good monitor for editing ?

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I'm now at the stage when I'm ready to scan my best slides and make some
prints. My old monitor is about to give up the ghost and I can't find any
recent monitor reviews online. (Everyone is focusing on LCD's these days
....no pun intended). So I was hoping y'all could give me some opinions to
help me decide on a good solid monitor for all the editing work.

Based on some outdated reviews and on price, my short list includes LaCie
Electron Blue IV, NEC/Mitsubishi DP930SB, and Samsung SyncMaster 957.
Anyone have any comments on these models? Anyone know of any sites that
still review monitors?


Thanks,

Jean
 
I'm now at the stage when I'm ready to scan my best slides and make some
prints. My old monitor is about to give up the ghost and I can't find any
recent monitor reviews online. (Everyone is focusing on LCD's these days
...no pun intended). So I was hoping y'all could give me some opinions to
help me decide on a good solid monitor for all the editing work.

Based on some outdated reviews and on price, my short list includes LaCie
Electron Blue IV, NEC/Mitsubishi DP930SB, and Samsung SyncMaster 957.
Anyone have any comments on these models? Anyone know of any sites that
still review monitors?
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Take a look at the Iiyama Vision Master Pro 454. That I can recommend
as they're what we use. Mitsubishi are good too, as are LaCie. I
haven't seen much positive about Samsung.
 
Hecate said:
Take a look at the Iiyama Vision Master Pro 454. That I can recommend
as they're what we use. Mitsubishi are good too, as are LaCie. I
haven't seen much positive about Samsung.
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IMHO Iiyama are not so bad for the price. Unfortunately, some of them can
have geometry problems. So, if you looking for somthing cheaper. Probably
the same can be said about Samsung.

Mitsubisi use the same technology as Sony for their CRT. Actually, I don't
know who was first. LaCie are the same good as them or perhaps even better
in color reproduction.

The frequency is not less important than colors. General advice: decide what
resolution of the screen you need, then look onlt at the monitors which can
show that much with at least 100 Hz. 85 Hz is not good enough, if you begin
to spend more time in front of it. And you will, trust me, if you going to
scan more than just few slides. ;-)

Whatever monitor you get, it must be hardware calibrated. Well, just in
case, you haven't heard about it. ;-)
 
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