Sandy,

The video card and the monitor are a matched pair. If you want to improve the quality of the monitor start with the video card first. Id suggest a ATI HD5870 and use the 10bit display port adapter for your monitor. Then get the Eizo CG243W and again use the 10 bit display port input. This combination will allow you to see things you have never seen before on any of your images.

Keep it all profiled of course when your all set up and it will be like getting a new pair of glasses. I use this setup for softproofing my drum scanned film.

Carl

www.mondragonfineart.com

What about a value alternative? Most of us are not going to spend > $2000 on a monitor.


Sandy,

The video card and the monitor are a matched pair. If you want to improve the quality of the monitor start with the video card first. Id suggest a ATI HD5870 and use the 10bit display port adapter for your monitor. Then get the Eizo CG243W and again use the 10 bit display port input. This combination will allow you to see things you have never seen before on any of your images.

Keep it all profiled of course when your all set up and it will be like getting a new pair of glasses. I use this setup for softproofing my drum scanned film.

Carl

www.mondragonfineart.com

What about a value alternative? Most of us are not going to spend > $2000 on a monitor.
The NEC wide gamut monitors provide that value IMO. Coupled with their Spectraview calibration software, great results are virtually guaranteed.

Sandy,

Larry, the owner of OWC Computing (you know, the hard drive, memory place), had recently recommended an Acer 24" as being a great value for editing:

Totally excellent ACER 24" White LED Backlit Display w/Built-In USB2 Hub & Speakers for $295. This display is a brand new model and is exceptional! The clarity, non-blurring responsiveness, and color accuracy is that you'd find and expect of displays costing far more. We spent a lot of time testing a lot of displays before we made this our feature offering. You won't find a better deal on a better display. 1920x1080, DVI & VGA. 3 Year warranty.

It's on sale now for $285. I'd have been leery of an Acer, but Larry's not one to tout this stuff unless he really has checked it out. If I were in the market, I'd seriously consider it.

Rick

Sandy,

Larry, the owner of OWC Computing (you know, the hard drive, memory place), had recently recommended an Acer 24" as being a great value for editing:

Totally excellent ACER 24" White LED Backlit Display w/Built-In USB2 Hub & Speakers for $295. This display is a brand new model and is exceptional! The clarity, non-blurring responsiveness, and color accuracy is that you'd find and expect of displays costing far more. We spent a lot of time testing a lot of displays before we made this our feature offering. You won't find a better deal on a better display. 1920x1080, DVI & VGA. 3 Year warranty.

It's on sale now for $285. I'd have been leery of an Acer, but Larry's not one to tout this stuff unless he really has checked it out. If I were in the market, I'd seriously consider it.

Rick

Considering that this is a 2-year old thread your recommendations may have came a little too late.

Aside from that I don't think the ACER is a good value, for editing.

Is this a wide gamut monitor? I doubt it at this price.

Don Bryant

Sandy,

Larry, the owner of OWC Computing (you know, the hard drive, memory place), had recently recommended an Acer 24" as being a great value for editing:

Totally excellent ACER 24" White LED Backlit Display w/Built-In USB2 Hub & Speakers for $295. This display is a brand new model and is exceptional! The clarity, non-blurring responsiveness, and color accuracy is that you'd find and expect of displays costing far more. We spent a lot of time testing a lot of displays before we made this our feature offering. You won't find a better deal on a better display. 1920x1080, DVI & VGA. 3 Year warranty.

It's on sale now for $285. I'd have been leery of an Acer, but Larry's not one to tout this stuff unless he really has checked it out. If I were in the market, I'd seriously consider it.

Rick

Quick response, USB hubs, and speakers are not the criteria for a good editing monitor. Far more important are the panel type, color gamut, off-axis viewing rendition, and effective calibration. The Acer may be a fine monitor, but last time I looked a good 22-24" editing monitor started around $600.

Having joined the conversation on p.3, with recent posts, including yours, Don, and another member posting a reply to Sandy on 12/14, I assumed it was a current post- quelle faux pas :)
Since the reply is basically, I don't know, but this can't be any good, to each his own. I don't get paid for this, just passing along something that sounded like it could be worth a look (yes, I know USB hubs etc have little to do with editing). As I noted in my OP, Acer would not have been on my "list", but I'd be open to taking a look if I were buying a new monitor. And not everyone has $600+ to spend on a monitor- should they just forget about it and move on to another hobby? Everyone should do what they please- I personally don't care what someone else uses, and wouldn't be offended if they edited on an iphone :)

Having joined the conversation on p.3, with recent posts, including yours, Don, and another member posting a reply to Sandy on 12/14, I assumed it was a current post- quelle faux pas :)
Since the reply is basically, I don't know, but this can't be any good, to each his own. I don't get paid for this, just passing along something that sounded like it could be worth a look (yes, I know USB hubs etc have little to do with editing). As I noted in my OP, Acer would not have been on my "list", but I'd be open to taking a look if I were buying a new monitor. And not everyone has $600+ to spend on a monitor- should they just forget about it and move on to another hobby? Everyone should do what they please- I personally don't care what someone else uses, and wouldn't be offended if they edited on an iphone :)

Fair enough. If you can provide the model number I'll have a look. I borrowed a Dell 2208WFP but the off-axis viewing is so bad I will keep using an ancient Sun CRT for my editing.

HP Dreamcolor

Perhaps the best LCD screen on the market. We use these at work for highly critical color work. They are the industry standard in movie post production. Great monitor, but not exactly cheap.

HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Monitor overview - HP Small & Medium Business products (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-3884471-3648397.html)

I have an NEC PA241W and the NEC SpectraVision calibration kit. The images are stunning, it's fast and easy to calibrate, and the gamut is wide. Highly recommended!

I have an NEC PA241W and the NEC SpectraVision calibration kit. The images are stunning, it's fast and easy to calibrate, and the gamut is wide. Highly recommended!

Ditto that. I love my NEC Spectraview monitors used with the Spectraview software. Monitor calibration, profiling and IQ have never been so good.

Don