What monitor u use?
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- sem
Herro Guiseee,
I have a retina macbook pro and want to get a monitor to use with it. To be honest, I don't want to have to buy anything flash like a 4k screen so wondered if any of you guys had a nice mid range screen you would recommend?
Pref one with a thin edge as I might get two if decent price.
- ArmandoEstrada0
Depends what you're doing. We have bought a few 'lower cost' monitors in the past from Dell and LG. The colors were not accurate and the viewing angle was bad. We settled on the Apple Cinema Displays. They might cost more but don't suffer from these issues. TwoCents.
- formed0
30" Dell. Love it. It's been around long enough you could probably find some deals.
Colors are superb and viewing angles are great too. I'd read up on some real tests and reviews, Dell consistenly places way up there and a great value.
(I can't speak to super cheap Dells', which, obviously, would be a lot lower quality than a Cinema, but compare two comparable models and Dell will do very well)
- Josev0
24" NEC Multisync Display (E244WMI-BK)
I also own a 23" version was around $230.00 (you can find them on Amazon). They're not as pretty as Apple monitors, but they have good color. I use a calibrator for them.
- formed0
Check out www.techbargins.com, they had a coupon for $900 w/ free shipping.
- sem0
Yeah this is exactly the problem i'm finding.
I noticed the cheaper PC monitors I had laying around have bad colours and contrast etc compared to my retina!
But then the Mac screens are so damn much! Ideally I want two of whatever I get but I can't justify buying two cinema screens...thats like the price of a 5k iMac.
I need a high end but mid priced non apple screen that has the specs but not necessarily the brand attached to push the price up.
Thanks for the mentions though, will check them out.
- If you don't want to spend for the 30", they have a bunch of much cheaper ones with great specsformed
- freedom0
iMac
- VectorMasked0
- yup colors are great for print. dell is good if you don't care about color accuracy on printCGN
- MrT0
- sem0
I like the wide monitors, the only problem i have with them is more an OSX problem. For me to have two windows from an app up I would have to resize and move them manually.
One thing I like on Windows is the snap feature where it puts a window onto 50% of the screen. THEN I could use one of them big ol things.
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- monospaced1
After all these years, using all kinds of monitors, Apple, HP, whatever, on all kinds of machines, with fucking $500 calibrating dongles n' light monitoring shit, and hours tweaking settings, I can surely say that at no point was I ever totally convinced I was working with accurate color.
- How would you ever really find out?sem
- I believe the calibrator gets you closer, but I have never believed it would make it accurate. Light emitted from a monitor vs ink on paper. There's always some guesswork but you use your experience as best as you possibly can.Josev
- paper. There's always some guesswork but your experience should help you figure out how it translates.Josev
- I know. I have done print work forever. We get close. I also dot think you need the best display on the planet either.monospaced
- I prefer to leave real color correction to the photographers nowadaysmonospaced
- I've been designing print for a long time as well (28 years in Aug). I leave it up to the color department at the fine printer I'm working with. The photographers I work with are all over the place in how they provide their files.Josev
- working with. The photographers I work with are all over the place in how they provide their files.Josev
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- formed0
I used to think that, but had some photos printed large at a local shop. They don't supply profiles and just say "if your monitor is calibrated it will look like that". Sure enough, the prints look identical to my screen. That convinced me it was worth it.
(now, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get my personal printers to work like that!)
- sem0
I haz question again...
what connection do you use for your monitor? is it true that HDMI connections are limited to 1080p resolution? would I want a DisplayPort connection or is there better?
I'm probably going to find two affordable 2560x1440 monitors for now and get 4k's when the price drops more.
- 20020
HDMI has limited resolution
I used dvi-d connector to get full resolution.
I dont think there is better or easier.
- Akagiyama1
ACER 16:9
About 3 years old.
- detritus0
Last monitor I bought was a Hazro from http://www.overclockers.co.uk/ - a bit of quirky 'British made' monitor (obv all the clever internal bits get made in the far east..) but with a decent spec and a frame that's built like a brick shithouse.
- kona1
You can still pick up Apples old Cinema displays new and used from 20" - 30" from Amazon fairly cheap. $180 - $490.
I picked up a 23 for home use. I wouldn't have done it had I not seen a video of Draplin rocking 2 of his own. It's still a great monitor. I've used Dell, LG, Acer, I always had trouble with viewing angles. Especially a top to bottom design on Dell. The colors were always different depending on the angle you looked.
- < This is why we decided to stick with Apple Cinema Displays. Dells are good but still have angle/color issues.ArmandoEstrada
- I use a cinema display and a thunderbolt for myself and my wife. I love them and see no choice until the "Display SE" arrives...
: )ideaist