Thanks Al, That HP monitor looks like a nice option and a bit cheaper than the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP 24" if I see the price quotes properly. I was startled by the humorous link to the OLED TV in one of the posts above, made me laugh anyway! :-), and I have decided to be careful how generously I spend on a monitor when the uber cool OLED products are just over the horizon. She won't buy a TV until they're available at a reasonable premium to the currend lcd/plasma options. MYSELF - I think they might be a massively cool Display Option with their massive contrast ratios. As a former darkroom/labrat/4x5 zone shooter - living without a 'real' black is kind of depressing! Watching a dvd or vid file with kind of dark grey bars top and bottom is about as much fun as a punch to the face! Bleah! :-)
I am currently using an older HP lcd my Girlfriend passed on to me when we met and as a general use item, it's well designed and does pretty good for 'mainstream' tasks. It's definitely not a reliable screen for photo and vid work though and my buying process hasn't been able to start so my item one - color calibrator - isn't around to help yet. Richard On Jun 10, 2:02 pm, Al Poulin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 10, 9:08 am, Vic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jun 9, 11:45 am, aussieshepsrock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Seeking a reliable web resource or resources to become knowledgeable > > > in choosing a color critical Monitor for myself. > > > Richard > > > Have you looked at the reviews onhttp://www.tomshardware.com? > > V Mabus > > Richard: > Why pass up the HP LP2475w? > Reading between the lines, it appears that Richard has gone though the > Macworld.com materials. The hard copy Macworld magazine for June 2009 > ran a long review article on 24 inch displays. Out of five units, > only the Apple was not matte. The HP LP2475w, with 4 1/2 mice came > out as the "pick." The LaCie 324 had the same mouse count but at a > much higher cost. I cannot find a copy of the article: "The Bigger > Laptop Picture" online. This is an overarching article about using > displays as accessories to laptops. But there are details about the > five units in separate reviews on line. The HP item is > at:http://www.macworld.com/article/139684/2009/05/hp_lp2475w.html > by James Galbraith, lab director. You can find the other reviews with > a search on the author's name. The non-Apple units in the article > included the Samsung SyncManster 245T and the ViewSonic VX2433wm. > Don't waste your time on the latter except to be cheap. > > Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
