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enny001

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Hi guys i m hawing hard time choosing a monitor here for some color work nothing big just personal projects. I also purchased i1display pro and i have narrow down my choice of monators in $600 range. I will be using this monitor for some color grading for personal projects using FCP nothing broadcast just web. Here are the monitors i have chosen if you can tell me what would beor which one is the best of them all what would you chose?

thanks guys for help

1- EIZO Eizo ColorEdge CE240W 24 this monitor is 5 years old and i can get it for 200 is it worth it
Link - http://www.dalephotoanddigital.com/...izo_ColorEdge_CE240W_24_LCD_Monitor_Black.htm

2- Dell UltraSharp U2410

3- Nec P241W Link http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/p241w-bk-r

4-NEC MultiSync LCD2490WUXi2 Link- http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/p241w-bk-r i have also red that i1desplay does not work with this monitor since nec has placed restrictions is this corect?
 
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How many other monitors do you own? What video card do you have? Hard to give advice when you don't give us even half the information we need to give an intelligent answer. If you don't own a monitor and are planning on using Final Cut Pro then I don't advise you to buy *ANY* of the monitors you listed as they are all too small - you want an HP ZR30w or a Dell Ultrasharp U3011.
 
enny, the problemn with your question is that you need the niche of the niche on the monitor market: professional photo editing- that is H ( AH) IPS territory, and you either get the best possible factory calibration or include a calibration device inside your budget.
To make a valuable recomendation for you we would have to search in-depth online reviews, with an eye towards color calibration out-of-the-box. I agree with rtangway, you have a short budget for such an usage scenario.
I would consider the previous model from apple, the one with displayport ( not thunderbolt) . at launch the reviews showed great color ou of teh box, and used it would cost less than a USD 600 new 24" plus the calibration device.

The forum is a great place for help, but there are not many professional photo editing users with constrained budgets asking for help here, so forgive us if we are not reading online reviews in order to help you.
 
If you don't need wide gamut, I'd skip the Dell. Actually, I'd probably skip it anyway.

The NECs should be nice so long as you are okay with the relatively heavy antiglare coating on most (especially older) IPS screens. You can get the 2490 (2nd revision) as a refurb from NEC at a decent price, relatively speaking, at around $350ish, I think? I can't speak of that version personally, but the 1st version with the polarizer is a nice screen. No idea if your calibrator will work with it or not, but you can chat with a NEC person and they should be able to tell you.

The CE240W may be a nice monitor, but getting used is luck of the draw. I think that is an S-PVA model? At $200, are you talking about the one on eBay recently with the broken bezel? If so, curious how that one works out... reseller was... umm... iffy to me. He stated he never tested the monitor, nor even turned it on, due to 'lack of wires'. I tried to explain that the $3 worth of cables probably was a worthwhile investment for him, but no idea if he followed up and tried the thing out.
 
Sorry guys not trying to be an ass here but here is more info.

Ok i have mac pro 2009 with TI Radeo HD 5770 and gtx 550ti pc version in my mac. I also purchased i1desplay pro device. And cant afford 1000 dollars monitor my wife wont let me ;) budget is 500 plus tax. I am not looking for pro color grading just good monitor for some short films that i will post on web. Right now i have LG flatron w2443pa model which is serving me good over the past 3 years with no problems at all.

And NEc told me that i can use the i1 hardware but i have to buy their software which is another 100 for nec monitor

Namelessme- do i need wide gamut i have no idea that why i am here and its is the one on eBay i think i will stay away from it after you mention that 3 dollar cable

And apple monitor only has display port connection that mac pro does not have.

Thanks again its just that i have and read tons of reviews on monitors and to be honest i really don't understand technical staff
 
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Thanks again its just that i have and read tons of reviews on monitors and to be honest i really don't understand technical staff
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If you don't understand it you probably don't need it. If these are for personal photos, movies, and other lightweight personal jobs pretty much any of the Dell Ultra Series would be good enough for you.

Spending 5 grand of a professional grade monitor isn't going to make you a professional. Sorry for the soapbox rant, but if your budget is 500 you're not going to get what you need. If you were using it professionally and were planning on making money to recoup your costs then there would be a lot more options open to you. As it is, the Dell outlet has a U2410 for 349 which would suit your need just fine.
 
If you don't know what wide gamut is, it's doubtful you need it. Typically only professional photographers/print people use wide gamut. If developing for the web, you want s-rgb.

And yeah, NEC does require spectraview. There is another piece of software that does work, which i forget the name to... it can be gotten as a trial, but if you want repeat calibrations (like most people would), you'd have to buy it also. If you want hardware calibration of your monitor, you will unfortunately need to spend a decent amount. $500-$600 can cover it, but first figure out if you need hardware calibration, or if software is good enough. Hardware calibration saves the setting in the monitor itself. The high end NECs can handle it, most Eizos can handle it... but they can be pricey.

If you just want something decent for short, non-commercial films for the web, any decent monitor should do. Avoid TNs for color sensitive work, and I'm not sure if VAs would be ideal either. Those terms are panel types. TNs = cheapo LCDs, bad angles, bad color reproduction, okay blacks. VA= high contrast, nice blacks, so-so angles (but better than TN), possibly black crush, and IPS = good angles, good color accuracy, iffy blacks, most have IPS glow at angles.

If you want a 24"er, first question is... what ratio do you want? 16:9 or 16:10? Does the screen coating matter to you? Does IPS glow bother you?

Edit: the Dell 2410 recommended above is wide gamut. If you don't need wide gamut, it'll be more of a pain than it's worth.
 
Well guys i got my self asus pro art and 1idesplay pro so far this monitor is awesome i don't see any problems. I have i1 to calibrate this monitor to rec 709 for video i am not use to monitor not being so bright but so far so good. Thanks again
 
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