoughts on whether the Samsung or Dell would be "good enough" for what I need, or should I just bite the bullet and pay up for the NECs to match my others?
 
opt789 said:
Zkv1 and Biges, thanks for the replies.
Can you tell me how hot your monitors get?
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Eeer.. I don't know, but I think I can handle the heat. Should I measure the temperature? Altough I don't know if I have a suitable thermometer :)
 
For Office and work purposes, nothing beats a 30" LCD.
I suggest to pick up the Dell 3007WFP-HC since you do not need the extra input available on the (very expensive) Dell 3008WFP.
 
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